Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.25 lower, slaughter cows were steady -1.50 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	1,546	114.42	1,769	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,489	108.49	1,615	53
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,358	93.45	1,269	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,099	75.16	826	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,414	178.11	2,518	60
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,310	168.93	2,213	45
Heifers	Select	Average	1,130	140.00	1,582	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,523	177.99	2,711	137
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,430	169.65	2,426	44

Every lot, as filed

15 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
Steers	Choice	—	1,514	178.38/cwt	173.00–181.00	2,701	132
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,430	169.65/cwt	162.00–172.50	2,426	44
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,767	167.56/cwt	161.00–172.50	2,961	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,399	178.87/cwt	173.00–181.50	2,502	56
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,310	168.93/cwt	163.00–172.50	2,213	45
Heifers	Select	—	1,130	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,582	1
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,618	167.51/cwt	165.75–169.50	2,710	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	58.57/cwt	50.00–69.00	548	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	80.27/cwt	70.00–86.00	923	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	105.18/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,530	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	112.50/cwt	110.00–118.50	1,721	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	93.45/cwt	87.00–98.00	1,269	34
Bulls	—	—	1,290	92.31/cwt	91.00–94.00	1,191	2
Bulls	—	—	1,533	131.82/cwt	125.00–139.00	2,021	3
Bulls	—	—	1,683	112.43/cwt	109.00–117.00	1,892	4

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 Jan 24, 2024

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

Receipts 452Last week 243Year ago 533

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.25 lower, slaughter cows were steady -1.50 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	1,514	173.00–181.00	178.38
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,430	162.00–172.50	169.65
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,767	161.00–172.50	167.56
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,399	173.00–181.50	178.87
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,310	163.00–172.50	168.93
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,618	165.75–169.50	167.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	935	50.00–69.00	58.57
13	—	1,150	70.00–86.00	80.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,455	100.00–109.00	105.18
24	—	1,530	110.00–118.50	112.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,358	87.00–98.00	93.45
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,290	91.00–94.00	92.31
3	—	1,533	125.00–139.00	131.82
4	—	1,683	109.00–117.00	112.43

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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