Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady- 3.00 higher, slaughter cows steady - 2.00 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	—	High	1,520	141.67	2,153	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,443	120.04	1,732	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,326	107.78	1,429	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	998	86.65	865	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,328	186.42	2,476	67
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,245	177.51	2,211	19
Steers	Choice	Average	1,509	188.56	2,845	31
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,333	178.91	2,385	57
Steers	Select	Average	1,214	166.86	2,026	3thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,541	123.63/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,905	24
Bulls	—	—	1,594	148.98/cwt	141.50–161.00	2,375	10
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,296	179.29/cwt	179.00–183.00	2,324	37
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,402	178.20/cwt	173.00–181.00	2,498	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	86.65/cwt	75.00–93.00	865	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,349	116.60/cwt	111.00–119.00	1,573	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,326	107.78/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,429	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,509	188.56/cwt	183.00–190.00	2,845	31
Heifers	Choice	—	1,328	186.42/cwt	184.00–190.25	2,476	67
Steers	Select	—	1,214	166.86/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,026	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,303	177.27/cwt	172.00–181.00	2,310	11
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,166	177.84/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,074	8
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,107	138.03/cwt	117.50–161.00	1,528	3
Bulls	—	—	1,620	129.24/cwt	109.00–137.00	2,094	5

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 Mar 6, 2024

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

Receipts 286Last week 373Year ago 435

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady- 3.00 higher, slaughter cows steady - 2.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,541	120.00–128.00	123.63
25	—	1,349	111.00–119.00	116.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	998	75.00–93.00	86.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,326	100.00–110.00	107.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,594	141.50–161.00	148.98
5	—	1,620	109.00–137.00	129.24
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,107	117.50–161.00	138.03
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,296	179.00–183.00	179.29
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,402	173.00–181.00	178.20
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,509	183.00–190.00	188.56
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,214	160.00–170.00	166.86
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,328	184.00–190.25	186.42
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,303	172.00–181.00	177.27
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,166	170.00–179.00	177.84

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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