Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: 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	—	Low	1,754	96.43	1,691	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,472	95.16	1,401	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,314	85.09	1,118	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,170	77.73	909	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,328	168.14	2,233	35
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,156	157.70	1,823	19
Heifers	Select	Average	1,039	146.87	1,526	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,432	168.84	2,418	21
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,265	155.83	1,971	14

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	Select and Choice	—	1,265	155.83/cwt	152.00–159.50	1,971	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,432	168.84/cwt	165.00–172.00	2,418	21
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,039	146.87/cwt	130.00–151.00	1,526	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,156	157.70/cwt	156.00–161.00	1,823	19
Heifers	Choice	—	1,328	168.14/cwt	163.00–170.00	2,233	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	77.73/cwt	75.00–80.50	909	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,382	99.21/cwt	97.50–100.00	1,371	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,497	94.05/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,408	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	85.09/cwt	82.00–87.50	1,118	20
Bulls	—	—	1,595	78.10/cwt	60.00–84.00	1,246	5
Bulls	—	—	1,905	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	2,210	1
Bulls	—	—	1,807	102.43/cwt	92.00–111.00	1,851	12

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 Mar 15, 2023

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

Receipts 189Last week 435Year ago 204

Slaughter cattle sale today: 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
14	—	1,265	152.00–159.50	155.83
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,432	165.00–172.00	168.84
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,039	130.00–151.00	146.87
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,156	156.00–161.00	157.70
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,328	163.00–170.00	168.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,170	75.00–80.50	77.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,382	97.50–100.00	99.21
11	—	1,497	90.00–96.00	94.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,314	82.00–87.50	85.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,595	60.00–84.00	78.10
1	—	1,905	116.00	116.00
12	—	1,807	92.00–111.00	102.43

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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