Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 134 priced lines covering 9,103 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,701 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 898 head.

Mon Apr 24, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,701Last week 7,394Year ago 9,944

Slaughter CattleReceipts 898Last week 1,229Year ago 266

Compared to last week, Choice Steers and Heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder Steers and heifers sold steady to 6.00 lower, with the best demand for lighter weight calves going to grass and heavier weight yearlings headed to the feedyard. Demand ranged from moderate to good. Supply was moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,150	161.00	161.00
217	—	871	186.00–206.25	199.82
211	—	764	200.00–215.00	210.35
377	—	479	245.00–296.00	269.33
161	—	723	179.00–216.00	203.69
49	—	987	165.00–184.75	180.47
438	—	566	227.50–272.50	254.79
509	—	627	210.00–253.50	235.19
477	—	672	200.00–242.00	230.28
50	—	326	265.00–310.00	290.57
29	—	900	195.75	195.75
206	—	422	257.50–318.00	284.46
176	—	832	185.00–210.00	205.38
85	—	371	260.00–307.50	288.91
423	—	525	235.00–289.00	263.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	436	206.00–255.00	243.43
22	—	364	230.00–272.50	248.67
3	—	740	173.00	173.00
54	—	581	200.00–232.50	219.28
65	—	535	210.00–245.00	231.69
20	—	789	172.00–174.00	173.50
19	—	617	201.50–214.00	206.45
13	—	330	252.50–270.00	261.70
24	—	660	190.00–208.00	201.78
3	—	848	170.00	170.00
66	—	484	192.50–260.00	225.57
5	—	875	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	185.00	185.00
3	—	940	168.00	168.00
4	—	810	161.00	161.00
4	—	714	190.00	190.00
1	—	605	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	369	302.50–312.00	306.38
77	—	574	261.00–263.00	261.40
77	—	769	222.50–230.00	224.18
89	—	510	276.00–280.00	278.88
51	—	604	260.00	260.00
4	—	451	293.00	293.00
8	—	441	290.00	290.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,108	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	616	201.00–224.00	222.97
9	—	662	202.00	202.00
3	—	723	170.00	170.00
52	—	379	257.00–315.00	294.65
42	—	574	196.00–254.00	232.33
101	—	471	237.50–287.50	272.74
109	—	523	250.00–277.50	265.53
57	—	427	260.00–299.50	288.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	582	188.00–197.00	195.47
10	—	483	210.00–247.50	243.66
14	—	533	235.00–238.00	237.19
4	—	608	208.50	208.50
17	—	381	240.00–272.50	261.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	676	190.50	190.50
60	—	525	189.00–220.00	212.01
1	—	605	178.00	178.00
28	—	386	230.00–254.00	248.35
2	—	793	170.00	170.00
45	—	424	220.00–267.50	243.31
77	—	474	199.00–242.50	224.46
8	—	338	242.50–257.50	255.73
66	—	568	185.50–223.00	201.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	730	190.50	190.50
13	—	577	200.00	200.00
12	—	780	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	455	257.00	257.00
3	—	350	275.00	275.00
28	—	556	231.50–233.50	232.64
16	—	755	210.00	210.00
3	—	403	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	868	171.00–182.00	177.33
101	—	780	175.00–201.00	187.51
306	—	573	196.00–235.50	218.21
412	—	476	216.00–262.50	238.13
13	—	977	152.00–164.00	154.81
3	—	915	174.00	174.00
172	—	379	228.00–267.50	247.18
253	—	425	200.00–254.00	236.04
392	—	667	170.00–213.50	202.75
215	—	723	170.50–198.75	191.72
449	—	625	190.50–220.00	206.64
514	—	524	214.00–252.00	236.24
58	—	829	174.50–183.00	176.11
31	—	325	242.00–277.00	261.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	463	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	331	213.00–232.00	219.92
16	—	644	177.50–186.00	181.08
95	—	486	190.00–228.00	207.87
81	—	531	200.00–222.00	208.64
11	—	584	188.00–205.00	202.07
18	—	383	210.00–225.00	220.37
17	—	675	160.00–187.00	177.04
27	—	431	196.00–220.00	207.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	184.00	184.00
1	—	730	174.00	174.00
3	—	555	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,068	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	147.00	147.00
13	—	628	191.00–201.00	198.01
4	—	445	228.00	228.00
5	—	819	154.00–171.00	167.53
1	—	915	160.00	160.00
5	—	457	160.00–197.50	190.12
7	—	565	216.00–226.00	221.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	415	270.00	270.00
5	—	554	200.00	200.00
4	—	466	265.00	265.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,760	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,398	138.00–155.00	145.90
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,329	164.00–178.25	174.88
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
240	—	1,352	174.00–192.00	181.19
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,189	163.00–176.50	166.86
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,165	133.00–158.00	150.18
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,202	176.50–181.00	179.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,520	104.00–112.50	107.22
17	—	1,460	97.00–103.00	100.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,271	84.00–96.00	89.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	838	50.00–62.50	58.31
7	—	1,131	74.00–83.00	78.23
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
265	—	1,465	174.50–189.00	180.25
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,382	160.00–176.00	172.16
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,436	140.00–156.00	149.71
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,181	140.00–166.00	156.76
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,128	161.00–175.00	170.76
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,559	126.00–132.00	130.28
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,509	109.00–112.50	109.86
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,646	139.00–143.50	140.87
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	117.00	117.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,498	120.00–127.00	124.88
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,615	142.00	142.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,258	114.00–125.00	118.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	94.00	94.00
2	—	2,080	119.00–121.00	120.11
4	—	1,586	98.00–116.00	108.50

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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