Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 59 priced lines covering 2,765 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,575 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 330 head.

Mon Jun 19, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,575Last week 5,808Year ago 2,513

Slaughter CattleReceipts 330Last week 1,586Year ago 520

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers sold on a very light test, though a lower undertone was noted.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
288	—	835	226.75–235.50	232.98
93	—	883	219.00–222.00	220.99
89	—	715	243.00–245.00	244.03
43	—	960	207.50	207.50
11	—	375	298.00–300.00	299.04
12	—	473	278.00–280.00	278.68
27	—	771	227.00–236.50	229.66
8	—	936	212.00	212.00
242	—	676	240.50–252.00	249.09
36	—	606	252.50–266.00	255.32
45	—	581	262.00–283.00	268.49
29	—	421	280.00–301.00	289.32
157	—	533	271.00–290.00	287.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	532	262.00–263.00	262.59
6	—	762	200.00	200.00
3	—	557	257.00	257.00
3	—	643	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	572	247.00	247.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	1,027	191.00–212.75	212.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	588	234.00	234.00
4	—	485	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	551	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	360	259.00–264.00	261.66
96	—	755	213.50–222.25	220.33
35	—	662	219.00–230.00	225.33
13	—	827	212.00	212.00
6	—	317	286.00	286.00
270	—	589	242.00–253.25	250.81
89	—	625	230.00–247.00	237.41
30	—	438	241.00–250.00	242.23
443	—	737	217.50–231.50	227.24
9	—	872	214.00	214.00
62	—	524	241.00–254.00	250.79
71	—	467	249.00–259.00	253.87
10	—	938	195.00–196.50	196.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	833	190.00	190.00
8	—	484	216.00–234.00	225.23
4	—	395	230.00	230.00
9	—	405	236.00	236.00
9	—	578	220.00–230.00	225.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	628	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	206.00	206.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	167.00	167.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,220	180.00	180.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,457	156.00–167.00	159.26
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,408	179.00–188.00	181.61
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,348	170.00–177.00	174.04
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,240	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,176	171.00–178.50	176.52
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,190	180.00–183.50	181.12
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,346	181.00–187.50	184.29
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,306	174.00–176.00	174.18
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,483	152.50–165.00	155.21
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,073	160.00–163.00	161.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,574	157.00–166.00	162.34
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	145.00	145.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,469	136.00–141.00	137.63
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,500	147.00–155.00	151.13

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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