Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.50-2.50 lower, slaughter cows Breakers and Boners were steady to 1.00 higher, Lean cows were 2.00 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	—	High	1,929	104.11	2,008	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,436	84.79	1,218	62
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,304	75.93	990	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,064	48.87	520	16
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,331	147.13	1,958	23
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,249	142.63	1,781	78
Heifers	Select	Average	1,004	123.92	1,244	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,436	148.42	2,131	74
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,366	141.87	1,938	57
Steers	Select	Average	1,203	120.88	1,454	3thin

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	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,004	123.92/cwt	115.00–128.00	1,244	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,249	142.63/cwt	136.00–144.50	1,781	78
Heifers	Choice	—	1,331	147.13/cwt	145.50–149.00	1,958	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	42.19/cwt	30.00–52.00	436	11
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,366	141.87/cwt	135.00–144.50	1,938	57
Steers	Choice	—	1,436	148.42/cwt	145.00–152.00	2,131	74
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,203	120.88/cwt	110.00–129.00	1,454	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,132	63.57/cwt	60.00–66.00	720	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,432	88.86/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,272	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,437	84.10/cwt	79.75–88.00	1,209	53
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	75.93/cwt	71.00–79.00	990	24
Bulls	—	—	2,285	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	2,651	2
Bulls	—	—	1,878	102.41/cwt	83.00–110.00	1,923	14

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 25, 2022

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

Receipts 409Last week 180Year ago 400

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,004	115.00–128.00	123.92
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,249	136.00–144.50	142.63
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,331	145.50–149.00	147.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,033	30.00–52.00	42.19
5	—	1,132	60.00–66.00	63.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,432	88.00–90.00	88.86
53	—	1,437	79.75–88.00	84.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,304	71.00–79.00	75.93
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,366	135.00–144.50	141.87
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,436	145.00–152.00	148.42
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,203	110.00–129.00	120.88
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,285	115.00–117.00	116.00
14	—	1,878	83.00–110.00	102.41

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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