Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.00-1.50 lower, No comparison on slaughter cows due to not reported 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	—	Average	1,574	122.38	1,926	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,470	117.59	1,728	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,314	103.89	1,365	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,080	75.49	815	44
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,334	187.08	2,496	144
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,281	179.60	2,301	35
Heifers	Select	Average	1,146	168.22	1,928	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,433	186.63	2,674	148
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,353	179.00	2,422	20
Steers	Select	Average	1,142	166.22	1,898	4thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	—	—	1,530	125.30/cwt	121.00–128.00	1,917	7
Bulls	—	—	1,829	139.76/cwt	130.00–158.00	2,556	7
Bulls	—	—	1,090	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	709	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,060	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,007	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	92.82/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,222	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	106.35/cwt	99.00–111.00	1,397	27
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,353	179.00/cwt	171.00–183.00	2,422	20
Steers	Choice	—	1,433	186.63/cwt	183.75–189.50	2,674	148
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	115.74/cwt	111.00–119.00	1,686	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,517	124.30/cwt	121.00–126.00	1,886	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	81.12/cwt	70.00–91.00	879	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	58.61/cwt	50.00–67.50	625	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,281	179.60/cwt	175.00–183.75	2,301	35
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,146	168.22/cwt	160.00–175.00	1,928	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,334	187.08/cwt	184.00–189.85	2,496	144
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,142	166.22/cwt	161.00–172.00	1,898	4

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 Sep 20, 2023

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

Receipts 574Last week 455Year ago 515

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.00-1.50 lower, No comparison on slaughter cows due to not reported last week. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,530	121.00–128.00	125.30
7	—	1,829	130.00–158.00	139.76
2	—	1,090	65.00	65.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	95.00	95.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,316	90.00–95.00	92.82
27	—	1,314	99.00–111.00	106.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,457	111.00–119.00	115.74
11	—	1,517	121.00–126.00	124.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,084	70.00–91.00	81.12
11	—	1,066	50.00–67.50	58.61
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,353	171.00–183.00	179.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	1,433	183.75–189.50	186.63
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,142	161.00–172.00	166.22
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,281	175.00–183.75	179.60
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,146	160.00–175.00	168.22
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	1,334	184.00–189.85	187.08

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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