Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-07-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to low receipts. 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	1,773	112.39	1,993	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,576	101.89	1,606	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,488	96.59	1,437	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,234	87.95	1,085	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	880	51.00	449	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,233	156.10	1,925	23
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,196	146.15	1,748	11
Heifers	Select	Average	1,080	136.30	1,472	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,392	156.32	2,176	44
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,234	143.63	1,772	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,018	132.25	1,346	2thin

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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,576	101.89/cwt	100.50–105.00	1,606	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	449	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,234	143.63/cwt	139.00–147.50	1,772	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,392	156.32/cwt	150.00–159.75	2,176	44
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,018	132.25/cwt	127.00–136.75	1,346	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,196	146.15/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,748	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,233	156.10/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,925	23
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,080	136.30/cwt	133.00–139.25	1,472	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	99.03/cwt	98.00–100.00	1,500	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,466	94.60/cwt	90.00–97.75	1,387	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	94.06/cwt	91.75–96.25	1,133	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	83.37/cwt	76.00–89.50	1,047	4
Bulls	—	—	1,883	117.44/cwt	114.50–122.50	2,211	4
Bulls	—	—	1,710	109.50/cwt	99.00–113.50	1,872	7

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 Jul 6, 2022

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

Receipts 166Last week 565Year ago 315

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to low receipts. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,576	100.50–105.00	101.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	51.00	51.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,515	98.00–100.00	99.03
16	—	1,466	90.00–97.75	94.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,205	91.75–96.25	94.06
4	—	1,256	76.00–89.50	83.37
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,234	139.00–147.50	143.63
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,392	150.00–159.75	156.32
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,018	127.00–136.75	132.25
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,196	141.00–149.00	146.15
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,233	150.00–159.00	156.10
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,080	133.00–139.25	136.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,883	114.50–122.50	117.44
7	—	1,710	99.00–113.50	109.50

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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