Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to low receipts. Trade active. Demand moderate.

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	1,881	125.84	2,366	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,449	119.54	1,732	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,286	101.64	1,307	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,207	85.56	1,033	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,326	187.63	2,488	27
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,233	182.19	2,246	11
Heifers	Select	Average	920	152.50	1,403	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,322	186.36	2,464	42
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,393	179.82	2,505	25
Steers	Select	Average	1,038	159.69	1,658	5thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	662	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,237	92.86/cwt	80.00–100.00	1,149	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,393	179.82/cwt	173.00–184.00	2,505	25
Steers	Choice	—	1,322	186.36/cwt	184.50–189.00	2,464	42
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,038	159.69/cwt	157.50–162.50	1,658	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,233	182.19/cwt	177.00–184.50	2,246	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,326	187.63/cwt	185.00–189.75	2,488	27
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	920	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,403	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	120.72/cwt	119.00–123.00	1,760	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,647	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	96.52/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,298	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	105.06/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,309	6
Bulls	—	—	1,739	136.93/cwt	132.00–142.00	2,381	4
Bulls	—	—	1,975	118.44/cwt	112.00–128.00	2,339	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 Aug 23, 2023

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

Receipts 191Last week 592Year ago 482

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to low receipts. Trade active. Demand moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,103	60.00	60.00
7	—	1,237	80.00–100.00	92.86
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,458	119.00–123.00	120.72
1	—	1,420	116.00	116.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,345	95.00–99.00	96.52
6	—	1,246	104.00–109.00	105.06
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,393	173.00–184.00	179.82
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,322	184.50–189.00	186.36
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,038	157.50–162.50	159.69
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,233	177.00–184.50	182.19
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,326	185.00–189.75	187.63
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	152.50	152.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,739	132.00–142.00	136.93
6	—	1,975	112.00–128.00	118.44

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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