Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 5.00-6.00 higher, slaughter cows steady. 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	1,951	102.92	2,008	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,475	86.06	1,269	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,361	74.85	1,019	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,228	60.65	745	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,304	149.81	1,954	17
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,362	143.00	1,948	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	990	124.00	1,228	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,449	149.87	2,172	60
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,324	137.19	1,816	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,013	118.87	1,204	2thin

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	—	—	1,978	100.26/cwt	85.00–110.00	1,983	8
Bulls	—	—	1,845	113.56/cwt	112.00–115.00	2,095	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,361	74.85/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,019	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,526	83.96/cwt	80.00–86.50	1,281	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,403	89.00/cwt	87.00–93.00	1,249	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,246	65.59/cwt	63.00–69.00	817	4
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,013	118.87/cwt	113.00–125.00	1,204	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,449	149.87/cwt	146.00–154.00	2,172	60
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,324	137.19/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,816	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,203	54.07/cwt	50.00–57.50	650	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,304	149.81/cwt	149.25–150.50	1,954	17
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,362	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,948	5
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	990	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,228	1

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 18, 2022

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

Receipts 180Last week 239Year ago 467

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 5.00-6.00 higher, slaughter cows steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,978	85.00–110.00	100.26
2	—	1,845	112.00–115.00	113.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,361	70.00–79.00	74.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,526	80.00–86.50	83.96
15	—	1,403	87.00–93.00	89.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,246	63.00–69.00	65.59
3	—	1,203	50.00–57.50	54.07
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,013	113.00–125.00	118.87
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,449	146.00–154.00	149.87
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,324	130.00–145.00	137.19
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,304	149.25–150.50	149.81
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,362	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	124.00	124.00

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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