Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.00-3.25 higher, slaughter cows .75-1.50 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	—	High	1,393	128.29	1,787	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,497	110.19	1,649	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,337	94.06	1,258	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,213	73.81	896	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,298	179.26	2,327	30
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,249	171.05	2,136	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,125	166.00	1,868	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,550	182.05	2,822	143
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,356	171.33	2,323	13
Steers	Select	Average	1,192	165.37	1,971	3thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,568	135.73/cwt	128.00–145.00	2,128	6
Bulls	—	—	1,218	120.84/cwt	115.00–126.00	1,472	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	94.06/cwt	87.00–99.00	1,258	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,507	105.37/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,588	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,489	113.93/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,696	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	65.09/cwt	52.00–70.00	758	4
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,192	165.37/cwt	164.00–166.00	1,971	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,550	182.05/cwt	175.00–185.25	2,822	143
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,356	171.33/cwt	167.75–174.00	2,323	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,253	80.78/cwt	78.00–83.00	1,012	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,298	179.26/cwt	175.00–184.50	2,327	30
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,249	171.05/cwt	167.00–173.00	2,136	7
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,125	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,868	1

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 May 24, 2023

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

Receipts 342Last week 320Year ago 409

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.00-3.25 higher, slaughter cows .75-1.50 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,568	128.00–145.00	135.73
6	—	1,218	115.00–126.00	120.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,337	87.00–99.00	94.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,507	100.00–109.00	105.37
27	—	1,489	110.00–118.00	113.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,164	52.00–70.00	65.09
5	—	1,253	78.00–83.00	80.78
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,192	164.00–166.00	165.37
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	1,550	175.00–185.25	182.05
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,356	167.75–174.00	171.33
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,298	175.00–184.50	179.26
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,249	167.00–173.00	171.05
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	166.00	166.00

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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