Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady, slaughter cows Breakers 2.00 higher , Boner and Lean no comparison due to low receipts. 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	—	High	1,716	110.49	1,896	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,426	92.64	1,321	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,136	79.45	903	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	977	67.64	661	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,357	166.69	2,262	29
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,308	155.59	2,035	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,477	166.61	2,461	46
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,367	152.39	2,083	3thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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	Select and Choice	—	1,367	152.39/cwt	150.00–156.00	2,083	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,477	166.61/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,461	46
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,308	155.59/cwt	155.00–157.00	2,035	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,357	166.69/cwt	163.00–169.50	2,262	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	977	67.64/cwt	60.00–72.50	661	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,461	95.58/cwt	92.00–100.00	1,396	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	86.59/cwt	83.00–91.00	1,173	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	79.45/cwt	76.00–81.00	903	9
Bulls	—	—	1,524	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,760	5
Bulls	—	—	2,037	102.13/cwt	90.00–108.00	2,080	3

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 22, 2023

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

Receipts 257Last week 298Year ago 204

Slaughter cattle today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady, slaughter cows Breakers 2.00 higher , Boner and Lean no comparison due to low receipts. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,367	150.00–156.00	152.39
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,477	160.00–170.00	166.61
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,308	155.00–157.00	155.59
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,357	163.00–169.50	166.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	977	60.00–72.50	67.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,461	92.00–100.00	95.58
19	—	1,355	83.00–91.00	86.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,136	76.00–81.00	79.45
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,524	115.50	115.50
3	—	2,037	90.00–108.00	102.13

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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