Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady to .25 higher, slaughter cows steady to .50 higher. 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	—	High	1,666	105.87	1,764	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,360	98.00	1,333	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,515	85.74	1,299	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,350	72.91	984	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,093	54.12	591	16
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,384	145.32	2,011	42
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,262	134.98	1,703	11
Heifers	Select	Average	925	118.00	1,092	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,480	143.94	2,130	27
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,439	137.62	1,980	27

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	—	925	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,384	145.32/cwt	141.00–149.00	2,011	42
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,360	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,333	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	58.64/cwt	50.00–65.50	672	12
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,439	137.62/cwt	131.00–139.00	1,980	27
Steers	Choice	—	1,480	143.94/cwt	139.85–146.00	2,130	27
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,262	134.98/cwt	127.00–137.00	1,703	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	40.56/cwt	35.00–45.00	378	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,521	89.43/cwt	87.00–93.00	1,360	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,512	83.48/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,262	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	72.91/cwt	66.00–79.00	984	32
Bulls	—	—	1,936	113.81/cwt	112.00–117.00	2,203	4
Bulls	—	—	1,594	103.75/cwt	83.00–110.50	1,654	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 Apr 6, 2022

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

Receipts 275Last week 232Year ago 305

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady to .25 higher, slaughter cows steady to .50 higher. 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
1	—	925	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,384	141.00–149.00	145.32
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,262	127.00–137.00	134.98
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	98.00	98.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,146	50.00–65.50	58.64
4	—	933	35.00–45.00	40.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,521	87.00–93.00	89.43
31	—	1,512	80.00–87.00	83.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,350	66.00–79.00	72.91
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,439	131.00–139.00	137.62
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,480	139.85–146.00	143.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,936	112.00–117.00	113.81
15	—	1,594	83.00–110.50	103.75

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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