Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady to .50 higher, slaughter cows mostly steady. 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	1,918	112.53	2,158	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,505	106.15	1,598	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,370	94.11	1,289	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,268	82.28	1,043	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,396	177.23	2,474	78
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,247	165.58	2,065	15
Heifers	Select	Average	1,020	141.26	1,441	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,470	177.19	2,605	90
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,313	166.95	2,192	20
Steers	Select	Average	1,088	149.47	1,626	4thin

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	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,020	141.26/cwt	127.50–152.00	1,441	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,396	177.23/cwt	171.00–180.00	2,474	78
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,247	165.58/cwt	160.00–171.00	2,065	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,268	82.28/cwt	60.00–88.00	1,043	14
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,313	166.95/cwt	160.00–171.00	2,192	20
Steers	Choice	—	1,470	177.19/cwt	172.00–180.00	2,605	90
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,088	149.47/cwt	142.50–157.00	1,626	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	110.79/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,698	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,499	105.08/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,575	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	94.11/cwt	89.00–99.00	1,289	41
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	965	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	859	1
Bulls	—	—	2,128	102.02/cwt	101.00–103.00	2,171	2
Bulls	—	—	1,971	116.98/cwt	110.00–123.00	2,306	10

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 Feb 7, 2024

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

Receipts 386Last week 689Year ago 412

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady to .50 higher, slaughter cows mostly steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,020	127.50–152.00	141.26
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,396	171.00–180.00	177.23
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,247	160.00–171.00	165.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,268	60.00–88.00	82.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,533	110.00–112.00	110.79
39	—	1,499	100.00–109.00	105.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,370	89.00–99.00	94.11
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,313	160.00–171.00	166.95
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,470	172.00–180.00	177.19
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,088	142.50–157.00	149.47
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	89.00	89.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,128	101.00–103.00	102.02
10	—	1,971	110.00–123.00	116.98

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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