Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 91 priced lines covering 6,248 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,808 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,586 head.

Mon Jun 12, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,808Last week 1,302Year ago 3,040

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,586Last week 861Year ago 1,393

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,042	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
168	—	860	203.50–215.75	213.00
150	—	936	200.00–211.00	205.02
73	—	420	261.00–293.00	273.23
137	—	527	249.00–275.00	261.39
95	—	670	222.00–235.00	231.48
270	—	817	190.00–220.00	216.54
39	—	375	260.00–298.00	269.19
283	—	786	200.00–220.25	215.92
150	—	615	230.00–247.00	242.35
160	—	479	245.00–287.50	264.78
179	—	730	212.00–235.50	222.91
238	—	575	240.00–270.00	255.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	600	211.00	211.00
4	—	436	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	418	270.00	270.00
15	—	525	247.00	247.00
21	—	359	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	445	285.00	285.00
23	—	480	285.00–290.00	286.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	921	185.00	185.00
8	—	305	230.00–232.50	231.54
7	—	870	194.00	194.00
16	—	482	212.20–238.00	228.44
31	—	572	205.00–242.00	228.90
11	—	678	192.50–205.00	198.01
45	—	375	220.00–250.00	237.34
7	—	519	240.00	240.00
19	—	434	237.50–242.50	240.22
3	—	740	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	535	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	719	187.50–226.00	204.88
11	—	753	155.50	155.50
7	—	435	220.00–255.00	240.00
34	—	532	225.00–269.00	252.03
3	—	330	250.00	250.00
16	—	580	233.00–250.00	244.51
16	—	875	186.00–196.00	190.71
54	—	470	187.50–272.50	254.57
3	—	632	210.00	210.00
3	—	663	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
160	—	571	263.00–293.00	284.80
56	—	433	307.00–322.50	312.36
194	—	626	245.00–273.00	264.94
157	—	957	217.50–220.10	219.24
4	—	306	315.00	315.00
229	—	528	272.50–307.50	292.96
256	—	723	218.00–248.00	241.34
138	—	784	215.00–237.50	234.07
80	—	477	289.00–311.00	302.42
251	—	826	209.50–242.00	232.59
41	—	380	297.50–325.00	313.90
144	—	677	222.50–259.00	252.62
118	—	915	206.75–227.50	221.64
569	—	867	216.00–235.00	228.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	625	231.00	231.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,125	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	410	262.50	262.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	385	230.00	230.00
3	—	455	260.00	260.00
4	—	811	182.00	182.00
8	—	909	176.00	176.00
6	—	756	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	549	236.00	236.00
17	—	303	315.00	315.00
19	—	382	297.50	297.50
40	—	443	288.00	288.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	437	180.00	180.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,096	140.00–182.50	168.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	1,294	171.00–187.50	181.04
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,025	169.00–179.00	176.81
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,061	181.00–187.50	185.06
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	1,314	183.00–193.00	188.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,036	40.00–71.00	56.16
41	—	1,207	70.00–90.00	83.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	1,377	101.00–109.50	105.82
66	—	1,509	110.00–119.00	113.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,307	90.00–100.00	95.57
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,569	120.00–140.00	123.20
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,514	140.00–150.00	147.47
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,295	121.00–132.00	126.69
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,545	152.00–169.00	157.87
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
289	—	1,392	182.50–198.00	188.71
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,345	174.00–187.00	182.31
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,190	171.00	171.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,204	175.00–180.25	178.93
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,113	158.00–184.00	172.40
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	1,083	183.50–214.10	209.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,515	100.00–129.00	115.92
28	—	1,823	130.00–159.00	138.56

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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