Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady, slaughter cows steady to .50 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	—	Low	1,862	87.96	1,638	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,555	86.27	1,341	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,372	74.72	1,025	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,164	63.85	743	15
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,377	161.74	2,227	28
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,233	150.40	1,854	21
Heifers	Select	Average	1,099	137.10	1,507	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,509	163.08	2,461	62
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,353	150.92	2,042	4thin

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
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,099	137.10/cwt	122.50–146.00	1,507	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,233	150.40/cwt	147.00–155.00	1,854	21
Heifers	Choice	—	1,377	161.74/cwt	158.00–164.75	2,227	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	63.85/cwt	55.00–69.00	743	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	89.20/cwt	86.00–97.00	1,409	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,526	82.95/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,266	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,372	74.72/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,025	24
Bulls	—	—	1,748	64.85/cwt	60.00–71.00	1,134	2
Bulls	—	—	2,090	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	2,174	1
Bulls	—	—	1,862	92.27/cwt	87.00–99.00	1,718	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,353	150.92/cwt	147.00–155.00	2,042	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,509	163.08/cwt	159.00–164.00	2,461	62

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 Feb 1, 2023

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

Receipts 227Last week 533Year ago 252

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady, slaughter cows steady to .50 higher. 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
6	—	1,099	122.50–146.00	137.10
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,233	147.00–155.00	150.40
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,377	158.00–164.75	161.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,164	55.00–69.00	63.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,580	86.00–97.00	89.20
15	—	1,526	80.00–85.00	82.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,372	70.00–79.00	74.72
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,748	60.00–71.00	64.85
1	—	2,090	104.00	104.00
7	—	1,862	87.00–99.00	92.27
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,353	147.00–155.00	150.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,509	159.00–164.00	163.08

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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