Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were steady, slaughter cow 7.00-9.00 higher. 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	1,578	134.29	2,119	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,444	119.10	1,720	112
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,296	101.10	1,310	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,228	91.13	1,119	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,355	187.48	2,540	83
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,266	175.25	2,219	20
Steers	Choice	Average	1,355	184.46	2,499	51
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,294	176.30	2,281	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,134	168.82	1,914	4thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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	—	—	1,578	134.29/cwt	129.00–139.00	2,119	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	102.88/cwt	98.00–109.00	1,296	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,473	92.19/cwt	89.00–95.00	1,358	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,354	114.25/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,547	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	122.35/cwt	119.00–128.00	1,841	67
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,228	91.13/cwt	80.00–96.00	1,119	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,355	187.48/cwt	180.00–190.50	2,540	83
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,266	175.25/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,219	20
Steers	Choice	—	1,355	184.46/cwt	180.00–189.50	2,499	51
Steers	Select	—	1,134	168.82/cwt	167.00–170.00	1,914	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,294	176.30/cwt	174.00–179.00	2,281	8

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 28, 2024

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 were steady, slaughter cow 7.00-9.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,578	129.00–139.00	134.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,260	98.00–109.00	102.88
5	—	1,473	89.00–95.00	92.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,354	110.00–118.00	114.25
67	—	1,505	119.00–128.00	122.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,228	80.00–96.00	91.13
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,355	180.00–190.50	187.48
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,266	170.00–179.00	175.25
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,355	180.00–189.50	184.46
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,134	167.00–170.00	168.82
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,294	174.00–179.00	176.30

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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