Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 5.00 lower, slaughter cows 2.00 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	1,728	76.21	1,317	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,570	77.35	1,214	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,359	63.75	866	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,164	47.94	558	63
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,390	156.61	2,177	163
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,353	146.91	1,988	30
Heifers	Select	Average	1,074	126.28	1,356	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,501	155.61	2,336	224
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,376	146.70	2,019	50
Steers	Select	Average	1,147	133.02	1,526	12

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	—	1,074	126.28/cwt	111.00–139.00	1,356	9
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,353	146.91/cwt	140.00–149.50	1,988	30
Heifers	Choice	—	1,390	156.61/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,177	163
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	39.42/cwt	30.00–46.00	438	21
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,376	146.70/cwt	140.00–149.50	2,019	50
Steers	Choice	—	1,501	155.61/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,336	224
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,147	133.02/cwt	120.00–141.00	1,526	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,191	52.20/cwt	47.00–58.00	622	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,523	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,567	76.86/cwt	71.00–85.00	1,204	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,359	63.75/cwt	59.00–70.00	866	38
Bulls	—	—	1,503	58.94/cwt	52.00–68.00	886	4
Bulls	—	—	1,784	80.53/cwt	75.00–94.50	1,437	16

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 Dec 7, 2022

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

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Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 5.00 lower, slaughter cows 2.00 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	—	1,074	111.00–139.00	126.28
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,353	140.00–149.50	146.91
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	1,390	150.00–160.00	156.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,110	30.00–46.00	39.42
42	—	1,191	47.00–58.00	52.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,655	92.00	92.00
30	—	1,567	71.00–85.00	76.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,359	59.00–70.00	63.75
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,376	140.00–149.50	146.70
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
224	—	1,501	150.00–160.00	155.61
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,147	120.00–141.00	133.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,503	52.00–68.00	58.94
16	—	1,784	75.00–94.50	80.53

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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