Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .50-1.00 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	—	High	1,618	101.80	1,647	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,434	95.85	1,374	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,230	84.46	1,039	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,050	67.09	704	15
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,310	154.81	2,028	110
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,256	146.41	1,839	39
Heifers	Select	Average	1,094	135.39	1,481	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,417	153.84	2,180	157
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,297	145.64	1,889	25
Steers	Select	Average	1,136	141.22	1,604	9thin

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	—	1,094	135.39/cwt	118.00–145.50	1,481	13
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,256	146.41/cwt	139.50–149.50	1,839	39
Heifers	Choice	—	1,310	154.81/cwt	150.00–158.25	2,028	110
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	42.22/cwt	30.00–50.00	353	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,297	145.64/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,889	25
Steers	Choice	—	1,417	153.84/cwt	150.00–158.25	2,180	157
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,136	141.22/cwt	126.00–150.00	1,604	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	70.92/cwt	59.00–76.00	768	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,474	99.70/cwt	96.00–106.00	1,470	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	92.00/cwt	90.00–94.50	1,282	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	84.46/cwt	77.00–89.00	1,039	23
Bulls	—	—	1,822	117.24/cwt	114.00–124.50	2,136	5
Bulls	—	—	1,554	96.97/cwt	82.00–111.00	1,507	16

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 Aug 24, 2022

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

Receipts 482Last week 430Year ago 313

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .50-1.00 higher, slaughter cows steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,094	118.00–145.50	135.39
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,256	139.50–149.50	146.41
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,310	150.00–158.25	154.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	835	30.00–50.00	42.22
13	—	1,083	59.00–76.00	70.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,474	96.00–106.00	99.70
11	—	1,393	90.00–94.50	92.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,230	77.00–89.00	84.46
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,297	140.00–149.00	145.64
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
157	—	1,417	150.00–158.25	153.84
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,136	126.00–150.00	141.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,822	114.00–124.50	117.24
16	—	1,554	82.00–111.00	96.97

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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