Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 70 priced lines covering 9,377 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,524 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 490 head.

Mon Feb 13, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,524Last week 18,090Year ago 12,284

Slaughter CattleReceipts 490Last week 676Year ago 541

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers overall sold steady to 3.00 higher on a light test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	552	165.00	165.00
3	—	498	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	328	215.00–226.00	219.76
24	—	873	160.00–164.00	161.20
13	—	942	155.00	155.00
545	—	524	180.00–222.00	208.06
669	—	672	168.75–195.00	181.06
451	—	722	162.00–191.00	176.06
481	—	772	162.00–178.50	172.16
98	—	483	177.00–205.00	191.97
16	—	352	180.00–227.00	203.50
152	—	436	176.00–227.50	213.56
10	—	988	154.00	154.00
169	—	570	172.00–206.00	189.41
83	—	816	160.00–167.00	165.94
441	—	624	170.00–203.00	183.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	325	201.00	201.00
3	—	573	170.00	170.00
8	—	466	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	745	158.00–172.00	166.00
20	—	639	170.00–180.00	177.73
7	—	683	172.50	172.50
7	—	589	150.00–161.00	154.72
15	—	522	182.00–185.00	183.22
8	—	786	140.00–150.00	143.74
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,033	150.00	150.00
4	—	997	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	557	212.00–222.00	219.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	753	160.00	160.00
13	—	572	190.00	190.00
10	—	604	187.25	187.25
3	—	430	202.00	202.00
22	—	536	170.00–200.00	187.81
6	—	741	176.00	176.00
51	—	683	180.00–184.50	182.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
491	—	619	190.00–221.25	208.70
270	—	531	208.00–240.75	229.79
311	—	873	160.00–184.00	178.58
1,267	—	823	166.00–188.85	183.14
92	—	970	145.00–168.25	165.16
4	—	335	235.00	235.00
224	—	911	162.50–175.60	173.13
801	—	774	170.00–192.75	184.61
575	—	589	203.00–233.75	224.53
181	—	488	219.00–249.25	241.84
35	—	415	199.00–241.00	231.75
530	—	728	174.50–194.50	187.75
654	—	671	182.75–208.50	197.69
39	—	387	223.00–246.00	235.92
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	978	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	468	216.00–220.00	217.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	1,470	149.00–170.00	163.29
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,167	132.00–140.00	135.93
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,175	150.00–157.00	153.16
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,300	160.00	160.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,855	143.50	143.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,385	137.00–159.00	152.08
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,043	135.00–149.00	145.17
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,160	149.50–157.00	153.77
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,269	136.00–160.50	155.27
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	1,374	149.50–169.00	161.79
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,138	110.00–132.00	124.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,207	78.00–83.00	81.17
6	—	974	60.00–73.00	67.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,612	91.00–98.00	94.12
14	—	1,321	81.00–88.00	84.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,246	74.00–80.00	77.09
4	—	1,251	84.00–85.00	84.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	2,010	97.00–110.00	105.87

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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