Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .50-1.00 higher, slaughter cows 2.00-2.75 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	—	Low	1,664	116.60	1,940	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,496	112.33	1,680	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,384	97.30	1,347	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,134	82.26	933	22
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,372	185.54	2,546	165
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,249	176.36	2,203	37
Heifers	Select	Average	1,105	159.53	1,763	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,483	185.26	2,747	156
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,362	175.99	2,397	34
Steers	Select	Average	1,111	168.68	1,874	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%	—	883	62.27/cwt	60.00–64.00	550	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,159	84.26/cwt	70.00–90.00	977	20
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,362	175.99/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,397	34
Steers	Choice	—	1,483	185.26/cwt	180.00–188.00	2,747	156
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,111	168.68/cwt	155.00–172.00	1,874	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,249	176.36/cwt	170.00–179.50	2,203	37
Heifers	Choice	—	1,372	185.54/cwt	180.00–188.00	2,546	165
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,105	159.53/cwt	150.00–170.00	1,763	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	112.33/cwt	109.00–118.00	1,680	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,405	101.39/cwt	96.00–108.00	1,425	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,342	89.12/cwt	80.00–94.00	1,196	11
Bulls	—	—	1,513	93.04/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,408	2
Bulls	—	—	2,175	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,871	1
Bulls	—	—	1,645	119.48/cwt	107.50–127.50	1,965	11

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 18, 2023

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

Receipts 533Last week 396Year ago 530

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .50-1.00 higher, slaughter cows 2.00-2.75 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	883	60.00–64.00	62.27
20	—	1,159	70.00–90.00	84.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,496	109.00–118.00	112.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,405	96.00–108.00	101.39
11	—	1,342	80.00–94.00	89.12
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,362	170.00–179.00	175.99
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	1,483	180.00–188.00	185.26
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,111	155.00–172.00	168.68
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,249	170.00–179.50	176.36
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	1,372	180.00–188.00	185.54
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,105	150.00–170.00	159.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,513	91.00–95.00	93.04
1	—	2,175	132.00	132.00
11	—	1,645	107.50–127.50	119.48

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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