Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 5.25-5.50 higher, slaughter cows 2.00-6.00 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	—	Low	1,970	108.40	2,135	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,440	102.51	1,476	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,324	86.89	1,151	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,165	71.80	837	24
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,356	183.84	2,493	94
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,386	162.47	2,252	55
Heifers	Select	Average	1,060	161.00	1,707	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,483	183.47	2,721	92
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,379	171.16	2,360	27

Every lot, as filed

13 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
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,386	162.47/cwt	160.00–177.00	2,252	55
Heifers	Select	—	1,060	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,707	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	43.99/cwt	39.00–50.00	451	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,178	74.33/cwt	60.00–83.00	876	22
Steers	Choice	—	1,483	183.47/cwt	178.00–186.50	2,721	92
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,379	171.16/cwt	161.00–176.00	2,360	27
Heifers	Choice	—	1,356	183.84/cwt	179.00–186.00	2,493	94
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	102.51/cwt	98.00–107.00	1,476	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	72.38/cwt	70.00–81.00	963	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	90.52/cwt	85.00–97.00	1,198	20
Bulls	—	—	1,700	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	1,020	1
Bulls	—	—	2,248	123.33/cwt	121.50–125.00	2,772	2
Bulls	—	—	1,929	111.05/cwt	93.00–119.00	2,142	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 Nov 22, 2023

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

Receipts 366Last week 644Year ago 517

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 5.25-5.50 higher, slaughter cows 2.00-6.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,386	160.00–177.00	162.47
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,356	179.00–186.00	183.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,025	39.00–50.00	43.99
22	—	1,178	60.00–83.00	74.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,440	98.00–107.00	102.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,330	70.00–81.00	72.38
20	—	1,323	85.00–97.00	90.52
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,483	178.00–186.50	183.47
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,379	161.00–176.00	171.16
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	60.00	60.00
2	—	2,248	121.50–125.00	123.33
7	—	1,929	93.00–119.00	111.05

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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