Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 2.00-2.50 higher, slaughter cows Breakers 2.00 higher, Boner and Lean 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	2,041	135.62	2,768	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,479	125.92	1,863	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,387	106.76	1,481	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,163	88.71	1,032	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,375	190.37	2,618	112
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,164	183.67	2,138	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,053	155.42	1,637	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,538	190.50	2,930	111
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,333	181.80	2,423	10

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
Bulls	—	—	2,174	125.05/cwt	117.00–138.00	2,719	4
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,302	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	2,363	3
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,053	155.42/cwt	141.00–173.00	1,637	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,164	183.67/cwt	182.00–184.00	2,138	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,346	181.93/cwt	181.00–183.00	2,449	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,375	190.37/cwt	185.00–192.00	2,618	112
Steers	Choice	—	1,538	190.50/cwt	185.00–191.50	2,930	111
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,387	106.76/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,481	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,373	118.62/cwt	114.00–124.00	1,629	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	88.71/cwt	80.00–96.00	1,032	3
Bulls	—	—	2,107	151.70/cwt	141.00–164.00	3,196	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,544	130.38/cwt	125.00–135.00	2,013	18
Bulls	—	—	1,180	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,151	1

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 20, 2024

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

Receipts 342Last week 305Year ago 326

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 2.00-2.50 higher, slaughter cows Breakers 2.00 higher, Boner and Lean mostly steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,174	117.00–138.00	125.05
5	—	2,107	141.00–164.00	151.70
1	—	1,180	97.50	97.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,302	181.50	181.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,346	181.00–183.00	181.93
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	1,538	185.00–191.50	190.50
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,053	141.00–173.00	155.42
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,164	182.00–184.00	183.67
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,375	185.00–192.00	190.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,387	104.00–110.00	106.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,373	114.00–124.00	118.62
18	—	1,544	125.00–135.00	130.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,163	80.00–96.00	88.71

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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