Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.25-3.00 higher, slaughter cows steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,966	86.39	1,698	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,557	72.44	1,128	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,443	59.86	864	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,275	35.59	454	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,329	142.82	1,898	43
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,210	129.76	1,570	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,048	110.38	1,157	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,478	142.87	2,112	106
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,310	131.60	1,724	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	963	110.43	1,063	5thin

Every lot, as filed

13 lots · USDA AMS · Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,048	110.38/cwt	106.00–115.00	1,157	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,210	129.76/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,570	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,329	142.82/cwt	136.00–147.60	1,898	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,208	24.89/cwt	20.00–34.00	301	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,310	131.60/cwt	127.00–134.50	1,724	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,478	142.87/cwt	136.00–147.00	2,112	106
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	963	110.43/cwt	110.00–111.00	1,063	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,341	46.28/cwt	42.00–51.00	621	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	77.48/cwt	76.00–79.00	1,145	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,589	70.43/cwt	68.00–73.00	1,119	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	52.49/cwt	52.00–53.00	714	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,452	60.64/cwt	54.00–66.00	880	19
Bulls	—	—	1,966	86.39/cwt	73.00–90.00	1,698	5

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Wed Jan 26, 2022

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

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Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.25-3.00 higher, slaughter cows steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,048	106.00–115.00	110.38
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,210	125.00–135.00	129.76
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,329	136.00–147.60	142.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,208	20.00–34.00	24.89
6	—	1,341	42.00–51.00	46.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,478	76.00–79.00	77.48
5	—	1,589	68.00–73.00	70.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,360	52.00–53.00	52.49
19	—	1,452	54.00–66.00	60.64
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,310	127.00–134.50	131.60
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	1,478	136.00–147.00	142.87
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	963	110.00–111.00	110.43
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,966	73.00–90.00	86.39

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.

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