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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-21

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Sep 21

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

515 head

▼ 119 vs last sale 634▼ 12 vs year ago 527 · −2.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .50 higher, slaughter cows .75-1.00 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,821	101.00	1,839	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,574	94.92	1,494	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,335	82.75	1,105	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,266	67.43	854	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,326	153.60	2,037	103
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,308	144.55	1,891	79
Heifers	Select	Average	1,018	136.28	1,387	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,436	153.51	2,204	175
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,374	145.94	2,005	42
Steers	Select	Average	1,098	140.48	1,542	8thin

Every lot

12 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,098	140.48/cwt	130.00–151.00	1,542	8
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,374	145.94/cwt	138.00–148.00	2,005	42
Steers	—	Choice	1,436	153.51/cwt	150.00–156.75	2,204	175
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,018	136.28/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,387	5
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,308	144.55/cwt	139.00–147.50	1,891	79
Heifers	—	Choice	1,326	153.60/cwt	149.00–156.75	2,037	103
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,821	101.00/cwt	86.00–113.00	1,839	15
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,230	46.58/cwt	40.00–53.00	573	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,278	74.38/cwt	73.00–75.00	951	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,335	82.75/cwt	76.00–87.50	1,105	25
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,492	92.61/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,382	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,680	97.92/cwt	96.00–103.00	1,645	10

This sale against other markets

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 Sep 21, 2022

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

Receipts 515Last week 634Year ago 527

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .50 higher, slaughter cows .75-1.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,098	130.00–151.00	140.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,374	138.00–148.00	145.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
175	—	1,436	150.00–156.75	153.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,018	135.00–138.00	136.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,308	139.00–147.50	144.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,326	149.00–156.75	153.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,230	40.00–53.00	46.58
6	—	1,278	73.00–75.00	74.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,680	96.00–103.00	97.92
13	—	1,492	90.00–95.00	92.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,335	76.00–87.50	82.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,821	86.00–113.00	101.00

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.