Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Choice steers 2.00 lower, choice heifers 5.00 lower, slaughter cows no comparison. 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	1,617	101.51	1,641	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,460	85.95	1,255	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,325	73.60	975	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,204	52.99	638	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,400	143.20	2,005	42
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,306	139.60	1,823	38
Heifers	Select	Average	1,034	127.22	1,315	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,546	145.13	2,244	47
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,422	139.31	1,981	15
Steers	Select	Average	1,055	135.00	1,424	1thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
Bulls	—	—	1,879	101.59/cwt	95.00–108.50	1,909	12
Bulls	—	—	1,545	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	927	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,002	109.61/cwt	100.00–116.00	1,098	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	73.60/cwt	69.00–79.00	975	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	83.99/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,233	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	89.00/cwt	87.00–93.50	1,289	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,261	59.12/cwt	51.00–65.00	746	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	37.66/cwt	32.00–44.00	399	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,383	143.61/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,986	40
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,034	127.22/cwt	120.00–133.00	1,315	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,306	139.60/cwt	131.00–141.75	1,823	38
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,743	134.96/cwt	130.00–140.25	2,352	2
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,055	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,424	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,546	145.13/cwt	141.75–147.00	2,244	47
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,422	139.31/cwt	138.00–140.25	1,981	15

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 Mar 9, 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: Choice steers 2.00 lower, choice heifers 5.00 lower, slaughter cows no comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,879	95.00–108.50	101.59
1	—	1,545	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,002	100.00–116.00	109.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,325	69.00–79.00	73.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,468	82.00–86.00	83.99
9	—	1,448	87.00–93.50	89.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,261	51.00–65.00	59.12
2	—	1,060	32.00–44.00	37.66
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,383	142.00–146.00	143.61
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,034	120.00–133.00	127.22
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,306	131.00–141.75	139.60
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,743	130.00–140.25	134.96
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	135.00	135.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,546	141.75–147.00	145.13
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,422	138.00–140.25	139.31

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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