Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 106 priced lines covering 9,433 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,174 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 824 head.

Mon Apr 3, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10,174Last week 4,171Year ago 9,147

Slaughter CattleReceipts 824Last week 1,610Year ago 1,584

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers under 500 lbs sold on a light test though a higher undertone was noted. Feeder steers over 500 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers over 500 lbs sold 4.00 to 9.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	400	237.50	237.50
23	—	471	205.00–238.00	224.96
4	—	632	205.00	205.00
3	—	361	230.00	230.00
9	—	527	217.50–218.00	217.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
366	—	620	211.00–242.50	228.76
377	—	572	221.00–276.00	250.34
303	—	483	242.50–285.00	260.64
124	—	383	252.50–305.00	269.36
104	—	421	250.00–292.50	274.04
62	—	337	250.00–335.00	292.71
326	—	773	170.00–220.00	205.77
371	—	524	232.00–290.00	265.64
711	—	874	173.00–207.00	197.86
3	—	925	186.00	186.00
246	—	673	188.00–229.50	215.06
233	—	721	199.00–231.00	216.57
170	—	826	173.00–207.00	199.58
108	—	959	178.00–190.50	189.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	730	185.00–206.00	192.04
9	—	381	232.50–257.50	246.45
4	—	856	172.50	172.50
11	—	673	193.00–200.00	197.28
88	—	522	200.00–250.00	232.42
18	—	627	207.00–211.00	209.58
45	—	416	199.00–260.00	243.84
27	—	323	222.50–255.00	237.54
78	—	578	192.00–246.00	231.95
81	—	474	206.00–244.00	235.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	664	226.50–227.50	226.83
32	—	435	301.00	301.00
18	—	375	300.00	300.00
44	—	485	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	381	288.00	288.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	381	237.50–276.00	260.49
3	—	745	190.00	190.00
20	—	331	250.00–325.00	281.50
77	—	425	230.00–290.00	252.31
58	—	477	225.00–274.00	250.64
59	—	576	190.00–233.00	217.40
134	—	521	226.00–259.00	246.22
32	—	610	202.50–227.00	219.12
6	—	674	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	472	200.00–245.00	221.85
9	—	635	200.00	200.00
70	—	431	227.50–255.00	240.43
38	—	367	245.00–272.50	262.85
13	—	573	183.00–186.00	184.65
21	—	341	245.00–270.00	254.41
47	—	525	192.50–207.50	203.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	486	212.50	212.50
22	—	384	212.50–240.00	230.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	386	249.50	249.50
6	—	334	820.00	820.00
7	—	455	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
424	—	727	178.00–200.50	190.55
420	—	667	187.00–215.25	202.78
420	—	624	183.00–222.50	212.50
4	—	362	850.00	850.00
4	—	296	785.00	785.00
461	—	828	171.00–194.00	184.74
3	—	930	161.00	161.00
124	—	375	250.00–307.00	287.61
210	—	431	237.50–269.00	252.69
3	—	882	172.00	172.00
37	—	331	222.50–292.00	273.63
182	—	763	179.75–205.00	187.53
280	—	526	210.00–258.00	234.26
386	—	572	195.00–237.50	218.50
292	—	483	228.00–279.00	250.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	500	274.50	274.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	619	186.25–187.00	186.82
5	—	944	165.00	165.00
34	—	424	200.00–225.00	214.31
16	—	733	154.50–180.00	165.47
13	—	765	132.50–182.50	155.80
24	—	576	181.00–197.50	191.22
10	—	675	171.00–188.00	179.25
52	—	369	215.00–265.00	247.40
67	—	536	193.00–227.50	205.11
4	—	324	235.00	235.00
146	—	473	185.00–247.50	231.30
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,115	165.00	165.00
3	—	1,060	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	832	182.75	182.75
92	—	776	186.00–194.00	187.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	514	228.00	228.00
7	—	701	188.00	188.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,166	140.00–158.00	149.27
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	1,367	173.00–183.50	177.61
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,255	160.00–169.50	166.95
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,464	171.00–184.00	177.49
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,112	140.00–156.00	149.65
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,354	159.00–172.00	168.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,482	100.00–117.00	106.70
89	—	1,421	93.00–106.50	101.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,344	84.00–98.50	92.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	858	30.00–59.00	46.36
69	—	1,099	65.00–88.00	81.20
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	122.00	122.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,612	141.00–151.00	147.65
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,299	130.00–140.00	134.43
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	127.00–129.00	128.04
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	125.00	125.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,826	119.00–133.00	124.03
19	—	1,880	96.00–117.00	110.31

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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