Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .50-.75 lower, slaughter cows steady to 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	—	Average	1,715	91.15	1,563	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,505	83.70	1,260	52
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,333	74.97	999	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,156	62.40	721	28
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,367	161.75	2,211	103
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,315	153.69	2,021	23
Heifers	Select	Average	1,158	135.82	1,573	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,541	161.52	2,489	151
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,431	152.51	2,182	24

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
Bulls	—	—	1,715	91.15/cwt	85.00–99.00	1,563	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	74.97/cwt	70.00–79.00	999	63
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	82.49/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,226	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,587	88.77/cwt	86.00–95.00	1,409	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	50.72/cwt	46.00–53.50	558	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	63.80/cwt	56.00–69.00	742	25
Heifers	Choice	—	1,367	161.75/cwt	157.00–166.00	2,211	103
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,315	153.69/cwt	144.00–157.00	2,021	23
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,158	135.82/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,573	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,527	162.03/cwt	157.00–164.75	2,474	140
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,431	152.51/cwt	145.00–156.00	2,182	24
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,723	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,671	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 Jan 25, 2023

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

Receipts 533Last week 505Year ago 252

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .50-.75 lower, slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,715	85.00–99.00	91.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,333	70.00–79.00	74.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,486	80.00–85.00	82.49
10	—	1,587	86.00–95.00	88.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,100	46.00–53.50	50.72
25	—	1,163	56.00–69.00	63.80
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,367	157.00–166.00	161.75
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,315	144.00–157.00	153.69
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,158	130.00–141.00	135.82
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	1,527	157.00–164.75	162.03
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,431	145.00–156.00	152.51
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,723	155.00	155.00

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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