Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 53 priced lines covering 1,175 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 862 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 427 head.

Mon Aug 21, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 862Last week 1,366Year ago 6,418

Slaughter CattleReceipts 427Last week 2,233Year ago 3,226

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers overall sold on a light supply this week, however a lower undertone was noted.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	582	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	—	223	960.00	960.00
5	—	912	229.25	229.25
148	—	726	234.00–255.00	245.22
3	—	480	253.00	253.00
13	—	601	241.00	241.00
15	—	589	254.00	254.00
9	—	378	900.00	900.00
6	—	324	1,025.00	1,025.00
5	—	442	250.00	250.00
9	—	980	214.00–222.00	217.60
7	—	680	240.00	240.00
7	—	549	266.00	266.00
7	—	759	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,035	204.00–219.50	211.86
3	—	1,155	178.75	178.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	496	237.00	237.00
4	—	841	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
7	—	369	1,010.00	1,010.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	693	221.00	221.00
3	—	505	250.00	250.00
3	—	562	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	983	227.25–231.00	230.38
20	—	736	251.50–256.00	252.53
14	—	551	275.00	275.00
19	—	808	253.50	253.50
43	—	763	241.00–251.75	250.73
100	—	865	238.50	238.50
121	—	908	224.50–227.50	225.23
3	—	518	297.00	297.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,054	200.50–223.00	219.29
20	—	1,033	217.50	217.50
4	—	1,316	180.50	180.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	546	271.00	271.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,300	185.00–196.00	191.74
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	931	152.50–154.00	153.51
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,214	177.00–189.00	184.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,414	113.00–117.50	115.78
2	—	1,893	110.00	110.00
15	—	1,582	119.00–129.00	123.96
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,766	129.50–134.00	131.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,237	80.00–100.00	92.86
2	—	1,103	60.00	60.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,345	95.00–99.00	96.52
9	—	1,242	104.00–111.00	106.81
2	—	1,103	115.00–116.00	115.46
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	1,393	184.50–195.00	190.46
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,362	173.00–189.00	181.24
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,153	130.00–174.00	151.48
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,038	157.50–162.50	159.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,786	112.00–129.00	121.67
9	—	1,600	132.00–142.00	136.41
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	121.00	121.00

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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