Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 114 priced lines covering 12,493 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,783 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,217 head.

Mon Mar 20, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,783Last week 5,088Year ago 5,166

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,217Last week 537Year ago 1,059

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers under 650 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher; 650 to 800 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 lower; over 800 lbs sold on a light test with a higher undertone. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower; over 600 lbs sold uneven, 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
406	—	525	180.00–229.00	210.47
242	—	482	180.00–229.50	220.14
659	—	681	159.50–191.00	180.65
772	—	728	168.00–193.50	181.60
583	—	761	154.50–185.25	179.48
81	—	334	213.00–252.00	229.76
118	—	861	150.00–174.00	167.89
126	—	816	160.00–177.50	170.15
149	—	918	157.00–170.25	163.09
705	—	629	174.00–199.00	189.49
147	—	420	182.50–231.00	212.69
14	—	951	147.00–158.00	154.85
116	—	377	180.00–239.00	215.06
3	—	277	252.50	252.50
316	—	571	180.00–221.00	199.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	928	169.00	169.00
8	—	853	186.00	186.00
91	—	712	195.00–205.00	201.22
37	—	765	178.50	178.50
157	—	827	173.50–192.50	189.49
82	—	677	195.00–215.00	206.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	476	175.00–205.00	189.43
9	—	704	145.00–152.00	147.35
11	—	347	185.00–188.00	186.64
55	—	574	150.00–184.00	170.32
36	—	520	172.00–195.00	185.97
18	—	626	157.50–176.00	162.98
17	—	674	141.00–160.00	151.83
13	—	407	190.00–193.00	191.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	417	203.50–230.00	222.23
3	—	563	168.50	168.50
6	—	397	190.00–195.00	192.50
27	—	523	175.00–200.00	190.94
7	—	652	163.00	163.00
7	—	463	200.00	200.00
7	—	320	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,003	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	854	180.50–184.50	182.46
33	—	361	219.00–221.00	219.32
5	—	334	240.00	240.00
26	—	795	186.00	186.00
35	—	427	223.00–224.00	223.08
25	—	511	222.00–224.00	222.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	682	177.00–193.00	187.47
22	—	433	205.00–233.00	221.58
14	—	726	184.00–190.00	188.69
21	—	758	158.00–179.00	169.64
66	—	528	187.50–223.00	214.64
10	—	372	216.00–241.00	233.23
85	—	478	180.00–235.00	219.12
7	—	341	240.00–264.00	253.65
45	—	583	163.00–219.75	207.55
36	—	620	180.00–203.00	193.60
5	—	819	164.00	164.00
4	—	886	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	475	262.50–271.00	267.86
12	—	504	270.00	270.00
17	—	566	241.00	241.00
28	—	436	283.00–285.00	283.88
5	—	312	271.00	271.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	979	145.00–169.00	161.55
75	—	1,053	169.00–176.00	175.34
39	—	1,007	168.50–173.75	172.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
164	—	926	168.50–182.50	173.04
126	—	380	220.00–298.00	264.66
895	—	827	170.00–201.50	191.30
701	—	875	160.00–195.25	185.92
567	—	677	191.00–231.00	216.77
559	—	774	176.00–206.75	194.43
629	—	724	180.00–212.75	202.25
42	—	973	161.50–174.00	169.89
4	—	293	290.00	290.00
516	—	577	199.00–253.00	230.11
471	—	626	200.00–239.00	221.50
225	—	469	228.00–280.00	257.30
410	—	524	230.00–258.50	246.21
147	—	430	229.00–287.50	255.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	439	231.00–262.50	253.36
13	—	351	277.00	277.00
26	—	523	224.00–240.00	230.24
9	—	477	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	636	167.00	167.00
16	—	741	168.00	168.00
13	—	535	210.00–222.50	215.81
10	—	591	206.00	206.00
7	—	460	232.00–244.00	237.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	435	241.00	241.00
13	—	602	208.00	208.00
3	—	507	232.00	232.00
3	—	370	246.00	246.00
3	—	556	176.00	176.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,264	138.00–143.00	140.60
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
232	—	1,352	159.00–176.00	169.90
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,292	146.50–164.00	159.56
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,050	146.00–154.00	147.67
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,110	131.00–151.00	145.06
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,131	160.00–167.00	164.78
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,695	111.00	111.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,109	40.00–73.00	63.12
40	—	1,064	64.00–89.00	78.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,461	97.50–115.00	108.05
73	—	1,378	90.00–107.00	100.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,252	83.00–98.00	92.17
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
252	—	1,433	162.00–175.00	168.68
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,293	133.00–142.00	137.21
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,366	155.00–164.00	161.28
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,079	154.00–158.00	156.43
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,140	139.00–151.00	146.16
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,497	140.00–142.00	140.88
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,589	144.00–154.00	147.85
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	116.00	116.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,475	73.00	73.00
17	—	2,064	115.00–130.00	120.24
24	—	1,552	89.00–114.00	103.38

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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