Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 105 priced lines covering 9,063 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,057 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,335 head.

Mon May 29, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,057Last week 7,291Year ago 8,821

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,335Last week 978Year ago 1,982

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers under 800 lbs sold 8.00 to 11.00 higher; over 800 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers overall sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	428	306.00	306.00
19	—	596	254.00	254.00
29	—	511	300.00	300.00
30	—	352	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	257.50	257.50
6	—	473	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	975	194.00–196.00	195.42
40	—	335	300.00–323.00	312.76
380	—	922	189.75–209.00	202.97
372	—	520	264.00–300.00	287.51
167	—	887	182.00–217.00	203.07
203	—	677	220.00–268.00	246.31
211	—	479	256.00–321.50	299.70
407	—	820	204.25–228.50	220.46
326	—	633	240.00–277.50	262.46
232	—	768	207.00–230.00	224.09
333	—	579	252.00–288.50	277.16
247	—	427	284.00–318.00	307.24
235	—	732	217.00–249.00	233.74
121	—	381	275.00–334.00	308.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	580	222.50–237.00	226.41
20	—	442	278.00–292.50	288.16
38	—	518	264.00–272.00	267.23
5	—	467	271.00	271.00
3	—	325	290.00	290.00
16	—	619	235.00–239.00	236.97
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,078	181.00	181.00
61	—	1,015	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	915	184.00	184.00
16	—	881	192.00–195.00	194.34
30	—	525	190.00–266.00	243.79
30	—	462	232.50–266.00	253.73
7	—	389	272.00	272.00
35	—	811	201.00	201.00
26	—	616	190.00–204.00	193.21
40	—	437	227.50–276.00	261.04
11	—	308	262.50–286.00	279.23
15	—	691	202.50–225.00	214.46
10	—	568	249.00–253.00	250.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	730	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
305	—	432	230.00–270.00	253.79
158	—	766	179.50–220.00	206.26
23	—	971	159.00–180.00	170.04
4	—	269	310.00	310.00
437	—	728	204.00–228.00	213.33
3	—	923	159.00	159.00
400	—	573	220.00–253.00	237.29
287	—	474	220.00–274.00	257.87
291	—	828	188.00–210.50	204.25
40	—	334	277.00–300.00	292.64
97	—	871	173.50–195.00	190.78
304	—	519	226.00–266.50	249.26
126	—	376	248.00–292.00	272.34
134	—	678	213.00–236.00	218.64
405	—	626	222.00–240.50	228.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	726	179.00	179.00
20	—	487	182.00–237.50	210.26
10	—	379	231.00–240.00	233.72
10	—	320	262.50	262.50
25	—	588	198.00–222.00	210.59
45	—	425	195.00–259.00	234.82
7	—	655	199.00–201.00	200.15
5	—	908	141.00	141.00
10	—	638	195.00–207.00	198.51
60	—	527	200.00–228.00	217.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	619	222.50	222.50
5	—	345	250.00	250.00
28	—	568	215.00–227.50	221.50
34	—	459	237.50–253.00	248.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	492	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	475	274.00–281.00	278.61
60	—	552	257.00	257.00
67	—	383	274.00	274.00
501	—	761	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,081	149.00–156.00	153.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	253	327.50	327.50
4	—	400	299.00	299.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	793	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	663	215.00	215.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,786	126.00–146.00	134.53
17	—	1,669	92.00–126.00	112.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,119	80.00–86.00	83.53
3	—	903	50.00–65.00	57.06
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,568	120.00–140.00	125.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,390	100.00–109.50	105.14
118	—	1,505	110.00–119.50	113.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,276	89.00–99.50	94.45
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,316	165.00–184.75	178.53
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,130	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,421	160.00–168.00	161.52
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
202	—	1,299	182.00–194.00	188.39
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,102	141.00–165.00	156.89
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,280	133.50	133.50
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,487	135.00–142.00	138.41
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,755	129.00	129.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,365	136.00–147.00	143.92
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	115.00–131.00	124.46
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,510	139.00–148.00	142.74
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,716	152.00–168.00	156.61
8	—	1,585	152.00–168.00	159.14
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,127	150.00–173.00	161.36
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,350	169.00–184.25	175.51
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
364	—	1,441	180.50–194.50	188.52
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,088	170.00–177.50	174.75
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	185.00	185.00

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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