Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 109 priced lines covering 7,633 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,616 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,658 head.

Mon May 8, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,616Last week 7,369Year ago 8,657

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,658Last week 946Year ago 426

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower, while those over 600 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers sold uneven; 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,182	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
255	—	571	228.00–275.00	250.31
106	—	717	206.00–223.75	220.69
159	—	820	207.10–213.00	209.41
131	—	433	250.00–290.00	271.76
158	—	872	192.00–208.50	205.00
9	—	332	280.00–293.00	286.08
352	—	475	244.00–297.00	268.33
264	—	528	240.00–286.50	262.16
193	—	912	179.00–199.75	198.12
264	—	777	193.00–217.25	211.67
78	—	667	210.00–228.00	221.07
91	—	369	252.50–297.50	278.10
274	—	622	230.00–260.00	247.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	831	188.50	188.50
45	—	562	198.00–223.00	216.67
61	—	471	234.00–256.00	242.38
21	—	381	247.00–262.50	252.54
9	—	691	141.00–190.00	173.65
47	—	622	180.00–224.00	207.59
22	—	421	204.00–240.00	222.02
9	—	858	189.50	189.50
19	—	743	159.00–207.25	187.00
3	—	333	240.00	240.00
6	—	788	184.00	184.00
49	—	537	206.00–250.00	234.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	520	271.00	271.00
68	—	868	205.00	205.00
26	—	653	251.00	251.00
104	—	489	275.00–299.00	294.01
9	—	397	299.00	299.00
43	—	563	264.00	264.00
4	—	325	310.00	310.00
70	—	839	207.35	207.35
83	—	433	302.50–304.00	303.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	458	256.00	256.00
6	—	348	282.50	282.50
84	—	520	229.00–273.50	253.77
4	—	371	285.00	285.00
66	—	415	248.00–298.00	288.55
15	—	664	220.00	220.00
4	—	598	231.50	231.50
6	—	633	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	326	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	883	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
213	—	665	193.00–226.25	219.01
22	—	826	155.00–193.00	177.60
293	—	573	208.00–241.00	226.04
359	—	617	201.00–238.75	227.49
37	—	327	232.50–290.00	263.47
321	—	519	217.00–246.00	234.89
47	—	920	164.00–169.50	169.04
410	—	467	222.50–255.00	242.78
229	—	428	230.00–275.75	257.78
261	—	721	184.00–216.25	207.77
3	—	855	150.00	150.00
159	—	382	242.50–272.50	263.23
260	—	778	171.00–199.00	189.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	502	226.00	226.00
15	—	582	210.00–219.00	213.07
54	—	422	230.00–274.00	259.78
23	—	465	230.00–244.00	238.03
4	—	306	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	621	190.00–194.00	190.94
32	—	675	150.00–196.00	179.17
14	—	474	213.00–219.00	215.94
32	—	557	182.00–211.50	198.42
15	—	385	210.00–243.00	229.10
80	—	532	162.50–218.00	198.16
3	—	843	159.00	159.00
5	—	796	156.00	156.00
35	—	428	190.00–247.50	221.93
4	—	715	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,083	146.00–167.00	163.36
4	—	1,106	172.00	172.00
3	—	1,010	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	570	267.00	267.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	449	230.00–255.00	241.35

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,210	160.00–162.00	161.70
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,184	112.50–172.00	151.86
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
248	—	1,313	172.00–185.00	179.14
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	1,273	160.00–175.50	169.98
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,390	153.00–155.00	153.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	1,279	85.00–97.50	91.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,167	74.00–85.00	80.86
7	—	979	50.00–70.00	61.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,434	97.00–105.00	101.14
40	—	1,485	105.00–113.00	107.51
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,157	130.00–178.50	165.46
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,231	172.00–181.00	173.58
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
343	—	1,453	172.00–184.50	179.01
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,546	142.00–155.00	151.62
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,357	158.00–175.00	171.08
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,284	160.00–169.00	160.68
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	119.00	119.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,100	131.00	131.00
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,319	117.00–121.00	118.32
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	139.00	139.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,329	125.00–128.00	125.60
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,523	139.00–144.00	141.32
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,504	135.00–141.00	140.18
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,492	144.00–154.50	150.34
21	—	1,618	143.50–152.00	146.88
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,385	144.50	144.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,343	137.00–141.00	137.66
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,348	117.50–131.00	129.88
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,415	118.00–130.00	120.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,643	89.00–119.00	110.33
27	—	1,743	119.50–142.00	126.72

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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