Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 90 priced lines covering 4,689 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,008 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,422 head.

Mon Oct 23, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,008Last week 7,882Year ago 7,451

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,422Last week 1,997Year ago 1,857

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher; over 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	617	251.00–281.50	273.89
97	—	687	228.00–263.00	243.91
117	—	578	258.00–299.50	275.19
37	—	383	315.00–344.00	329.18
167	—	869	221.00–241.00	236.56
8	—	334	367.50	367.50
103	—	721	225.00–248.50	240.57
216	—	821	220.00–238.25	234.33
57	—	435	292.00–340.00	329.95
126	—	524	265.00–315.50	297.31
145	—	977	215.00–222.00	216.88
127	—	913	217.00–232.00	229.55
90	—	756	244.50–254.50	249.87
106	—	477	301.00–332.00	317.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	931	220.00	220.00
3	—	966	203.00	203.00
8	—	382	299.00–300.00	299.51
73	—	582	235.00–270.50	262.09
3	—	742	215.00	215.00
41	—	624	235.00–250.00	240.62
29	—	467	271.00–287.50	278.06
10	—	508	250.00–281.00	271.53
14	—	413	276.00–300.00	289.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	421	275.00–292.50	284.96
46	—	647	257.00–269.00	260.63
8	—	464	261.00	261.00
4	—	708	217.00	217.00
14	—	390	310.00–318.00	313.37
37	—	577	236.00–263.00	243.44
37	—	533	285.00–290.00	288.46
36	—	677	225.00–251.00	238.72
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
180	—	1,032	218.25	218.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	535	241.00–260.00	253.08
5	—	395	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	481	230.00–257.00	241.97
19	—	520	239.00	239.00
47	—	579	220.00–240.00	231.66
12	—	412	232.00–239.00	235.57
3	—	315	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,128	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	571	235.00–238.00	235.98
4	—	297	285.00	285.00
9	—	509	235.00–240.00	238.36
3	—	498	250.00	250.00
3	—	413	254.00	254.00
3	—	342	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	868	212.50–233.50	222.68
73	—	840	224.75–226.25	224.91
51	—	760	236.00	236.00
117	—	466	237.00–290.00	267.70
35	—	629	222.00–252.00	238.05
14	—	963	210.00–214.00	211.57
113	—	572	230.00–263.00	244.86
99	—	734	220.00–240.00	224.67
28	—	904	203.00–219.00	216.12
73	—	433	257.50–284.00	276.79
196	—	533	245.00–270.00	255.84
105	—	383	270.00–294.00	288.18
14	—	325	278.00–305.00	294.76
51	—	660	203.00–243.00	226.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	612	224.00–249.00	242.80
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,018	185.25–205.00	188.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	498	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,069	178.00–189.00	182.19
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,068	175.00–176.00	175.44
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,105	161.00–164.00	162.62
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,599	183.50	183.50
330	—	1,352	178.00–187.50	183.76
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	160.00–161.00	160.42
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,276	170.00–179.00	175.83
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,300	135.00–139.00	137.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,055	30.00–68.00	55.68
74	—	1,118	70.00–95.00	84.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,479	109.00–119.00	113.72
10	—	1,751	119.00–126.00	121.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,408	70.00–94.00	87.52
54	—	1,359	96.00–108.00	100.81
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,187	157.00–171.00	162.31
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,065	178.00–207.00	191.32
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,523	175.00–182.25	181.85
410	—	1,478	179.50–187.50	184.08
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,331	170.00–179.50	176.51
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	165.00	165.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,134	170.00–176.50	173.73
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,522	159.00–165.00	162.29
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,545	146.00–158.00	154.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,391	80.00–97.50	89.45
3	—	1,823	127.00–135.00	130.32
21	—	1,710	100.00–125.00	116.62
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	900	152.00	152.00

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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