Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 83 priced lines covering 5,172 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,171 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,610 head.

Mon Mar 27, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,171Last week 12,783Year ago 8,116

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,610Last week 1,217Year ago 1,017

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers overall sold on a light test due to a lighter amount of receipts reported this week, however a higher undertone was noted.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	866	179.00–186.00	181.60
16	—	720	191.00	191.00
81	—	779	183.50–184.00	183.52
22	—	665	199.50	199.50
26	—	823	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	538	187.00–205.00	194.20
35	—	417	225.00–235.00	233.87
22	—	374	247.50	247.50
4	—	498	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
239	—	527	210.00–240.00	225.68
134	—	430	221.00–247.00	236.04
175	—	488	211.00–233.00	226.54
7	—	383	220.00–231.00	224.84
173	—	627	183.00–212.50	202.39
116	—	844	167.00–173.75	173.22
5	—	918	170.00	170.00
15	—	330	258.00	258.00
79	—	771	166.00–188.50	183.21
324	—	664	181.00–200.00	191.00
269	—	572	200.00–228.00	213.59
199	—	728	177.00–189.25	185.09
90	—	859	170.00–175.00	171.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	535	198.50–214.00	204.40
3	—	638	174.00	174.00
13	—	769	166.00–177.50	173.94
28	—	590	180.00–192.00	187.63
7	—	483	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	980	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	507	269.00	269.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	604	200.00	200.00
8	—	668	200.00	200.00
12	—	534	227.50–232.00	228.99
12	—	743	180.00–186.00	183.25
9	—	575	217.00–235.00	226.78
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,078	166.50–173.00	168.98
3	—	998	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	424	248.00–276.00	263.53
61	—	834	192.50–200.00	198.42
53	—	961	177.25	177.25
20	—	864	180.00–194.50	187.25
12	—	357	242.00–275.00	261.25
137	—	765	186.00–211.25	205.12
234	—	573	233.00–265.00	248.27
163	—	531	240.00–270.00	250.85
62	—	918	173.00–184.50	181.63
135	—	625	213.00–247.00	225.66
253	—	670	209.75–231.75	225.38
85	—	719	194.50–224.00	208.39
97	—	477	232.00–282.00	266.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	378	265.00	265.00
51	—	452	266.50	266.50
25	—	538	244.00–245.00	244.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	383	227.50	227.50
3	—	528	202.50	202.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,046	101.00–161.00	148.97
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,110	160.00–164.00	162.56
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,631	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,170	135.00–142.00	137.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
249	—	1,365	158.75–177.75	171.98
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	999	151.00–156.50	152.93
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,279	149.00–167.00	158.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,441	99.00–117.50	106.97
86	—	1,393	93.00–107.00	101.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,153	70.00–89.00	81.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	1,297	85.00–99.00	92.55
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,103	125.00–164.00	143.16
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	137.00	137.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,346	152.00–166.50	159.89
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
423	—	1,477	161.50–177.25	172.11
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,020	161.00–164.50	163.43
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,150	153.50–163.00	158.79
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,360	115.00–122.00	118.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,429	130.00–140.00	135.82
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,355	129.00	129.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,709	138.00–148.00	140.11
13	—	1,580	141.00–148.00	145.37
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,384	134.00–138.00	135.69
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	119.00	119.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,680	135.00	135.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,005	123.00	123.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,709	94.00–116.00	109.50
25	—	1,889	117.50–135.00	123.36

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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