Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to low receipts last week. 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	1,756	113.11	1,986	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,471	102.49	1,508	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,321	89.86	1,187	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,134	75.86	860	23
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,353	177.67	2,404	16
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,252	170.64	2,136	16
Heifers	Select	Average	1,175	164.55	1,933	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,200	177.22	2,127	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,416	176.42	2,498	70
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,376	170.16	2,341	9thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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	Choice	—	1,416	176.42/cwt	174.00–178.50	2,498	70
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,200	177.22/cwt	173.00–178.50	2,127	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,151	79.51/cwt	74.00–84.50	915	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,547	108.09/cwt	106.00–113.00	1,672	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,443	100.39/cwt	97.00–105.00	1,449	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	89.86/cwt	85.00–96.00	1,187	32
Bulls	—	—	1,915	122.26/cwt	119.50–130.00	2,341	8
Bulls	—	—	1,695	109.63/cwt	89.00–118.00	1,858	21
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,175	164.55/cwt	150.00–172.00	1,933	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,252	170.64/cwt	160.00–174.00	2,136	16
Heifers	Choice	—	1,353	177.67/cwt	176.00–179.35	2,404	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	58.50/cwt	50.00–70.00	617	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,376	170.16/cwt	167.00–173.00	2,341	9

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 May 10, 2023

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

Receipts 335Last week 145Year ago 239

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to low receipts last week. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,416	174.00–178.50	176.42
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,200	173.00–178.50	177.22
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,376	167.00–173.00	170.16
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,151	74.00–84.50	79.51
4	—	1,054	50.00–70.00	58.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,547	106.00–113.00	108.09
32	—	1,443	97.00–105.00	100.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,321	85.00–96.00	89.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,915	119.50–130.00	122.26
21	—	1,695	89.00–118.00	109.63
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,175	150.00–172.00	164.55
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,252	160.00–174.00	170.64
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,353	176.00–179.35	177.67

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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