Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 132 priced lines covering 14,982 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 14,717 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,644 head.

Mon Jan 23, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14,717Last week 19,849Year ago 17,075

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,644Last week 1,372Year ago 1,492

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers overall sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher; over 700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	679	156.00–179.00	172.62
10	—	430	200.00	200.00
8	—	780	150.00–166.75	159.87
14	—	813	144.00–167.00	160.05
19	—	742	160.00–171.00	167.23
40	—	532	160.00–199.00	184.23
56	—	576	150.00–198.00	184.56
20	—	488	150.00–194.00	184.77
29	—	625	160.00–188.00	175.64
22	—	958	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
926	—	674	175.00–209.50	194.50
946	—	575	191.00–221.25	211.40
4	—	303	625.00	625.00
4	—	353	760.00	760.00
6	—	406	750.00–775.00	762.38
855	—	623	186.00–214.00	201.87
1,310	—	818	160.00–181.35	178.58
1,162	—	730	173.00–194.75	185.36
600	—	772	160.00–185.25	178.40
287	—	523	189.00–225.50	212.10
5	—	332	225.00–230.00	226.96
247	—	477	200.00–235.00	223.04
91	—	421	200.00–242.00	221.54
8	—	973	163.00–168.50	165.76
391	—	876	152.00–179.00	172.33
133	—	909	154.50–176.50	173.23
25	—	386	207.00–243.00	229.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	588	218.50	218.50
22	—	618	212.50	212.50
57	—	860	168.25	168.25
77	—	661	193.75–210.00	200.60
8	—	420	237.50	237.50
28	—	503	232.50	232.50
52	—	476	237.75	237.75
123	—	776	170.50–180.00	174.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	632	161.00	161.00
4	—	882	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	593	178.00	178.00
5	—	546	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	546	172.50	172.50
8	—	833	150.00	150.00
5	—	659	160.00	160.00
14	—	393	227.00	227.00
53	—	480	178.00–223.00	205.22
15	—	590	188.00–189.00	188.87
15	—	606	170.00	170.00
8	—	883	150.00	150.00
3	—	428	193.00–201.00	195.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	807	142.50	142.50
9	—	333	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	730	144.00	144.00
17	—	369	170.00–182.00	179.72
12	—	606	148.50–159.00	154.61
50	—	472	160.00–185.00	180.32
4	—	537	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	758	160.25	160.25
54	—	628	171.00–173.25	171.95
164	—	724	156.00–189.00	166.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	870	140.00–164.00	155.78
4	—	948	150.00	150.00
20	—	332	165.00–199.00	184.46
270	—	830	141.00–169.00	160.27
46	—	375	185.00–210.00	190.85
911	—	670	154.00–181.50	171.41
216	—	431	176.00–214.00	194.23
611	—	625	159.00–189.50	176.13
267	—	478	168.00–208.00	191.95
275	—	767	140.00–168.50	163.91
436	—	527	162.50–194.25	183.26
1,027	—	576	160.00–196.00	181.85
678	—	722	150.00–176.00	165.85
5	—	979	135.00	135.00
4	—	361	550.00	550.00
4	—	543	550.00	550.00
7	—	423	750.00–760.00	755.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	690	189.00	189.00
53	—	705	166.25	166.25
88	—	600	182.85	182.85
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,324	148.00	148.00
3	—	1,152	110.00	110.00
3	—	587	161.00	161.00
5	—	718	155.00	155.00
9	—	698	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	734	149.00	149.00
8	—	759	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	425	160.00–175.00	168.59
14	—	726	143.00–153.00	149.76
2	—	793	130.00	130.00
2	—	808	152.00	152.00
76	—	629	131.00–171.00	158.82
22	—	584	130.00–175.00	159.36
62	—	524	137.00–181.00	159.61
38	—	671	130.00–157.00	147.91
5	—	460	160.00–173.00	168.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	806	136.00	136.00
7	—	461	161.00–170.00	166.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	436	180.00–207.50	185.63
8	—	472	178.00–193.00	183.95
3	—	643	149.00	149.00
3	—	207	167.50	167.50
1	—	650	142.00	142.00
4	—	336	171.00	171.00
5	—	524	175.00–182.00	177.91
22	—	555	170.00–186.00	184.45
10	—	285	160.00–181.00	165.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	137.00	137.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
446	—	1,393	148.50–166.00	160.55
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,279	144.00–157.50	153.89
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,130	138.00–143.00	141.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,056	127.00–146.50	137.98
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,084	148.00–155.00	151.47
Heifers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	145.50	145.50
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,334	151.00–157.00	154.77
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	106.00	106.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,534	86.00–95.00	88.59
95	—	1,440	80.00–85.50	82.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	1,288	70.00–79.50	75.21
8	—	1,254	80.00–85.00	81.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,144	56.00–69.00	64.08
12	—	1,033	29.00–53.50	44.37
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	132.50	132.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,120	142.00–144.00	143.05
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,156	145.50–159.50	157.45
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,080	150.00–158.00	153.03
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,723	155.00	155.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
342	—	1,489	152.00–165.00	160.28
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,395	145.00–157.00	153.49
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,606	136.00–148.00	142.39
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,449	121.00–135.50	130.68
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,583	80.00–116.00	98.55
1	—	1,420	70.00	70.00
7	—	1,954	119.00–138.00	128.12

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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