Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.50-2.00 lower, slaughter cow no comparison due to low receipts last week.

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	1,801	117.54	2,117	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,488	116.73	1,737	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,289	101.20	1,305	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,072	77.84	834	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,356	184.93	2,508	63
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,297	177.24	2,299	29
Heifers	Select	Average	1,099	170.48	1,874	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,455	184.22	2,680	135
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,335	176.64	2,358	22

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
Bulls	—	—	1,841	115.18/cwt	105.00–128.00	2,120	8
Bulls	—	—	1,881	133.99/cwt	131.00–145.00	2,520	7
Bulls	—	—	1,510	85.47/cwt	77.50–92.50	1,291	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	104.21/cwt	99.00–109.00	1,333	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	92.44/cwt	82.50–97.50	1,219	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,449	114.34/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,657	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	949	64.50/cwt	62.00–70.00	612	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,297	177.24/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,299	29
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,099	170.48/cwt	160.00–174.00	1,874	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,356	184.93/cwt	182.50–187.00	2,508	63
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,335	176.64/cwt	171.00–179.50	2,358	22
Steers	Choice	—	1,455	184.22/cwt	180.00–187.00	2,680	135
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,596	123.29/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,968	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	83.40/cwt	71.00–96.00	937	12

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 Oct 11, 2023

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

Receipts 396Last week 330Year ago 496

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.50-2.00 lower, slaughter cow no comparison due to low receipts last week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,841	105.00–128.00	115.18
7	—	1,881	131.00–145.00	133.99
3	—	1,510	77.50–92.50	85.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,279	99.00–109.00	104.21
12	—	1,319	82.50–97.50	92.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,449	110.00–119.00	114.34
8	—	1,596	120.00–127.00	123.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	949	62.00–70.00	64.50
12	—	1,123	71.00–96.00	83.40
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,297	170.00–180.00	177.24
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,099	160.00–174.00	170.48
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,356	182.50–187.00	184.93
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,335	171.00–179.50	176.64
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	1,455	180.00–187.00	184.22

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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