Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-05

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	—	Average	1,897	110.31	2,093	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,437	101.26	1,455	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,266	86.97	1,101	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,054	75.80	799	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,738	148.17	2,575	20
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,398	176.37	2,466	26
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,205	168.44	2,030	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,035	140.00	1,449	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,419	175.33	2,488	14
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,450	167.71	2,432	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,112	149.65	1,664	3thin

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
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,738	148.17/cwt	146.00–150.00	2,575	20
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,112	149.65/cwt	140.00–156.00	1,664	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,450	167.71/cwt	165.50–169.00	2,432	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,419	175.33/cwt	171.00–177.00	2,488	14
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,035	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,449	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,205	168.44/cwt	164.00–169.50	2,030	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,398	176.37/cwt	174.00–178.00	2,466	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	75.80/cwt	65.00–82.00	799	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,443	104.36/cwt	100.00–109.50	1,506	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	97.12/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,387	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	86.97/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,101	17
Bulls	—	—	1,897	110.31/cwt	98.00–117.00	2,093	6

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Wed Apr 5, 2023

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

Receipts 161Last week 216Year ago 275

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
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,738	146.00–150.00	148.17
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,112	140.00–156.00	149.65
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,450	165.50–169.00	167.71
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,419	171.00–177.00	175.33
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,205	164.00–169.50	168.44
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,398	174.00–178.00	176.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,054	65.00–82.00	75.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,443	100.00–109.50	104.36
12	—	1,428	93.00–99.00	97.12
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,266	84.00–90.00	86.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,897	98.00–117.00	110.31

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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