Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 101 priced lines covering 7,652 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,394 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,229 head.

Mon Apr 17, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,394Last week 11,718Year ago 2,801

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,229Last week 804Year ago 1,548

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold sharply higher; 600 to 800 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder steers over 800 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers over 800 lbs sold on a light test though a higher undertone was noted.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	429	200.00–266.00	243.40
24	—	788	173.00–199.00	196.42
10	—	825	190.00–194.00	191.97
3	—	330	240.00–245.00	243.48
7	—	876	187.00	187.00
27	—	674	167.50–218.00	205.07
13	—	623	159.00–221.00	198.00
28	—	734	182.50–207.00	200.99
55	—	570	190.00–249.50	238.57
15	—	390	210.00–243.00	234.69
13	—	530	227.00–243.00	233.94
16	—	457	200.00–265.00	247.91
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,022	172.00–178.00	175.83
7	—	1,345	169.50	169.50
13	—	1,059	171.00	171.00
3	—	1,135	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	426	220.00–310.50	290.44
80	—	370	250.00–300.00	278.24
139	—	911	179.00–194.00	189.58
581	—	817	190.00–216.00	206.25
281	—	669	196.00–242.75	229.98
152	—	474	222.50–300.00	278.33
201	—	863	183.00–204.60	198.35
274	—	714	196.00–234.00	222.20
265	—	619	216.00–261.00	246.91
15	—	339	272.50–320.00	309.79
181	—	572	227.50–275.00	255.11
142	—	961	178.00–200.00	181.16
2	—	280	302.50	302.50
203	—	764	203.00–228.50	217.95
376	—	518	232.00–293.00	276.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	504	259.00–267.00	261.32
6	—	400	305.00	305.00
37	—	620	230.00	230.00
32	—	588	231.00–255.00	246.12
25	—	473	267.00–285.00	281.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	471	220.00–228.00	223.99
10	—	574	205.00	205.00
13	—	412	240.00–245.00	242.67
13	—	536	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	424	266.00–276.00	271.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	429	222.00–269.00	251.61
6	—	292	201.00–220.00	205.46
218	—	523	210.00–247.50	235.14
6	—	338	850.00	850.00
213	—	824	176.50–196.00	186.31
277	—	477	225.00–271.00	247.24
26	—	318	240.00–270.00	251.22
361	—	722	169.00–210.00	195.29
353	—	664	166.00–220.00	210.31
78	—	867	173.00–195.00	185.48
11	—	990	169.00	169.00
313	—	622	195.00–218.00	209.26
30	—	935	178.00	178.00
356	—	568	193.00–245.00	222.85
112	—	382	220.00–272.50	249.52
3	—	246	775.00	775.00
12	—	284	675.00–850.00	792.30
266	—	774	171.00–198.50	187.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	538	213.00	213.00
3	—	392	200.00–209.00	205.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	514	249.00	249.00
5	—	869	209.00	209.00
1	—	325	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	723	182.50–184.25	183.14
25	—	434	192.50–235.00	217.74
2	—	375	215.00	215.00
1	—	765	154.00	154.00
22	—	534	150.00–197.50	168.02
50	—	574	170.00–218.00	200.32
2	—	323	200.00	200.00
40	—	470	190.00–239.00	219.14
47	—	687	135.00–197.00	192.48
11	—	614	120.00–175.00	166.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	550	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,170	174.50	174.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	752	176.00	176.00
3	—	497	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	450	232.00	232.00
6	—	551	211.00	211.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,213	180.00–182.00	181.71
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
198	—	1,358	175.00–185.00	179.17
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,356	160.00–174.00	168.56
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,066	162.00–170.00	166.80
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,073	118.00–177.00	153.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,150	71.00–89.00	82.89
17	—	1,093	30.00–74.00	58.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,462	97.00–106.00	102.31
43	—	1,452	105.00–110.00	107.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	1,299	85.00–99.50	93.16
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,184	140.00–171.00	158.33
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,122	171.00–175.50	173.69
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,372	164.00–174.50	171.10
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
283	—	1,505	172.50–185.00	180.33
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,493	139.00–140.00	139.69
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,511	142.00–150.00	146.63
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	126.00	126.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,758	92.00–119.50	112.14
2	—	1,398	65.00–85.00	74.84
16	—	1,876	120.00–134.00	129.12

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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