Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 100 priced lines covering 8,126 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,804 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,416 head.

Mon Mar 6, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,804Last week 12,886Year ago 4,249

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,416Last week 1,616Year ago 1,133

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers overall sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs sold on a light test with a higher undertone noted; over 700 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$ per cwt · actual wt
398	—	827	180.00–199.00	194.82
155	—	915	164.00–185.75	182.06
483	—	726	182.00–210.00	199.85
84	—	434	222.50–275.00	244.86
494	—	669	190.00–221.00	213.24
97	—	475	210.00–260.00	245.74
175	—	518	210.00–260.00	243.51
415	—	622	200.00–234.00	218.07
144	—	968	169.25–181.50	176.56
6	—	319	271.00	271.00
208	—	866	180.00–195.75	190.22
445	—	578	217.00–240.75	231.18
4	—	283	252.50	252.50
767	—	778	185.25–209.00	197.96
26	—	386	252.00–260.00	259.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	876	172.00	172.00
15	—	525	187.50–219.00	211.42
43	—	590	188.00–207.00	198.55
39	—	668	184.00–190.00	187.46
4	—	831	147.00	147.00
39	—	783	175.00–182.00	178.52
4	—	911	166.00	166.00
3	—	745	176.50	176.50
29	—	639	176.00–195.00	190.71
25	—	471	200.00–238.50	226.74
28	—	436	195.00–227.00	204.46
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,007	167.00	167.00
6	—	1,215	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	514	220.00–230.00	224.00
4	—	445	234.00	234.00
3	—	355	271.00	271.00
12	—	561	218.00	218.00
8	—	463	234.00–239.00	235.93
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,172	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	356	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	820	161.50–175.25	172.99
4	—	323	215.00	215.00
449	—	622	180.00–202.00	190.17
3	—	950	154.00	154.00
354	—	731	170.00–186.25	177.03
273	—	784	167.00–178.50	174.05
304	—	674	165.00–188.00	182.53
36	—	923	148.00–165.50	162.14
167	—	517	190.00–234.75	223.56
235	—	481	200.00–242.50	223.11
34	—	377	219.50–231.00	227.23
310	—	577	179.00–215.25	200.42
133	—	419	198.00–230.00	213.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	194.00	194.00
8	—	588	182.00	182.00
3	—	365	226.00	226.00
10	—	508	184.00	184.00
4	—	330	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	618	175.00	175.00
3	—	680	157.00	157.00
25	—	481	171.00–209.00	188.13
5	—	850	153.00	153.00
26	—	572	140.00–188.00	159.66
7	—	356	170.00–177.50	174.27
15	—	325	155.00–225.00	174.91
4	—	721	166.50	166.50
60	—	510	180.00–195.00	188.99
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,075	151.00–157.00	154.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	624	201.00	201.00
3	—	493	166.00	166.00
3	—	661	172.50	172.50
3	—	443	224.00	224.00
3	—	595	201.00	201.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	505	203.00	203.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	682	181.00	181.00
5	—	491	217.50	217.50
6	—	822	162.00–165.00	163.52
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,005	135.00	135.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,451	96.00–107.50	99.26
43	—	1,483	90.00–96.00	93.47
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,510	120.00–131.00	125.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	981	34.00–66.00	56.12
38	—	1,143	65.00–82.00	75.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,310	82.00–89.50	85.88
14	—	1,216	89.00–97.50	92.41
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
361	—	1,354	155.50–176.50	168.33
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,271	143.50–164.00	159.64
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,114	125.00–146.00	133.36
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,093	140.00–152.00	149.76
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,028	155.50–161.00	157.85
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,287	130.50–135.50	130.92
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,396	50.00–80.00	72.61
23	—	1,613	95.00–114.50	105.41
8	—	1,909	114.50–128.00	121.58
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	1,354	149.00–164.50	160.64
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
323	—	1,454	159.00–177.50	168.86
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,210	149.00–163.00	160.16
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,165	122.00–157.00	143.11
Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,458	168.75	168.75
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	144.00	144.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,170	159.00–160.00	159.89
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,524	140.00–152.50	147.06
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,388	117.00–126.00	122.97
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,406	130.00–139.50	136.72

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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