Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady, slaughter cows mostly 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	1,991	107.57	2,141	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,360	102.11	1,389	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,522	86.74	1,320	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,345	74.50	1,002	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,189	56.41	671	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,385	143.87	1,993	120
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,114	132.78	1,479	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,188	126.19	1,499	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,486	143.77	2,136	50
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,256	136.04	1,709	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,128	128.00	1,444	2thin

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	—	—	1,971	102.79/cwt	90.00–109.00	2,026	9
Bulls	—	—	2,020	114.75/cwt	111.00–120.50	2,318	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	74.50/cwt	70.00–77.00	1,002	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,539	82.63/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,272	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	89.68/cwt	86.00–95.00	1,354	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,219	61.43/cwt	57.00–65.00	749	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	43.03/cwt	30.00–51.00	478	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,360	102.11/cwt	99.00–105.00	1,389	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,188	126.19/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,499	3
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,109	133.57/cwt	130.00–135.10	1,481	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,385	143.87/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,993	120
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,130	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,469	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,486	143.77/cwt	140.00–146.00	2,136	50
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,128	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,444	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,256	136.04/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,709	10

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 23, 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 steady, slaughter cows mostly steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,971	90.00–109.00	102.79
6	—	2,020	111.00–120.50	114.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,345	70.00–77.00	74.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,539	78.00–85.00	82.63
28	—	1,510	86.00–95.00	89.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,219	57.00–65.00	61.43
3	—	1,110	30.00–51.00	43.03
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,360	99.00–105.00	102.11
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,188	120.00–129.00	126.19
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,109	130.00–135.10	133.57
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	1,385	140.00–147.00	143.87
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,130	130.00	130.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,486	140.00–146.00	143.77
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,128	128.00	128.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,256	132.00–139.00	136.04

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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