Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 91 priced lines covering 6,981 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,369 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 946 head.

Mon May 1, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,369Last week 9,701Year ago 5,008

Slaughter CattleReceipts 946Last week 898Year ago 2,036

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers 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
147	—	678	184.00–217.00	193.46
83	—	829	179.50–191.50	185.47
91	—	418	220.00–254.00	239.65
3	—	173	400.00	400.00
317	—	470	210.00–250.00	236.33
4	—	371	775.00	775.00
6	—	279	700.00	700.00
4	—	211	525.00	525.00
229	—	707	184.00–202.00	198.93
231	—	775	182.25–200.00	192.42
45	—	324	239.00–280.00	259.20
87	—	384	226.00–265.00	243.00
70	—	622	185.00–218.00	199.13
286	—	567	200.00–237.00	227.48
261	—	521	200.00–244.50	229.60
41	—	870	169.00–187.50	181.45
11	—	906	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	839	191.00–196.00	193.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	387	237.00	237.00
62	—	484	219.00–235.00	223.04
27	—	608	173.00–178.00	176.54
6	—	346	232.00	232.00
8	—	415	183.00–201.00	194.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	170.00	170.00
4	—	606	182.00	182.00
20	—	429	207.00–230.00	217.94
10	—	720	162.00–180.00	172.69
7	—	992	157.00	157.00
35	—	579	169.50–209.00	184.53
17	—	525	170.00–215.00	200.55
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	460	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,019	161.50	161.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
257	—	674	195.00–245.00	225.34
542	—	779	186.00–217.75	208.31
225	—	621	214.00–252.00	239.97
285	—	517	235.00–295.00	279.22
288	—	935	177.00–193.75	191.25
17	—	276	750.00	750.00
3	—	326	750.00	750.00
17	—	326	299.00–306.00	302.73
134	—	469	261.00–292.50	277.98
5	—	216	650.00	650.00
421	—	830	190.00–205.50	199.28
161	—	430	255.00–291.00	279.83
340	—	576	236.00–276.00	256.23
305	—	718	187.50–225.00	205.02
37	—	379	258.00–291.00	268.72
177	—	975	180.00–198.00	194.10
400	—	879	188.00–203.75	197.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	830	176.00–183.00	179.42
4	—	441	260.00	260.00
8	—	656	175.00–185.00	178.76
29	—	364	232.00–260.00	243.28
6	—	752	186.50	186.50
45	—	579	182.00–231.50	218.80
51	—	526	239.00–261.50	253.48
25	—	640	194.00–220.00	209.09
30	—	482	185.00–258.00	230.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	586	211.00	211.00
37	—	477	239.50–271.00	244.41
35	—	507	258.00–274.00	271.13
12	—	416	270.00	270.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,073	165.00	165.00
56	—	1,010	167.00–182.75	171.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	845	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	486	256.00	256.00
3	—	367	265.00	265.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,453	175.00–178.50	177.58
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,303	159.50–176.00	170.31
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,366	145.00–156.50	149.81
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,059	145.00–157.50	154.51
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,213	171.50–176.75	176.20
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,076	158.50–167.00	161.37
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
173	—	1,366	172.25–185.00	179.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,119	77.00–85.00	82.24
7	—	937	40.00–67.00	56.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,373	97.00–105.50	100.85
45	—	1,569	105.00–114.00	109.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,329	85.00–97.50	91.28
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,406	161.00–176.00	172.31
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,410	143.00–154.00	149.26
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
213	—	1,430	170.00–185.00	179.03
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,182	161.00–169.00	165.03
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,156	140.00–160.00	155.47
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,540	178.00–182.00	179.58
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,519	144.00–155.00	151.41
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,453	135.00–142.00	138.89
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	120.00	120.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,690	119.00–131.00	122.83
13	—	1,457	91.00–118.00	108.75
1	—	1,430	87.50	87.50

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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