Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .25-1.00 higher, slaughter cows Breakers 1.00 higher, no comparison on Boner and Lean due to low receipts. 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	—	Low	1,540	152.72	2,351	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,471	142.90	2,102	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,221	130.42	1,592	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	999	108.38	1,083	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,223	197.94	2,421	64
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,222	190.56	2,329	30
Heifers	Select	Average	1,037	189.50	1,965	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,385	198.82	2,754	140
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,279	190.24	2,433	24
Steers	Select	Average	1,045	185.00	1,933	1thin

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	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,340	150.30/cwt	142.00–162.00	2,014	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	970	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,358	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,223	197.94/cwt	195.50–199.50	2,421	64
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	773	110.43/cwt	100.00–118.00	854	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	138.66/cwt	136.00–141.00	2,008	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,353	126.49/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,711	4
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,040	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	988	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,557	145.47/cwt	141.00–165.00	2,265	12
Bulls	—	—	1,710	181.82/cwt	178.00–186.00	3,109	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,385	198.82/cwt	194.50–201.00	2,754	140
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,090	135.93/cwt	128.00–141.00	1,482	3
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,037	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,965	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,602	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	107.01/cwt	100.00–112.00	1,231	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,222	190.56/cwt	181.00–194.00	2,329	30
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,045	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,933	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,279	190.24/cwt	185.00–194.00	2,433	24
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,185	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,695	1
Bulls	—	—	1,523	142.00/cwt	125.00–167.00	2,163	10

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 17, 2024

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

Receipts 333Last week 647Year ago 585

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,340	142.00–162.00	150.30
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	140.00	140.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	773	100.00–118.00	110.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,448	136.00–141.00	138.66
12	—	1,557	141.00–165.00	145.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,353	123.00–130.00	126.49
1	—	1,335	120.00	120.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,090	128.00–141.00	135.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,150	100.00–112.00	107.01
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,223	195.50–199.50	197.94
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,037	189.50	189.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,222	181.00–194.00	190.56
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	95.00	95.00
1	—	1,185	143.00	143.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,710	178.00–186.00	181.82
10	—	1,523	125.00–167.00	142.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	1,385	194.50–201.00	198.82
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	185.00	185.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,279	185.00–194.00	190.24

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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