Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 4.50-4.75 higher, slaughter cows Breakers 3.50 lower, Boner and Leans were .25-1.00 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	1,670	84.22	1,406	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,511	77.56	1,172	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,387	68.86	955	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,128	54.15	611	37
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,392	162.48	2,262	130
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,279	146.65	1,876	34
Heifers	Select	Average	1,040	119.21	1,240	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,495	160.87	2,405	95
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,356	148.90	2,019	19
Steers	Select	Average	1,142	126.86	1,449	3thin

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	—	1,040	119.21/cwt	110.00–138.00	1,240	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,279	146.65/cwt	141.00–153.00	1,876	34
Heifers	Choice	—	1,392	162.48/cwt	154.00–164.50	2,262	130
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	44.64/cwt	40.00–48.00	458	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,356	148.90/cwt	141.00–153.50	2,019	19
Steers	Choice	—	1,495	160.87/cwt	155.00–164.00	2,405	95
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,142	126.86/cwt	122.50–131.00	1,449	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,161	57.21/cwt	50.00–63.00	664	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	84.96/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,273	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,514	76.12/cwt	73.00–83.50	1,152	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,387	68.86/cwt	64.00–72.00	955	63
Bulls	—	—	1,460	52.97/cwt	44.00–66.00	773	2
Bulls	—	—	1,708	89.90/cwt	77.00–97.00	1,535	11

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 Nov 23, 2022

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

Receipts 517Last week 630Year ago 475

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 4.50-4.75 higher, slaughter cows Breakers 3.50 lower, Boner and Leans were .25-1.00 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
7	—	1,040	110.00–138.00	119.21
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,279	141.00–153.00	146.65
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	1,392	154.00–164.50	162.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,026	40.00–48.00	44.64
28	—	1,161	50.00–63.00	57.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,498	84.00–89.00	84.96
36	—	1,514	73.00–83.50	76.12
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,387	64.00–72.00	68.86
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,356	141.00–153.50	148.90
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,495	155.00–164.00	160.87
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,142	122.50–131.00	126.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,460	44.00–66.00	52.97
11	—	1,708	77.00–97.00	89.90

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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