Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 81 priced lines covering 12,801 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 13,353 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 650 head.

Mon Feb 20, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 13,353Last week 9,524Year ago 17,586

Slaughter CattleReceipts 650Last week 490Year ago 964

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers overall sold uneven; 3.00 lower to 1.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
482	—	782	142.00–179.75	172.23
21	—	934	148.00–159.50	154.95
837	—	632	161.00–195.50	184.16
757	—	579	170.00–199.00	189.27
36	—	810	158.50–168.60	165.90
129	—	427	190.00–225.00	210.71
62	—	386	180.00–229.00	216.27
881	—	670	159.00–197.00	182.00
627	—	727	157.00–194.25	172.80
48	—	873	145.00–166.00	158.87
271	—	478	175.00–219.00	206.68
3	—	285	170.00–180.00	175.03
17	—	957	162.50	162.50
841	—	528	180.00–218.50	197.60
25	—	327	197.50–225.00	212.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	565	153.00–153.50	153.38
12	—	419	171.00–187.00	183.29
24	—	664	155.00–167.00	161.01
7	—	640	155.00–170.00	161.50
27	—	470	170.00–182.00	176.65
11	—	767	154.00–160.50	158.73
13	—	542	140.00–179.00	166.54
4	—	359	189.00	189.00
21	—	336	188.00–190.00	189.09
6	—	729	151.50–157.50	154.46
4	—	987	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	824	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,355	147.00	147.00
4	—	1,026	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	767	195.50	195.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	442	257.00–259.00	258.09
26	—	558	223.00	223.00
13	—	455	263.00	263.00
45	—	511	231.00–255.00	241.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	686	160.00–187.00	175.50
36	—	423	185.00–237.50	216.76
54	—	620	150.00–195.00	181.57
43	—	527	167.50–217.00	203.54
3	—	853	163.00	163.00
41	—	580	182.50–207.50	195.17
13	—	488	200.00–215.00	208.43
8	—	772	175.00	175.00
6	—	723	170.00	170.00
1	—	315	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
182	—	925	163.50–176.00	172.39
145	—	429	215.00–265.00	245.26
387	—	860	175.75–187.50	185.11
317	—	530	184.00–269.00	237.73
259	—	478	211.00–264.00	239.04
12	—	339	230.00–257.50	246.46
1,000	—	728	177.00–203.75	196.14
740	—	578	188.00–248.00	223.95
1,028	—	828	170.00–190.50	184.82
721	—	774	171.00–197.25	187.03
60	—	377	215.00–274.00	241.15
921	—	678	180.50–215.00	199.89
911	—	627	195.75–230.00	212.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	456	229.00	229.00
8	—	509	226.00	226.00
17	—	584	200.00	200.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,022	165.75	165.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	590	159.00	159.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	201.00	201.00
2	—	590	176.00	176.00
4	—	510	186.00–196.00	188.62
1	—	360	202.00	202.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	1,484	160.00–172.50	167.46
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,384	150.00–162.00	158.59
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,341	163.00–172.00	166.68
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,297	154.00–162.00	159.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,231	89.00–91.50	90.83
12	—	1,533	65.00–79.50	72.96
44	—	1,265	76.00–88.50	83.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,211	60.00–80.00	73.13
2	—	1,033	30.00–57.00	46.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,475	92.00–106.00	96.34
44	—	1,401	83.00–94.00	89.53
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,518	136.00–139.00	137.71
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,508	140.00–151.50	146.55
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,805	114.00–125.50	117.90
12	—	1,835	81.00–112.00	102.36

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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