Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .25-1.00 higher, 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	1,715	100.41	1,722	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,498	85.21	1,277	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,355	76.61	1,038	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,063	50.68	539	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,356	144.43	1,959	31
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,231	136.66	1,682	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,068	132.74	1,418	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,470	143.75	2,113	80
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,275	136.84	1,745	13

Every lot, as filed

14 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	—	—	1,828	104.89/cwt	91.00–110.00	1,917	10
Bulls	—	—	1,148	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	895	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	76.61/cwt	71.00–79.00	1,038	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	82.80/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,201	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,579	89.22/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,409	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,169	58.41/cwt	51.00–65.00	683	4
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,068	132.74/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,418	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,231	136.66/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,682	5
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,633	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	2,241	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,711	137.60/cwt	137.60–137.60	2,354	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,457	144.07/cwt	140.00–146.25	2,099	76
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,275	136.84/cwt	135.25–139.75	1,745	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	922	40.37/cwt	36.50–45.00	372	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,337	144.92/cwt	140.00–146.25	1,938	29

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 30, 2022

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

Receipts 232Last week 333Year ago 341

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .25-1.00 higher, 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
10	—	1,828	91.00–110.00	104.89
2	—	1,148	78.00	78.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,355	71.00–79.00	76.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,450	80.00–86.00	82.80
12	—	1,579	87.00–94.00	89.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,169	51.00–65.00	58.41
3	—	922	36.50–45.00	40.37
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,068	130.00–135.00	132.74
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,231	135.00–139.00	136.66
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,633	137.25	137.25
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,337	140.00–146.25	144.92
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,711	137.60	137.60
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,457	140.00–146.25	144.07
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,275	135.25–139.75	136.84

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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