Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .75-1.50 higher, slaughter cows Breakers were steady, Boner and Lean cows were 2.75-3.00 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	—	Average	1,778	84.11	1,496	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,580	77.03	1,217	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,407	63.58	894	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,173	49.08	576	65
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,577	141.84	2,237	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,386	163.18	2,262	164
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,274	150.43	1,916	40
Heifers	Select	Average	1,083	136.73	1,481	32
Steers	Choice	Average	1,526	162.31	2,477	130
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,355	151.14	2,048	71
Steers	Select	Average	1,082	142.23	1,539	5thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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	—	—	1,785	85.97/cwt	78.00–94.00	1,535	13
Bulls	—	—	1,735	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,249	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,377	58.15/cwt	54.50–60.00	801	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,418	65.68/cwt	62.00–72.00	931	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	77.03/cwt	73.00–83.00	1,217	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,274	54.50/cwt	49.00–61.00	694	36
Heifers	Choice	—	1,386	163.18/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,262	164
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,274	150.43/cwt	145.00–154.00	1,916	40
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,082	142.23/cwt	125.00–150.00	1,539	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,526	162.31/cwt	155.00–165.25	2,477	130
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,355	151.14/cwt	145.00–154.25	2,048	71
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,577	141.84/cwt	140.00–144.50	2,237	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	42.36/cwt	25.00–48.00	444	29
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,083	136.73/cwt	120.00–146.00	1,481	32

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 30, 2022

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,785	78.00–94.00	85.97
2	—	1,735	72.00	72.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,377	54.50–60.00	58.15
31	—	1,418	62.00–72.00	65.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,580	73.00–83.00	77.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,274	49.00–61.00	54.50
29	—	1,048	25.00–48.00	42.36
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
164	—	1,386	155.00–165.00	163.18
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,274	145.00–154.00	150.43
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,083	120.00–146.00	136.73
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,082	125.00–150.00	142.23
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	1,526	155.00–165.25	162.31
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,355	145.00–154.25	151.14
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,577	140.00–144.50	141.84

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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