Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 2.00-2.25 lower, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts last week. 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	1,444	136.25	1,967	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,526	117.05	1,786	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,298	111.97	1,453	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,183	97.15	1,149	22
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,372	186.47	2,558	123
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,244	181.55	2,258	79
Heifers	Select	Average	1,119	170.22	1,905	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,471	186.02	2,736	175
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,392	181.02	2,520	107
Steers	Select	Average	1,202	174.48	2,097	27

Every lot, as filed

18 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	—	—	1,766	146.57/cwt	120.00–160.00	2,588	8
Bulls	—	—	1,170	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	702	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,115	135.35/cwt	132.00–137.50	1,509	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	112.13/cwt	108.00–115.00	1,512	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	105.62/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,405	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,215	102.87/cwt	96.00–107.00	1,250	15
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,119	170.22/cwt	150.00–174.00	1,905	12
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,244	181.55/cwt	178.00–183.00	2,258	79
Heifers	Choice	—	1,372	186.47/cwt	183.00–190.00	2,558	123
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,202	174.48/cwt	150.00–182.00	2,097	27
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,392	181.02/cwt	175.00–182.85	2,520	107
Steers	Choice	—	1,471	186.02/cwt	183.00–188.00	2,736	175
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,114	84.89/cwt	76.00–92.00	946	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	925	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,596	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,203	112.37/cwt	105.00–120.00	1,352	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,362	119.77/cwt	115.00–127.50	1,631	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,576	117.63/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,854	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,622	107.44/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,743	3

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 Nov 13, 2024

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

Receipts 724Last week 559Year ago 644

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 2.00-2.25 lower, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts last week. trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,766	120.00–160.00	146.57
1	—	1,170	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,115	132.00–137.50	135.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,348	108.00–115.00	112.13
11	—	1,330	102.00–109.00	105.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,215	96.00–107.00	102.87
7	—	1,114	76.00–92.00	84.89
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	172.50	172.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,203	105.00–120.00	112.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,362	115.00–127.50	119.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,576	115.00–122.00	117.63
3	—	1,622	104.00–110.00	107.44
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,119	150.00–174.00	170.22
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,244	178.00–183.00	181.55
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	1,372	183.00–190.00	186.47
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,202	150.00–182.00	174.48
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	1,392	175.00–182.85	181.02
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
175	—	1,471	183.00–188.00	186.02

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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