Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week Choice steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 lower, slaughter cows 1.00 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	1,554	126.85	1,972	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,474	116.71	1,721	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,327	102.90	1,365	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,194	85.85	1,025	25
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,314	184.29	2,422	76
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,197	174.93	2,094	25
Heifers	Select	Average	1,012	157.31	1,592	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,434	185.97	2,667	78
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,333	177.06	2,360	24
Steers	Select	Average	1,057	160.93	1,701	8thin

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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	104.93/cwt	99.00–110.00	1,398	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	94.31/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,230	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	121.16/cwt	119.00–123.50	1,751	6
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,012	157.31/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,592	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,314	184.29/cwt	180.00–188.50	2,422	76
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,197	174.93/cwt	171.00–178.00	2,094	25
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,057	160.93/cwt	140.00–180.00	1,701	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,434	185.97/cwt	181.00–189.00	2,667	78
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,333	177.06/cwt	171.00–180.00	2,360	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,488	114.65/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,706	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,194	85.85/cwt	70.00–98.00	1,025	25
Bulls	—	—	1,651	117.02/cwt	100.00–127.00	1,932	19
Bulls	—	—	1,771	135.04/cwt	129.00–150.00	2,392	8
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,045	144.19/cwt	92.50–164.00	1,507	7

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 27, 2023

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

Receipts 393Last week 574Year ago 681

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week Choice steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 lower, slaughter cows 1.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,332	99.00–110.00	104.93
9	—	1,304	90.00–98.00	94.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,445	119.00–123.50	121.16
13	—	1,488	112.00–116.00	114.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,194	70.00–98.00	85.85
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,012	155.00–160.00	157.31
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,314	180.00–188.50	184.29
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,197	171.00–178.00	174.93
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,057	140.00–180.00	160.93
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,434	181.00–189.00	185.97
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,333	171.00–180.00	177.06
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,651	100.00–127.00	117.02
8	—	1,771	129.00–150.00	135.04
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,045	92.50–164.00	144.19

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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