Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 5.00-6.00 lower, slaughter cows mostly steady. Trade and Demand moderate.

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	1,398	90.96	1,272	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,474	82.59	1,218	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,409	76.10	1,072	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,138	58.57	666	15
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,254	143.36	1,798	47
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,257	139.43	1,753	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,393	144.86	2,018	73
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,279	140.24	1,794	6thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,279	140.24/cwt	140.00–140.50	1,794	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,393	144.86/cwt	142.75–149.00	2,018	73
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,257	139.43/cwt	136.50–141.00	1,753	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,254	143.36/cwt	142.50–148.50	1,798	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	41.67/cwt	40.00–43.00	449	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	62.79/cwt	51.00–69.00	724	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	67.78/cwt	65.00–70.00	1,078	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	91.38/cwt	87.00–98.00	1,356	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	82.62/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,199	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,409	76.10/cwt	71.00–79.00	1,072	17
Bulls	—	—	1,458	62.70/cwt	60.00–67.00	914	2
Bulls	—	—	1,388	95.67/cwt	85.00–108.00	1,328	12

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 May 11, 2022

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

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Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 5.00-6.00 lower, slaughter cows mostly steady. Trade and Demand moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,279	140.00–140.50	140.24
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,393	142.75–149.00	144.86
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,257	136.50–141.00	139.43
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,254	142.50–148.50	143.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,077	40.00–43.00	41.67
12	—	1,153	51.00–69.00	62.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,590	65.00–70.00	67.78
5	—	1,484	87.00–98.00	91.38
17	—	1,451	80.00–86.00	82.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,409	71.00–79.00	76.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,458	60.00–67.00	62.70
12	—	1,388	85.00–108.00	95.67

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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