Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week sale not reported. 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	1,950	110.17	2,149	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,495	85.07	1,272	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,343	76.05	1,021	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,162	62.20	723	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,353	149.78	2,027	50
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,184	137.13	1,624	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,364	148.23	2,022	90
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,327	138.46	1,837	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,158	109.58	1,269	2thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,658	91.51/cwt	87.00–96.00	1,517	9
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,158	109.58/cwt	109.00–110.00	1,269	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,327	138.46/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,837	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,364	148.23/cwt	143.00–152.00	2,022	90
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,184	137.13/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,624	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,353	149.78/cwt	145.00–152.00	2,027	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,162	62.20/cwt	53.00–69.00	723	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,439	82.84/cwt	80.00–86.50	1,192	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	76.05/cwt	71.00–79.00	1,021	24
Bulls	—	—	1,980	115.57/cwt	113.00–118.00	2,288	3
Bulls	—	—	1,928	106.12/cwt	98.00–111.00	2,046	4

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 20, 2022

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

Receipts 278Last week 275Year ago 429

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week sale not reported. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,658	87.00–96.00	91.51
26	—	1,439	80.00–86.50	82.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,162	53.00–69.00	62.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,343	71.00–79.00	76.05
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,158	109.00–110.00	109.58
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,327	135.00–141.00	138.46
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,364	143.00–152.00	148.23
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,184	133.00–140.00	137.13
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,353	145.00–152.00	149.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,980	113.00–118.00	115.57
4	—	1,928	98.00–111.00	106.12

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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