Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 91 priced lines covering 13,093 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,886 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,616 head.

Mon Feb 27, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,886Last week 13,353Year ago 13,462

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,616Last week 650Year ago 1,446

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers under 700 lbs sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher, over 700 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs sold 12.00 to 15.00 higher, over 550 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
608	—	529	182.00–245.00	212.50
237	—	475	194.00–257.00	220.34
699	—	576	176.00–207.00	195.24
196	—	773	163.25–191.50	174.25
109	—	872	161.25–174.50	165.63
722	—	625	172.00–197.75	187.64
217	—	813	150.00–177.75	171.89
88	—	377	200.00–232.00	214.28
18	—	970	158.50–160.75	159.63
519	—	723	160.00–186.00	176.84
472	—	671	169.50–193.00	180.57
37	—	939	156.50–174.00	165.09
2	—	345	214.00	214.00
163	—	428	195.00–242.50	224.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	402	219.00	219.00
23	—	483	228.50	228.50
39	—	581	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	724	188.00	188.00
18	—	788	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	512	221.00	221.00
26	—	620	224.50	224.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	822	158.00	158.00
13	—	584	160.00–181.00	173.22
3	—	377	180.00	180.00
6	—	687	152.00–157.00	155.32
29	—	425	153.00–199.00	186.17
3	—	770	154.00	154.00
3	—	613	157.00	157.00
4	—	701	160.00–165.00	163.74
1	—	320	188.00	188.00
76	—	523	176.00–195.00	186.51
88	—	475	168.00–215.00	190.61
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,468	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	971	156.00	156.00
4	—	361	203.00–207.00	205.01
19	—	680	166.00–191.00	189.70
21	—	825	156.00–172.50	166.36
46	—	526	180.00–219.00	208.39
34	—	635	180.00–200.00	188.55
59	—	583	183.00–209.00	199.99
4	—	934	156.00	156.00
19	—	483	209.00–220.00	215.97
7	—	731	150.00–174.00	163.94
32	—	775	150.00–166.00	165.49
11	—	412	220.00–242.00	235.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
450	—	916	166.00–185.00	179.17
551	—	864	160.00–190.50	182.59
28	—	971	140.00–171.00	165.80
84	—	424	202.00–270.00	253.53
1,158	—	670	180.00–223.25	208.18
498	—	525	210.00–259.00	236.19
43	—	378	220.00–272.00	240.68
715	—	731	175.00–205.85	194.84
610	—	578	200.00–248.00	227.27
1,017	—	772	170.00–202.00	192.09
648	—	622	195.00–230.75	218.00
615	—	824	174.00–191.75	185.17
305	—	480	211.00–260.00	244.59
28	—	333	237.50–261.00	243.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	530	251.00	251.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,026	167.25–175.25	174.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	691	183.00	183.00
31	—	493	210.00–241.00	229.67
6	—	384	270.00	270.00
34	—	585	212.00	212.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	456	228.00–245.00	236.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	642	173.00	173.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
359	—	1,345	156.00–175.50	168.52
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	1,276	150.00–164.00	159.33
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,060	123.00–159.00	151.93
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,151	156.00–162.00	156.35
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	148.50	148.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,197	69.00–83.00	77.99
18	—	1,049	32.50–68.00	55.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,429	90.00–96.50	93.17
57	—	1,523	96.00–109.00	99.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,193	89.00–106.00	91.91
3	—	1,350	74.00–80.00	76.23
72	—	1,288	83.00–89.50	87.04
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,552	114.00–127.00	119.58
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
390	—	1,477	157.50–175.00	167.89
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,387	152.00–162.00	159.13
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,203	134.00–165.00	154.89
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,149	161.00–161.50	161.31
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,187	146.50–153.00	148.69
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	112.00	112.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,468	126.00–139.00	133.58
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,587	140.00–151.00	144.63
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,999	115.00–130.50	121.83
34	—	1,533	86.00–116.00	104.37

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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