Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 5.25-6.75 higher, slaughter cows steady to 1.00 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	—	Low	1,823	90.14	1,643	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,563	89.73	1,403	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,367	76.27	1,043	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,118	58.10	649	33
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,361	155.76	2,120	189
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,259	145.12	1,827	35
Heifers	Select	Average	1,126	127.27	1,433	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,458	156.22	2,278	151
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,288	145.90	1,879	54
Steers	Select	Average	1,121	136.04	1,525	20

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	—	1,126	127.27/cwt	110.00–135.00	1,433	9
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,259	145.12/cwt	136.00–149.00	1,827	35
Heifers	Choice	—	1,361	155.76/cwt	150.50–159.50	2,120	189
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	47.50/cwt	34.00–57.00	499	12
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,288	145.90/cwt	141.00–149.50	1,879	54
Steers	Choice	—	1,458	156.22/cwt	150.00–159.75	2,278	151
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,121	136.04/cwt	110.00–142.00	1,525	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,156	64.16/cwt	58.00–70.00	742	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,754	95.10/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,668	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	87.04/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,278	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,367	76.27/cwt	71.00–83.00	1,043	30
Bulls	—	—	1,435	62.47/cwt	60.00–65.00	896	2
Bulls	—	—	1,858	92.66/cwt	74.00–105.00	1,722	22

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 26, 2022

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

Receipts 636Last week 530Year ago 830

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 5.25-6.75 higher, slaughter cows steady to 1.00 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
9	—	1,126	110.00–135.00	127.27
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,259	136.00–149.00	145.12
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	1,361	150.50–159.50	155.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,051	34.00–57.00	47.50
21	—	1,156	58.00–70.00	64.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,754	93.00–98.00	95.10
16	—	1,468	84.00–91.00	87.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,367	71.00–83.00	76.27
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,288	141.00–149.50	145.90
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	1,458	150.00–159.75	156.22
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,121	110.00–142.00	136.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,435	60.00–65.00	62.47
22	—	1,858	74.00–105.00	92.66

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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