Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 72 priced lines covering 4,411 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,637 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,591 head.

Mon Aug 7, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,637Last week 7,245Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,591Last week 2,100Year ago 1,816

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers under 700 lbs sold on a light test, though a lower undertone was noted. Feeder steers and heifers over 700 lbs sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	471	256.00–281.00	275.97
149	—	818	226.50–246.25	237.78
3	—	350	277.50	277.50
38	—	579	250.00–265.00	257.95
80	—	702	239.00–259.00	256.48
75	—	910	222.75–230.50	224.00
12	—	426	270.00	270.00
63	—	519	250.00–277.00	268.71
195	—	618	255.50–267.75	262.68
102	—	677	238.00–260.00	254.07
86	—	865	224.00–239.00	236.60
61	—	969	210.00–225.25	222.69
261	—	770	220.00–253.25	245.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	287.50	287.50
3	—	473	285.00	285.00
7	—	577	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	588	252.00	252.00
5	—	669	218.00	218.00
8	—	757	216.00	216.00
4	—	645	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
192	—	920	230.00–234.75	231.57
461	—	967	226.50–237.25	234.09
257	—	863	234.00–255.25	247.64
138	—	825	238.25–256.85	250.20
101	—	727	249.00–266.00	257.69
74	—	586	278.00–303.25	297.73
81	—	637	276.00–285.50	279.36
191	—	780	243.00–259.50	256.22
64	—	526	280.00–309.50	296.21
28	—	671	251.00–275.50	259.16
28	—	460	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	853	215.50	215.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	504	323.00	323.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	665	245.00	245.00
3	—	345	285.00	285.00
4	—	441	275.00	275.00
21	—	568	260.00–270.00	266.60
19	—	864	208.00–213.00	210.92
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,164	199.50	199.50
6	—	1,042	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	545	290.00	290.00
12	—	551	260.00–290.00	272.50
8	—	433	312.50	312.50
5	—	473	299.00	299.00
4	—	360	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	881	182.50	182.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,368	158.00–163.50	160.03
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,166	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	981	132.50–175.00	159.75
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,104	180.00–185.75	184.20
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
347	—	1,297	183.00–196.75	190.80
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,288	171.00–187.00	179.92
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,494	130.00–160.00	136.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,331	110.00–119.50	114.83
82	—	1,425	118.00–128.50	123.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,206	102.00–110.50	106.32
4	—	1,469	85.00–90.00	87.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,102	76.00–101.00	94.51
3	—	940	45.00–60.00	52.74
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,427	155.00–165.00	162.78
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,201	171.00–178.00	176.70
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,078	140.00–210.00	181.08
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,167	180.00–192.00	185.73
Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	195.00–213.00	205.03
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
537	—	1,406	180.00–196.00	190.28
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,317	168.00–186.00	180.49
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,458	160.00–167.00	164.67
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,593	153.00–155.00	154.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,855	130.00–166.00	146.53
17	—	1,454	112.00–134.00	125.92
2	—	1,608	100.00–102.50	101.21
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,194	134.00–149.00	140.79

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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