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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-22

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Feb 22

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

257 head

▼ 41 vs last sale 298▲ 53 vs year ago 204 · +26.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady, slaughter cows Breakers 2.00 higher , Boner and Lean no comparison 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	—	High	1,716	110.49	1,896	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,426	92.64	1,321	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,136	79.45	903	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	977	67.64	661	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,357	166.69	2,262	29
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,308	155.59	2,035	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,477	166.61	2,461	46
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,367	152.39	2,083	3thin

Every lot

10 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,367	152.39/cwt	150.00–156.00	2,083	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,477	166.61/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,461	46
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,308	155.59/cwt	155.00–157.00	2,035	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,357	166.69/cwt	163.00–169.50	2,262	29
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,524	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,760	5
Bulls	—	—	2,037	102.13/cwt	90.00–108.00	2,080	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	977	67.64/cwt	60.00–72.50	661	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,136	79.45/cwt	76.00–81.00	903	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,355	86.59/cwt	83.00–91.00	1,173	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,461	95.58/cwt	92.00–100.00	1,396	39

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 Feb 22, 2023

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

Receipts 257Last week 298Year ago 204

Slaughter cattle today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady, slaughter cows Breakers 2.00 higher , Boner and Lean no comparison due to low receipts. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,367	150.00–156.00	152.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,477	160.00–170.00	166.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,308	155.00–157.00	155.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,357	163.00–169.50	166.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	977	60.00–72.50	67.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,461	92.00–100.00	95.58
19	—	1,355	83.00–91.00	86.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,136	76.00–81.00	79.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,524	115.50	115.50
3	—	2,037	90.00–108.00	102.13

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.