Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 68 priced lines covering 1,922 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,302 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 861 head.

Mon Jun 5, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,302Last week 9,057Year ago 3,207

Slaughter CattleReceipts 861Last week 1,335Year ago 1,515

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers overall sold on a very low test, though a higher undertone was noted.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,880	180.00	180.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,160	152.50	152.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,160	171.00–176.00	174.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
279	—	1,477	178.50–194.00	187.11
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,334	152.00–165.00	156.92
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,424	167.00–181.00	176.44
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,250	177.00–184.00	178.15
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	127.50	127.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,645	137.00–139.00	137.60
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,285	126.00	126.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,375	135.00–136.00	135.92
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,555	142.00–153.00	143.47
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,052	152.00–169.00	159.98
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	1,336	179.50–191.50	186.73
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,298	167.50–180.75	178.05
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,319	161.00–169.00	168.03
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,215	180.00–183.00	182.22
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,745	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,124	166.00–178.00	175.31
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,426	121.00–126.00	123.49
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,163	115.00–117.50	116.07
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,441	142.00	142.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,604	134.00–143.00	139.39

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	515	260.00	260.00
6	—	618	230.00–250.00	240.28
3	—	701	207.00	207.00
6	—	596	239.00	239.00
17	—	652	235.50	235.50
11	—	475	250.00–275.00	260.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	937	221.75	221.75
74	—	530	280.00–305.00	300.79
7	—	390	300.00	300.00
19	—	433	290.00–319.00	304.46
4	—	345	317.50	317.50
32	—	478	308.00–320.00	313.41
62	—	976	214.75	214.75
9	—	665	239.50	239.50
31	—	575	265.00–297.00	281.04
68	—	819	231.25	231.25
33	—	727	236.00–254.00	245.24
101	—	869	223.00–227.00	225.48
148	—	624	255.00–285.50	275.73
7	—	772	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	528	255.00–277.00	261.25
6	—	585	256.00	256.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,160	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	668	217.00–229.75	224.86
3	—	371	290.00	290.00
47	—	728	207.00–219.75	217.78
47	—	476	257.50–277.00	267.75
11	—	335	280.00–285.00	283.21
61	—	614	230.50–237.00	234.85
21	—	433	257.50–287.00	276.98
4	—	850	185.00	185.00
48	—	572	230.00–249.00	243.12
60	—	515	245.00–268.00	256.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	325	235.00	235.00
6	—	500	220.00	220.00
4	—	393	235.00	235.00
6	—	604	214.00	214.00
13	—	688	187.50–195.00	192.13
3	—	771	175.00	175.00
5	—	469	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	511	242.00–248.50	246.14
6	—	494	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	386	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	667	192.00	192.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	867	168.00	168.00

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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