Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady to .50 lower, slaughter cows .50-.75 lower. 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	1,544	130.35	2,013	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,395	117.56	1,640	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,212	105.18	1,275	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,128	90.47	1,021	19
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,263	188.25	2,378	45
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,203	179.08	2,154	12
Heifers	Select	Average	1,068	156.68	1,673	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,413	187.70	2,652	64
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,293	180.76	2,337	17
Steers	Select	Average	1,048	154.38	1,618	2thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,048	154.38/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,618	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,203	179.08/cwt	170.00–183.00	2,154	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,263	188.25/cwt	184.25–189.50	2,378	45
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,068	156.68/cwt	131.00–162.50	1,673	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	71.55/cwt	63.00–76.00	792	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,132	94.02/cwt	81.00–101.00	1,064	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	122.36/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,774	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,363	114.78/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,564	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	105.18/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,275	12
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,215	143.11/cwt	120.00–160.00	1,739	3
Bulls	—	—	1,795	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,723	1
Bulls	—	—	1,823	137.82/cwt	134.00–141.00	2,512	3
Bulls	—	—	1,495	117.20/cwt	112.00–124.00	1,752	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,293	180.76/cwt	174.00–183.00	2,337	17
Steers	Choice	—	1,413	187.70/cwt	184.00–189.50	2,652	64

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 Sep 6, 2023

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

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Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady to .50 lower, slaughter cows .50-.75 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,048	150.00–159.00	154.38
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,293	174.00–183.00	180.76
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,413	184.00–189.50	187.70
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,203	170.00–183.00	179.08
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,263	184.25–189.50	188.25
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,068	131.00–162.50	156.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,107	63.00–76.00	71.55
16	—	1,132	81.00–101.00	94.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,450	120.00–127.00	122.36
19	—	1,363	110.00–119.00	114.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,212	102.00–109.00	105.18
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,215	120.00–160.00	143.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,795	96.00	96.00
3	—	1,823	134.00–141.00	137.82
2	—	1,495	112.00–124.00	117.20

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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