Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.75-3.00 higher, slaughter cows Breaker and Boners steady - .50 higher, lean cows 3.00 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	—	Average	1,549	90.66	1,405	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,520	85.23	1,296	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,364	76.15	1,039	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,124	57.85	650	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,333	151.43	2,019	42
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,298	141.97	1,843	43
Heifers	Select	Average	940	117.54	1,105	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,418	151.20	2,144	67
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,438	143.40	2,062	6thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,844	102.17/cwt	96.00–107.00	1,884	4
Bulls	—	—	1,965	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	2,260	1
Bulls	—	—	1,018	67.21/cwt	65.00–71.00	684	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,364	76.15/cwt	73.00–79.00	1,039	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	83.34/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,261	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,534	88.75/cwt	87.00–91.50	1,361	15
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,298	141.97/cwt	135.25–144.00	1,843	43
Steers	Choice	—	1,418	151.20/cwt	146.00–155.00	2,144	67
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,438	143.40/cwt	137.00–145.00	2,062	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,122	65.84/cwt	61.00–70.00	739	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	44.54/cwt	41.00–51.00	502	3
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	940	117.54/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,105	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,333	151.43/cwt	147.00–155.50	2,019	42

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Wed Apr 27, 2022

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

Receipts 266Last week 278Year ago 455

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,844	96.00–107.00	102.17
1	—	1,965	115.00	115.00
3	—	1,018	65.00–71.00	67.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,364	73.00–79.00	76.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,513	80.00–86.00	83.34
15	—	1,534	87.00–91.50	88.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,122	61.00–70.00	65.84
3	—	1,127	41.00–51.00	44.54
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,298	135.25–144.00	141.97
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	940	115.00–120.00	117.54
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,333	147.00–155.50	151.43
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,418	146.00–155.00	151.20
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,438	137.00–145.00	143.40

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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