Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 81 priced lines covering 5,489 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,038 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,160 head.

Mon Jul 10, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,038Last week 0Year ago 2,818

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,160Last week 765Year ago 1,997

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 lower. Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers sold on a light test, though a higher 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
318	—	920	217.50–242.10	234.48
339	—	869	229.25–254.50	244.38
304	—	834	254.50–255.60	254.82
62	—	561	271.00–310.00	300.85
162	—	724	242.00–264.00	259.05
68	—	669	240.00–268.00	260.26
82	—	795	241.00–254.25	251.98
586	—	962	210.00–242.10	228.33
74	—	626	248.00–287.25	282.92
80	—	524	261.00–311.00	288.11
59	—	449	308.00	308.00
17	—	492	290.00–300.00	294.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	690	230.00	230.00
6	—	613	249.00	249.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,102	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	728	217.00	217.00
7	—	480	200.00–255.00	232.27
19	—	572	227.00–260.00	250.75
3	—	752	226.00	226.00
4	—	341	280.00	280.00
9	—	441	250.00–275.00	266.91
19	—	886	211.00–220.00	218.08
15	—	527	225.00–275.00	252.95
3	—	610	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	861	248.50	248.50
60	—	809	247.00	247.00
90	—	540	317.25	317.25
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,030	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	487	202.00–240.00	219.48
10	—	635	194.00–211.00	206.16
17	—	434	215.00–252.00	241.67
10	—	577	210.00–233.00	219.71
3	—	500	244.00	244.00
7	—	391	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	780	225.00–234.85	233.60
63	—	468	250.00–297.50	278.26
101	—	673	229.00–250.00	245.13
79	—	527	244.00–268.00	254.17
15	—	837	217.50–223.00	220.41
167	—	618	216.00–269.00	260.28
176	—	570	230.00–276.75	265.33
25	—	718	226.50–231.50	229.84
46	—	431	268.00–283.50	280.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
203	—	761	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	419	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	707	211.00	211.00
6	—	848	179.50	179.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	379	252.50–306.00	269.77
4	—	615	220.00	220.00
3	—	468	243.00	243.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,615	130.00–160.00	137.06
4	—	1,500	95.00–105.00	99.01
18	—	1,604	103.00–129.00	119.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,169	92.00–102.00	96.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,483	111.00–121.00	115.86
53	—	1,388	102.00–112.00	107.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,097	68.00–97.00	84.74
6	—	1,068	62.00–81.00	72.40
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,546	122.00–135.00	126.09
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,506	147.00–156.00	148.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,153	130.00	130.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,527	131.00–134.00	132.95
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,186	176.00–187.00	179.85
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,363	165.00–182.00	175.27
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,152	130.00–181.25	169.85
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,230	168.00–182.25	178.18
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
671	—	1,428	177.00–188.50	183.44
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,353	152.00–161.00	157.40
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,534	153.00–176.00	160.09
15	—	1,674	153.00–158.75	157.33
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,461	140.00–152.00	147.34
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,368	146.00–146.50	146.02
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,321	150.00	150.00
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,193	120.00–130.00	125.57
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,403	150.00–163.00	157.16
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,123	167.00–176.00	173.04
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,162	175.00–181.00	178.93
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,081	150.00–181.00	168.57
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,156	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
294	—	1,292	177.50–188.50	183.63
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,299	163.00–179.00	174.18

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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