Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers mostly steady/ slaughter cows steady to .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	—	High	1,576	151.31	2,385	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,472	131.73	1,939	52
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,314	120.05	1,577	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,129	100.91	1,139	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,405	185.48	2,606	45
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,291	180.77	2,334	18
Heifers	Select	Average	960	141.00	1,354	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,488	185.48	2,760	72
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,379	179.16	2,471	22
Steers	Select	Average	1,241	164.53	2,042	7thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,409	108.69/cwt	100.00–114.00	1,531	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,488	185.48/cwt	183.00–188.00	2,760	72
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,309	146.34/cwt	135.00–158.00	1,916	7
Bulls	—	—	1,913	164.20/cwt	158.00–168.00	3,141	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	137.48/cwt	135.00–140.00	2,097	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	119.92/cwt	116.00–123.00	1,727	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,258	85.84/cwt	80.00–92.50	1,080	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	129.06/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,944	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	938	108.17/cwt	98.00–118.00	1,015	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,174	102.10/cwt	95.00–107.00	1,199	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	119.28/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,541	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,178	147.66/cwt	137.00–165.00	1,739	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,291	180.77/cwt	178.00–182.00	2,334	18
Bulls	—	—	1,805	145.29/cwt	137.00–154.00	2,622	3
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,034	139.45/cwt	122.50–165.50	1,442	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,379	179.16/cwt	175.00–182.50	2,471	22
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	960	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,354	1
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,241	164.53/cwt	150.00–174.00	2,042	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,405	185.48/cwt	183.00–187.00	2,606	45

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 May 1, 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 mostly steady/ slaughter cows steady to .50 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,409	100.00–114.00	108.69
17	—	1,292	115.00–124.00	119.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,309	135.00–158.00	146.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,525	135.00–140.00	137.48
10	—	1,440	116.00–123.00	119.92
22	—	1,506	124.00–134.00	129.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,258	80.00–92.50	85.84
7	—	1,174	95.00–107.00	102.10
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	938	98.00–118.00	108.17
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,178	137.00–165.00	147.66
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,488	183.00–188.00	185.48
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,379	175.00–182.50	179.16
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,241	150.00–174.00	164.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,913	158.00–168.00	164.20
3	—	1,805	137.00–154.00	145.29
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,034	122.50–165.50	139.45
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,291	178.00–182.00	180.77
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,405	183.00–187.00	185.48

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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