Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 128 priced lines covering 19,452 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 19,849 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,372 head.

Mon Jan 16, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Feeder CattleReceipts 19,849Last week 31,018Year ago 18,483

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,372Last week 1,724Year ago 1,333

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers overall sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers overall sold uneven; 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
243	—	989	154.50–166.35	164.91
887	—	823	152.00–180.25	173.67
1,520	—	675	165.00–202.50	187.78
11	—	336	217.00–220.00	219.73
265	—	477	190.00–233.50	213.32
102	—	382	214.00–239.00	225.49
453	—	912	153.00–172.00	167.58
1,481	—	624	160.00–216.50	198.18
886	—	573	171.00–217.00	203.16
783	—	778	160.00–182.50	175.83
674	—	527	187.00–230.00	212.04
1,365	—	725	160.00–190.00	180.64
159	—	427	192.50–232.00	214.40
53	—	1,001	164.00	164.00
890	—	865	150.00–184.50	174.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	630	153.00–186.00	171.01
25	—	513	170.00–195.00	182.00
17	—	714	154.00–164.00	160.60
1	—	925	150.00	150.00
6	—	775	150.00–158.50	157.13
3	—	323	201.00	201.00
35	—	479	159.00–196.00	178.54
9	—	378	140.00–202.00	177.77
87	—	580	150.00–189.00	185.28
26	—	429	190.00–208.00	199.72
70	—	686	149.00–180.00	169.05
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,020	154.00	154.00
16	—	508	177.00	177.00
41	—	707	167.00	167.00
21	—	950	159.50–163.00	160.67
11	—	910	163.50	163.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	623	185.00–203.25	195.67
52	—	518	210.25–226.75	220.40
78	—	468	218.00–250.00	235.22
247	—	728	171.25–179.25	175.73
32	—	785	173.75–179.75	176.17
110	—	582	204.50–209.50	207.70
126	—	670	174.00–198.25	189.18
64	—	843	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	518	182.25	182.25
8	—	848	164.75	164.75
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	513	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	525	203.00–209.50	207.03
33	—	553	196.00	196.00
27	—	433	204.00–206.00	204.45
3	—	365	226.00	226.00
10	—	664	170.00	170.00
3	—	785	154.00	154.00
21	—	474	195.00–218.00	209.24
9	—	330	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	689	157.00–157.50	157.34
14	—	636	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	547	155.00	155.00
4	—	715	130.00	130.00
20	—	620	157.00–158.00	157.49
44	—	487	181.75–184.00	182.07
21	—	359	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
975	—	573	150.00–188.00	174.52
4	—	492	775.00	775.00
3	—	345	550.00	550.00
6	—	935	135.00–140.00	135.81
960	—	525	160.00–199.00	178.20
485	—	469	160.00–198.00	185.77
587	—	718	145.00–174.75	166.38
97	—	370	171.00–205.00	188.66
985	—	670	140.00–180.00	168.43
28	—	340	174.00–196.00	181.98
303	—	766	150.00–178.00	164.31
307	—	430	168.00–203.00	186.11
134	—	823	142.00–163.25	158.48
29	—	874	140.00–158.00	153.43
1	—	980	135.00	135.00
1,024	—	627	151.00–187.00	172.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	521	184.00–196.50	192.78
26	—	460	193.00–205.00	200.36
4	—	772	160.00	160.00
12	—	630	171.00–197.00	181.58
78	—	573	162.00–191.00	176.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	625	130.00–161.50	155.56
42	—	533	121.00–171.50	158.32
21	—	468	148.00–174.00	167.33
20	—	424	160.00–170.00	164.50
14	—	329	169.00–180.00	172.44
16	—	671	140.00–163.00	153.81
14	—	391	142.50–170.00	158.15
59	—	571	135.00–171.00	154.06
2	—	735	150.00–151.00	150.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	784	162.00–173.00	168.22
52	—	632	162.00–173.50	170.10
79	—	729	167.50–180.00	172.69
181	—	670	165.00–184.00	176.44
70	—	575	162.00–179.00	174.01
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,176	130.00	130.00
4	—	970	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	645	145.00	145.00
3	—	443	195.00	195.00
6	—	323	193.50–210.00	199.17
7	—	511	190.00	190.00
13	—	707	125.00	125.00
11	—	454	167.00–191.00	173.56
21	—	589	150.00–177.50	164.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	407	177.00	177.00
8	—	572	158.00	158.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,406	123.00–129.00	127.99
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
271	—	1,393	150.00–166.25	160.56
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,195	152.50–158.00	155.61
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,052	110.00–130.00	119.33
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,089	142.00–144.50	143.78
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,398	159.75–162.00	159.86
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	1,336	132.00–158.75	154.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,412	54.00–66.00	63.48
86	—	1,356	70.00–79.50	75.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,055	32.50–56.00	47.17
84	—	1,181	56.00–69.00	64.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,453	80.00–87.00	82.93
20	—	1,552	85.50–95.00	87.88
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
276	—	1,476	152.00–167.50	161.16
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	1,426	134.00–158.50	156.34
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	147.00	147.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,098	160.50	160.50
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,177	120.00–163.00	144.99
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,754	141.00–159.50	155.69
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,608	136.00–144.50	140.09
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,382	125.00–136.00	130.91
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,792	119.00–128.00	124.80
37	—	1,668	78.00–116.50	95.14
5	—	1,366	64.00–77.00	71.75

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Iowa barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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