Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .75-1.00 lower, slaughter cows 3.25 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	1,823	110.67	2,017	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,555	127.05	1,976	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,416	92.57	1,311	59
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,408	81.95	1,154	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,213	63.23	767	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,288	147.31	1,897	76
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,218	141.77	1,727	34
Heifers	Select	Average	1,055	128.19	1,352	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,359	148.07	2,012	116
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,230	141.14	1,736	15
Steers	Select	Average	1,004	126.05	1,266	4thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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	—	—	1,942	104.86/cwt	92.00–113.00	2,036	10
Bulls	—	—	1,653	118.96/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,966	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,408	81.95/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,154	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,409	97.55/cwt	94.00–104.50	1,374	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,421	89.39/cwt	85.00–93.00	1,270	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,244	69.37/cwt	63.00–76.00	863	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,288	147.31/cwt	144.50–152.00	1,897	76
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,055	128.19/cwt	119.00–134.00	1,352	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,218	141.77/cwt	135.00–143.00	1,727	34
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,004	126.05/cwt	119.00–131.00	1,266	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,359	148.07/cwt	144.00–152.00	2,012	116
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,230	141.14/cwt	136.00–143.00	1,736	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	32.50/cwt	32.50–32.50	343	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,555	127.05/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,976	2

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 Jun 15, 2022

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

Receipts 369Last week 364Year ago 389

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .75-1.00 lower, slaughter cows 3.25 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,942	92.00–113.00	104.86
7	—	1,653	114.00–123.00	118.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,408	79.00–84.00	81.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,409	94.00–104.50	97.55
36	—	1,421	85.00–93.00	89.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,244	63.00–76.00	69.37
1	—	1,055	32.50	32.50
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,555	125.00–129.00	127.05
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,288	144.50–152.00	147.31
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,055	119.00–134.00	128.19
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,218	135.00–143.00	141.77
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,004	119.00–131.00	126.05
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	1,359	144.00–152.00	148.07
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,230	136.00–143.00	141.14

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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