Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 82 priced lines covering 4,613 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,873 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 884 head.

Mon May 15, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,873Last week 7,616Year ago 3,852

Slaughter CattleReceipts 884Last week 1,658Year ago 180

Compared to last week, Choice Steers and Heifers sold uneven; 1.00 lower to 1.00 higher. Steer calves under 700 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher, while heifer calves under 650 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Other weights now well tested this week. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	432	199.00	199.00
22	—	592	185.00–205.00	202.33
8	—	534	214.00	214.00
4	—	608	214.00	214.00
6	—	492	220.50–221.00	220.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	667	202.00–216.50	211.71
30	—	387	242.50–275.00	256.42
32	—	820	176.75–195.00	184.97
308	—	573	219.50–257.00	237.37
210	—	774	182.75–203.50	201.13
329	—	473	228.00–260.00	248.89
113	—	726	191.00–219.25	213.79
164	—	427	230.00–267.00	256.09
40	—	920	174.00–181.00	177.07
195	—	522	213.00–256.50	239.81
179	—	624	200.00–240.00	225.02
97	—	867	173.75–188.00	175.41
11	—	338	268.00–282.00	274.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	471	239.50	239.50
52	—	608	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	424	282.50–307.00	291.96
121	—	727	208.50–224.00	220.76
53	—	830	189.00–207.00	204.59
35	—	371	271.00–302.00	289.25
293	—	577	251.00–284.50	271.97
48	—	772	207.50–225.00	211.72
181	—	662	214.00–246.00	238.12
158	—	622	229.00–271.50	259.64
326	—	485	247.50–304.00	278.66
30	—	934	183.50–186.00	184.43
282	—	533	268.00–288.00	282.73
72	—	966	172.00–190.75	187.35
39	—	860	195.00–206.50	200.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	878	172.00–178.00	175.96
17	—	478	247.00–269.00	262.29
10	—	529	240.00–258.00	251.15
19	—	430	230.00–266.00	249.88
3	—	763	191.00	191.00
29	—	575	205.00–249.00	236.71
9	—	639	218.00–239.50	232.36
27	—	739	181.00–185.00	183.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,032	168.50	168.50
3	—	1,190	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	510	268.00	268.00
48	—	636	247.75	247.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	445	287.00	287.00
9	—	845	182.00	182.00
10	—	611	226.75	226.75

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,590	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,190	160.00–171.50	169.64
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,317	160.00–174.00	168.16
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,408	140.00–159.00	151.40
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,182	171.00–175.00	173.83
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,473	179.50	179.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,353	170.00–184.50	176.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,557	109.00–116.50	112.37
16	—	1,373	101.00–108.00	104.54
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,663	119.00–120.00	119.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,136	71.00–85.00	80.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,230	86.00–97.00	92.41
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,461	180.10	180.10
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,428	162.00–172.50	167.26
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
255	—	1,483	170.00–183.10	178.31
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,925	170.00	170.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,203	173.50–174.00	173.74
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,215	162.50–172.00	169.15
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,209	149.00–162.00	156.73
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,158	130.00–134.00	131.14
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	148.00	148.00
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	130.00	130.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,578	145.50–150.00	147.25
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,845	169.00	169.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,571	148.00–156.00	150.27
35	—	1,460	150.25–151.00	150.41
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,271	126.00–134.00	130.44
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,363	148.00–157.00	150.59
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,354	137.00–147.00	143.62
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,539	111.00–128.00	125.01
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,668	137.00–146.00	143.31
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	2,045	118.00–125.50	120.62
8	—	1,532	105.00–116.50	110.45

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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