Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.75-4.50 lower, Dairy steers 3.50 lower, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. 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	1,766	88.96	1,571	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,535	85.61	1,314	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,410	72.25	1,019	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,176	59.47	699	44
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,683	140.62	2,367	21
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,330	129.00	1,716	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,381	162.41	2,243	91
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,334	154.27	2,058	26
Heifers	Select	Average	1,032	117.31	1,211	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,524	161.83	2,467	136
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,430	157.43	2,251	31

Every lot, as filed

15 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
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,330	129.00/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,716	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,683	140.62/cwt	136.00–144.50	2,367	21
Steers	Choice	—	1,487	162.83/cwt	159.00–167.50	2,421	117
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,754	155.69/cwt	141.00–159.50	2,731	19
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,430	157.43/cwt	153.00–158.50	2,251	31
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,334	154.27/cwt	146.00–158.50	2,058	26
Heifers	Choice	—	1,381	162.41/cwt	159.00–166.25	2,243	91
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,032	117.31/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,211	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	46.32/cwt	32.50–56.00	497	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,210	63.85/cwt	56.00–69.00	773	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	90.96/cwt	89.00–95.00	1,424	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,524	83.66/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,275	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,412	63.48/cwt	54.00–66.00	896	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,410	74.49/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,050	47
Bulls	—	—	1,766	88.96/cwt	78.00–100.00	1,571	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 Jan 18, 2023

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

Receipts 505Last week 561Year ago 477

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.75-4.50 lower, Dairy steers 3.50 lower, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,330	128.00–130.00	129.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,683	136.00–144.50	140.62
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	1,487	159.00–167.50	162.83
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,754	141.00–159.50	155.69
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,430	153.00–158.50	157.43
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,334	146.00–158.50	154.27
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,381	159.00–166.25	162.41
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,032	110.00–119.00	117.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,074	32.50–56.00	46.32
33	—	1,210	56.00–69.00	63.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,565	89.00–95.00	90.96
11	—	1,524	80.00–87.00	83.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,412	54.00–66.00	63.48
47	—	1,410	70.00–79.00	74.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,766	78.00–100.00	88.96

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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