Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.00-1.25 higher, slaughter cows were 2.50-3.25 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	—	Average	1,706	102.07	1,741	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,509	92.26	1,392	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,321	80.33	1,061	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,085	60.01	651	29
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,375	154.68	2,127	201
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,266	144.38	1,828	30
Heifers	Select	Average	1,090	135.15	1,473	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,467	154.45	2,266	214
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,371	144.52	1,981	49
Steers	Select	Average	1,170	139.00	1,626	6thin

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	—	—	1,706	102.07/cwt	82.00–115.00	1,741	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	80.33/cwt	74.00–86.00	1,061	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	89.34/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,327	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,553	97.61/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,516	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,144	64.55/cwt	56.00–73.00	738	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	929	48.08/cwt	40.00–55.00	447	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,467	154.45/cwt	149.00–159.00	2,266	214
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,170	139.00/cwt	123.00–144.00	1,626	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,371	144.52/cwt	135.00–148.00	1,981	49
Heifers	Choice	—	1,372	154.90/cwt	149.00–159.00	2,125	199
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,266	144.38/cwt	136.00–148.00	1,828	30
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,710	133.00/cwt	127.00–139.00	2,274	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,090	135.15/cwt	100.00–140.00	1,473	9

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 Sep 28, 2022

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

Receipts 681Last week 515Year ago 321

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.00-1.25 higher, slaughter cows were 2.50-3.25 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,706	82.00–115.00	102.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,321	74.00–86.00	80.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,485	87.00–94.00	89.34
6	—	1,553	95.00–100.00	97.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,144	56.00–73.00	64.55
8	—	929	40.00–55.00	48.08
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
214	—	1,467	149.00–159.00	154.45
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,170	123.00–144.00	139.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,371	135.00–148.00	144.52
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
199	—	1,372	149.00–159.00	154.90
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,266	136.00–148.00	144.38
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,710	127.00–139.00	133.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,090	100.00–140.00	135.15

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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