Sale reports / Iowa / Tama Livestock Auction / 2024-05-08

Tama Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, May 8
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165
Receipts
214 head
84 vs last sale 298 121 vs year ago 335 · 36.1%
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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 were steady - .50 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,440187.252,6962thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,480187.502,7753thin
BullsAverage1,974149.702,95517
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,457134.021,95347
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,291120.021,54926
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,25292.131,1539thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,313187.622,46341
HeifersSelectAverage1,127174.591,9687thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,340174.242,3353thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,389188.162,61424
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,210178.112,15513
SteersSelectAverage1,200160.001,9201thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,837137.32/cwt130.00–145.002,5238
CowsBoner 80-85%1,336111.37/cwt104.00–114.001,4886
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,153176.17/cwt174.00–177.502,0316
HeifersSelect and Choice1,340174.24/cwt172.00–175.002,3353
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,127174.59/cwt174.00–176.001,9687
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,200160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,9201
SteersChoice1,389188.16/cwt185.00–193.002,61424
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,630120.44/cwt120.00–121.001,9632
CowsLean 85-90%1,24184.00/cwt70.00–93.001,0425
SteersSelect and Choice1,259179.78/cwt175.00–182.002,2637
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,480187.50/cwt187.50–187.502,7753
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,199127.56/cwt121.00–137.001,5297
Bulls2,096160.71/cwt154.00–167.003,3689
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,528139.35/cwt135.00–146.002,12912
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,274140.65/cwt133.00–147.501,79213
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,517127.87/cwt124.00–134.001,94020
CowsLean 85-90%1,265102.30/cwt98.00–110.001,2944
CowsBoner 80-85%1,319119.95/cwt117.00–123.001,58213
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,440187.25/cwt187.25–187.252,6962
HeifersChoice1,313187.62/cwt184.00–189.502,46341

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.