Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 92 priced lines covering 8,635 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,245 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,100 head.

Mon Jul 31, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,245Last week 2,303Year ago 8,569

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,100Last week 1,147Year ago 1,687

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers under 700 lbs sold on a light test, though a higher undertone was noted. Feeder steers over 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers over 700 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
666	—	913	221.00–239.25	236.05
183	—	575	279.00–305.50	292.08
320	—	778	241.00–263.50	254.08
27	—	319	1,060.00	1,060.00
94	—	431	300.00–357.00	319.09
23	—	371	296.00–335.00	321.13
804	—	878	229.50–246.25	241.00
123	—	625	262.00–297.00	283.27
3	—	237	800.00	800.00
681	—	819	230.00–268.00	249.58
118	—	522	295.00–320.00	309.23
373	—	981	221.50–259.50	228.96
42	—	333	309.00–342.50	317.71
354	—	724	241.00–264.00	258.35
170	—	677	251.00–286.00	270.45
43	—	469	300.00–321.50	309.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	735	225.00–239.00	229.30
10	—	577	259.00	259.00
53	—	540	264.00–287.00	279.99
9	—	792	236.00	236.00
15	—	823	216.50–225.00	219.39
4	—	683	252.00	252.00
30	—	472	277.50–285.00	281.86
3	—	443	282.50	282.50
36	—	629	255.00–269.00	264.86
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,158	196.00	196.00
53	—	1,004	221.00–222.00	221.94
26	—	1,103	200.00	200.00
11	—	1,070	190.00–208.50	203.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	890	221.00–233.00	224.67
662	—	731	240.00–254.50	250.48
73	—	522	257.00–288.00	267.44
38	—	419	270.00–298.00	288.27
253	—	778	220.00–247.50	244.60
260	—	821	200.00–248.75	239.70
166	—	676	227.50–268.00	255.40
160	—	624	258.00–281.00	268.43
58	—	955	205.50–220.25	219.46
34	—	312	1,110.00	1,110.00
6	—	245	775.00–825.00	800.26
22	—	391	1,250.00	1,250.00
111	—	922	174.00–227.00	218.48
200	—	572	253.00–283.00	273.41
99	—	475	271.00–293.00	280.60
3	—	258	330.00	330.00
24	—	332	319.00–320.00	319.27
15	—	390	290.00–302.00	293.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	699	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	697	241.00–248.00	245.08
17	—	798	209.00	209.00
6	—	494	263.00	263.00
22	—	509	210.00–259.00	241.12
3	—	360	197.50	197.50
9	—	437	266.00	266.00
3	—	737	228.50	228.50
3	—	635	228.00	228.00
9	—	889	217.00	217.00
3	—	820	226.50	226.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,058	210.00	210.00
52	—	1,013	220.25	220.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	334	325.00	325.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,300	150.00–165.00	160.02
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
349	—	1,293	181.00–189.50	185.69
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,030	127.50–183.00	160.46
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,193	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,199	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,241	168.00–182.00	176.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,069	70.00–96.00	89.06
10	—	1,116	40.00–67.50	59.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,378	105.00–117.50	111.28
78	—	1,429	114.00–128.50	121.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,219	95.00–108.50	103.05
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,552	126.00–157.50	133.48
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,311	168.00–181.50	177.23
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
580	—	1,425	177.00–190.00	185.10
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,233	171.50–189.00	183.49
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,182	180.00	180.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,077	160.00–183.00	175.04
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,522	153.00–165.00	158.49
40	—	1,552	155.00–163.50	159.17
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,530	141.00–152.00	149.19
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,369	147.00–154.00	149.18
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,267	142.50–145.00	142.92
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,349	121.00–135.00	130.35
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,386	155.00–165.00	156.98
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,380	152.50	152.50
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,269	137.00–149.00	145.95
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,455	151.00–165.00	155.61
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,437	76.00–106.00	91.28
41	—	1,735	131.00–170.00	146.93
22	—	1,551	110.00–131.50	123.45
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,108	136.50–162.50	146.50

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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