Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week sale not reported. 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	1,915	85.26	1,633	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,506	75.57	1,138	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,319	65.19	860	65
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,147	50.50	579	22
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,383	156.64	2,166	166
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,307	146.58	1,916	29
Heifers	Select	Average	1,104	130.45	1,440	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,488	156.67	2,331	189
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,414	145.19	2,053	17
Steers	Select	Average	1,206	128.05	1,544	9thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,206	128.05/cwt	121.00–135.00	1,544	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,414	145.19/cwt	140.00–148.50	2,053	17
Steers	Choice	—	1,488	156.67/cwt	150.00–162.00	2,331	189
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,104	130.45/cwt	110.00–141.00	1,440	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,307	146.58/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,916	29
Heifers	Choice	—	1,383	156.64/cwt	150.00–162.00	2,166	166
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,161	54.84/cwt	50.00–59.00	637	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	35.73/cwt	27.00–46.00	393	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	75.57/cwt	72.00–80.00	1,138	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	65.19/cwt	60.00–71.50	860	65
Bulls	—	—	1,418	66.75/cwt	60.00–71.00	947	2
Bulls	—	—	1,986	87.90/cwt	80.00–96.00	1,746	14

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Wed Dec 21, 2022

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

Receipts 601Last week 742Year ago 494

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week sale not reported. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,206	121.00–135.00	128.05
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,414	140.00–148.50	145.19
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	1,488	150.00–162.00	156.67
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,104	110.00–141.00	130.45
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,307	140.00–149.00	146.58
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
166	—	1,383	150.00–162.00	156.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,161	50.00–59.00	54.84
5	—	1,101	27.00–46.00	35.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,506	72.00–80.00	75.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,319	60.00–71.50	65.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	60.00–71.00	66.75
14	—	1,986	80.00–96.00	87.90

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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