Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .50-.75 lower, slaughter cows .75-1.25 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	1,793	96.89	1,737	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,486	86.92	1,292	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,239	78.82	977	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,111	61.50	683	32
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,312	152.67	2,003	90
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,322	142.09	1,878	85
Heifers	Select	Average	1,044	128.95	1,346	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,492	153.58	2,291	129
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,375	143.53	1,974	18
Steers	Select	Average	1,190	136.85	1,629	18

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	—	1,044	128.95/cwt	121.00–139.00	1,346	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,322	142.09/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,878	85
Heifers	Choice	—	1,312	152.67/cwt	149.00–157.00	2,003	90
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	44.88/cwt	32.50–54.00	462	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,375	143.53/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,974	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,492	153.58/cwt	150.00–157.00	2,291	129
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,190	136.85/cwt	120.00–140.00	1,629	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	65.33/cwt	57.50–70.00	738	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,591	70.20/cwt	67.50–71.00	1,117	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,609	96.82/cwt	94.00–99.00	1,558	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,429	88.63/cwt	86.00–93.00	1,267	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	78.82/cwt	71.00–85.00	977	32
Bulls	—	—	1,793	96.89/cwt	86.00–108.00	1,737	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.

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Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Wed Oct 12, 2022

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

Receipts 496Last week 411Year ago 544

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .50-.75 lower, slaughter cows .75-1.25 lower. 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
5	—	1,044	121.00–139.00	128.95
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,322	140.00–148.00	142.09
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,312	149.00–157.00	152.67
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,030	32.50–54.00	44.88
26	—	1,130	57.50–70.00	65.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,591	67.50–71.00	70.20
4	—	1,609	94.00–99.00	96.82
16	—	1,429	86.00–93.00	88.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,239	71.00–85.00	78.82
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,375	140.00–147.00	143.53
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	1,492	150.00–157.00	153.58
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,190	120.00–140.00	136.85
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,793	86.00–108.00	96.89

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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