Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.75-2.00 lower, slaughter cows steady to 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	1,688	112.81	1,905	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,330	139.00	1,849	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,596	114.54	1,828	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,390	96.75	1,345	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,217	79.02	962	21
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,362	182.37	2,484	125
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,307	177.42	2,319	26
Heifers	Select	Average	1,049	157.60	1,653	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,481	181.94	2,695	122
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,362	175.23	2,387	22
Steers	Select	Average	1,102	152.46	1,680	3thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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	—	—	1,733	111.86/cwt	100.00–122.00	1,939	12
Bulls	—	—	2,088	133.49/cwt	133.00–134.00	2,787	2
Bulls	—	—	1,328	80.47/cwt	80.00–81.00	1,069	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,075	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,586	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,406	101.88/cwt	96.00–108.00	1,432	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	89.35/cwt	80.00–94.00	1,222	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,362	182.37/cwt	180.00–184.00	2,484	125
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,102	152.46/cwt	146.00–160.00	1,680	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,362	175.23/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,387	22
Steers	Choice	—	1,481	181.94/cwt	180.00–184.50	2,695	122
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,604	113.64/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,823	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,300	64.74/cwt	60.00–67.50	842	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,330	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,849	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,894	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,203	81.40/cwt	72.00–89.00	979	18
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,049	157.60/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,653	12
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,307	177.42/cwt	170.00–179.50	2,319	26

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 Nov 1, 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 1.75-2.00 lower, slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,733	100.00–122.00	111.86
2	—	2,088	133.00–134.00	133.49
2	—	1,328	80.00–81.00	80.47
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	147.50	147.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,406	96.00–108.00	101.88
9	—	1,368	80.00–94.00	89.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,604	110.00–119.00	113.64
1	—	1,480	128.00	128.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,300	60.00–67.50	64.74
18	—	1,203	72.00–89.00	81.40
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	1,362	180.00–184.00	182.37
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,049	150.00–160.00	157.60
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,307	170.00–179.50	177.42
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,102	146.00–160.00	152.46
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,362	170.00–179.00	175.23
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	1,481	180.00–184.50	181.94

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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