Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 82 priced lines covering 4,855 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,088 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 537 head.

Mon Mar 13, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,088Last week 7,804Year ago 6,746

Slaughter CattleReceipts 537Last week 1,416Year ago 1,544

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers overall sold a light test though a lower undertone was noted. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower; over 650 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	825	154.00–179.00	173.92
54	—	889	146.00–169.00	151.91
260	—	764	166.50–176.75	174.08
70	—	425	195.00–240.00	217.10
393	—	638	169.00–201.00	186.56
86	—	465	199.00–226.00	218.94
2	—	968	158.00	158.00
243	—	572	180.00–214.50	200.18
209	—	671	170.00–198.50	184.84
23	—	379	202.50–245.00	223.55
14	—	318	201.00–269.00	246.15
238	—	723	159.00–183.00	177.43
179	—	530	184.00–227.00	204.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	680	156.00–177.00	163.85
1	—	395	178.00	178.00
23	—	576	150.00–178.00	170.75
8	—	441	162.00–205.00	188.18
10	—	610	156.00–168.00	165.22
2	—	323	181.00–192.50	186.44
10	—	481	162.00–194.00	180.69
21	—	534	166.50–184.00	177.07
9	—	784	143.00–162.00	149.24
10	—	736	146.00–164.00	162.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	807	176.50	176.50
22	—	657	191.00	191.00
19	—	735	181.50	181.50
25	—	780	173.00–176.75	175.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	563	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	629	206.00	206.00
2	—	723	150.00	150.00
28	—	566	150.00–204.00	190.91
8	—	808	158.00	158.00
11	—	487	177.50–191.00	187.25
10	—	412	180.00–232.00	215.79
3	—	378	249.00	249.00
39	—	525	182.00–231.00	212.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	885	166.00–183.00	175.26
10	—	379	220.00–257.50	242.73
242	—	974	168.00–177.85	176.95
312	—	827	178.00–193.10	188.76
250	—	778	175.00–204.25	197.38
176	—	666	201.50–226.00	218.15
113	—	474	215.00–273.00	251.68
19	—	324	217.50–287.50	263.52
61	—	427	222.50–274.00	258.14
74	—	916	162.00–168.50	165.72
173	—	627	189.00–232.00	219.46
186	—	534	215.00–265.00	239.26
121	—	570	208.00–242.00	226.11
278	—	718	170.00–211.25	203.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	606	197.00	197.00
6	—	473	257.00	257.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	566	167.00–185.00	174.77
1	—	755	151.00	151.00
2	—	480	186.00	186.00
4	—	522	190.00–203.00	199.76
6	—	675	160.00–162.00	161.34

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,454	149.50–159.50	155.64
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,280	137.00–159.50	154.99
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,449	135.00–137.00	135.30
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	1,468	156.00–172.00	166.99
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,194	153.50–164.00	160.01
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,181	159.00–165.00	161.38
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,229	139.00–161.00	155.63
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,363	157.50–170.25	166.45
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,053	130.00–151.00	142.36
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,513	140.00–141.00	140.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,905	116.00	116.00
12	—	1,807	92.00–111.00	102.43
5	—	1,595	60.00–84.00	78.10
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,244	107.50–113.00	111.55
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,194	93.00–95.00	94.28
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,389	105.00–113.00	107.16
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,472	125.00–138.50	134.09
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,453	115.00	115.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,598	134.00–135.00	134.91
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,578	140.00–160.00	143.97
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	118.00	118.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,170	75.00–80.50	77.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,497	90.00–96.00	94.05
3	—	1,382	97.50–100.00	99.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,314	82.00–87.50	85.09

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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