Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 119 priced lines covering 16,990 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 18,090 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 676 head.

Mon Feb 6, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18,090Last week 14,569Year ago 16,771

Slaughter CattleReceipts 676Last week 1,228Year ago 1,686

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers under 800 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher; over 800 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	546	193.00	193.00
45	—	576	197.50–212.50	203.68
6	—	630	183.00	183.00
8	—	490	200.00–227.00	213.64
3	—	693	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
935	—	571	195.00–230.00	214.56
540	—	869	160.00–187.50	177.88
7	—	326	218.00–228.00	222.58
1,723	—	723	170.00–203.50	191.45
40	—	374	211.00–245.00	231.72
1,169	—	673	180.00–213.00	198.25
609	—	527	200.00–240.00	223.25
135	—	903	160.00–179.00	172.23
995	—	823	167.00–187.00	181.40
296	—	480	205.00–244.00	226.82
1,248	—	769	168.00–191.00	183.77
24	—	975	151.00–168.00	163.93
116	—	428	212.50–253.00	230.43
1,327	—	626	187.00–222.00	208.35
12	—	195	208.50	208.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	984	163.00	163.00
6	—	1,099	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	529	167.50–206.00	196.31
25	—	622	165.00–190.00	180.75
24	—	792	160.00–166.00	162.26
44	—	468	190.00–217.50	205.55
12	—	827	120.00–162.00	157.39
90	—	571	155.00–199.00	189.42
9	—	370	210.00–211.00	210.44
6	—	424	201.00–208.00	204.49
49	—	732	132.50–181.00	170.02
35	—	680	140.00–186.00	170.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	725	193.75	193.75
9	—	428	250.00–267.50	261.48
4	—	381	267.50	267.50
7	—	464	252.50	252.50
9	—	610	225.00	225.00
65	—	808	180.25–189.00	182.84
57	—	676	208.25	208.25
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	474	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	363	191.00–210.00	198.99
3	—	307	188.00	188.00
6	—	413	210.00	210.00
9	—	744	160.00	160.00
4	—	520	190.00	190.00
10	—	479	196.00–229.00	219.45
3	—	690	149.00	149.00
3	—	750	141.00	141.00
7	—	607	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	200.00	200.00
3	—	978	140.00	140.00
3	—	488	189.00	189.00
5	—	611	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	529	170.00–192.50	182.48
22	—	569	180.00–186.00	182.12
14	—	464	183.00–190.00	187.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
697	—	525	166.00–206.00	193.09
960	—	571	174.00–200.00	186.12
582	—	720	155.00–177.50	170.08
1,003	—	622	166.00–197.25	180.40
184	—	877	140.00–168.50	165.25
451	—	476	163.50–220.00	195.32
3	—	285	185.00–187.50	185.80
1,025	—	673	157.00–185.00	174.82
3	—	325	176.00–185.00	180.08
602	—	767	160.50–178.00	172.03
156	—	426	172.00–225.00	200.99
72	—	382	160.00–217.00	204.78
139	—	819	150.00–175.00	165.63
19	—	910	140.00–157.00	153.77
9	—	977	116.00–148.00	137.17
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	526	160.00–164.00	161.72
18	—	582	160.00–168.50	166.41
11	—	600	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	629	186.00–187.00	186.90
16	—	695	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,235	136.00	136.00
3	—	1,028	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	718	152.25	152.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	614	150.00–165.00	158.99
3	—	827	129.00	129.00
36	—	520	161.00–180.00	174.25
10	—	558	140.00–171.00	154.51
16	—	865	160.00–161.00	160.37
33	—	663	130.00–160.00	149.83
17	—	483	170.00–194.00	183.36
47	—	774	143.00–160.00	155.69
6	—	710	142.00–155.00	145.57
19	—	435	172.00–194.00	189.21
5	—	347	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	795	170.00	170.00
20	—	828	172.00	172.00
8	—	611	183.50	183.50
13	—	738	184.50	184.50
32	—	571	191.00	191.00
89	—	677	176.50–182.00	178.83

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
174	—	1,387	151.00–169.00	160.21
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,295	144.00–158.50	151.51
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,471	128.00–138.00	134.35
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,209	147.00–148.50	148.07
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,140	107.50–138.00	126.19
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,203	151.00–154.50	151.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,427	82.00–89.00	84.70
10	—	1,601	90.00–97.50	93.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,063	51.00–54.00	52.40
17	—	1,195	60.00–71.00	67.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,261	81.00–85.00	82.60
32	—	1,286	72.00–80.00	76.19
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
164	—	1,430	150.00–169.50	160.49
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	136.00	136.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,391	150.00–159.50	155.42
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,193	141.00–146.50	143.78
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,105	137.00–141.00	138.27
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,205	150.00–158.00	150.57
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	92.50	92.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,812	143.00–148.00	146.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,886	89.00–107.00	96.78
2	—	1,930	66.00–70.00	68.20
2	—	1,470	121.00	121.00

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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