Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady -.25 higher, slaughter cows Breakers steady, Boner and Leans 1.00-3.00 lower. 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	—	Low	1,718	98.08	1,685	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,544	83.88	1,295	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,380	75.34	1,040	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,132	59.80	677	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,333	151.61	2,021	58
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,319	140.09	1,848	29
Steers	Choice	Average	1,423	150.47	2,141	120
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,327	140.46	1,864	23
Steers	Select	Average	1,105	125.00	1,381	1thin

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	Select and Choice	—	1,319	140.09/cwt	133.25–144.50	1,848	29
Heifers	Choice	—	1,333	151.61/cwt	147.00–156.00	2,021	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	51.17/cwt	50.00–53.00	566	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	61.65/cwt	55.00–68.00	701	14
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,327	140.46/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,864	23
Steers	Choice	—	1,423	150.47/cwt	146.00–155.00	2,141	120
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,105	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,381	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,543	88.43/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,364	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,544	83.02/cwt	80.00–86.50	1,282	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	75.34/cwt	72.00–79.50	1,040	27
Bulls	—	—	1,164	71.27/cwt	66.00–79.00	830	3
Bulls	—	—	2,068	111.93/cwt	111.00–113.00	2,315	2
Bulls	—	—	1,805	102.88/cwt	92.00–109.00	1,857	11

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 May 4, 2022

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

Receipts 385Last week 266Year ago 168

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady -.25 higher, slaughter cows Breakers steady, Boner and Leans 1.00-3.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,319	133.25–144.50	140.09
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,333	147.00–156.00	151.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,107	50.00–53.00	51.17
14	—	1,137	55.00–68.00	61.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,543	87.00–94.00	88.43
37	—	1,544	80.00–86.50	83.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,380	72.00–79.50	75.34
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,327	130.00–145.00	140.46
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	1,423	146.00–155.00	150.47
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	125.00	125.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,164	66.00–79.00	71.27
2	—	2,068	111.00–113.00	111.93
11	—	1,805	92.00–109.00	102.88

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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