Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to no sale last week July 4th holiday. 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	1,560	153.78	2,400	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,445	143.27	2,070	72
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,175	132.10	1,552	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,013	92.73	939	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,256	197.68	2,483	104
Heifers	Select	Average	991	190.16	1,884	25
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,254	188.43	2,363	36
Steers	Choice	Average	1,465	197.67	2,896	200
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,302	190.51	2,481	79
Steers	Select	Average	1,105	189.15	2,090	17

Every lot, as filed

21 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,125	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	128.35/cwt	123.00–132.00	1,585	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,256	197.68/cwt	194.00–201.00	2,483	104
Steers	Choice	—	1,465	197.67/cwt	194.00–203.00	2,896	200
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,105	189.15/cwt	178.00–199.50	2,090	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	145.56/cwt	141.00–150.00	2,249	28
Bulls	—	—	1,721	176.26/cwt	168.00–185.00	3,033	14
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	991	190.16/cwt	180.00–205.00	1,884	25
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,254	188.43/cwt	181.00–193.50	2,363	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	136.97/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,983	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	958	136.53/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,308	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,322	114.39/cwt	112.00–120.00	1,512	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,795	130.54/cwt	130.00–131.00	2,343	2
Bulls	—	—	1,274	94.62/cwt	80.00–112.50	1,205	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	938	87.88/cwt	81.00–92.00	824	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,257	148.87/cwt	140.00–165.00	1,871	19
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,206	194.19/cwt	192.00–194.50	2,342	8
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,313	190.09/cwt	181.00–193.75	2,496	71
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,118	138.19/cwt	132.50–145.50	1,545	3
Bulls	—	—	1,583	150.64/cwt	136.00–164.00	2,385	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,124	138.92/cwt	129.00–153.00	1,561	12

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 Jul 10, 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: No comparison due to no sale last week July 4th holiday. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,125	100.00	100.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,235	123.00–132.00	128.35
3	—	1,322	112.00–120.00	114.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,545	141.00–150.00	145.56
23	—	1,448	133.00–140.00	136.97
2	—	1,795	130.00–131.00	130.54
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	958	133.00–140.00	136.53
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	938	81.00–92.00	87.88
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,257	140.00–165.00	148.87
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,124	129.00–153.00	138.92
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,256	194.00–201.00	197.68
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	991	180.00–205.00	190.16
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,254	181.00–193.50	188.43
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
200	—	1,465	194.00–203.00	197.67
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,105	178.00–199.50	189.15
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,206	192.00–194.50	194.19
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,313	181.00–193.75	190.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,721	168.00–185.00	176.26
4	—	1,274	80.00–112.50	94.62
10	—	1,583	136.00–164.00	150.64
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,118	132.50–145.50	138.19

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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