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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-03

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, May 3

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

145 head

▼ 141 vs last sale 286▼ 240 vs year ago 385 · −62.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison. 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	1,382	107.18	1,481	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,400	104.16	1,458	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,235	90.40	1,116	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	930	71.95	669	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,410	177.01	2,496	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,288	169.35	2,181	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,478	176.70	2,612	33
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,431	172.74	2,472	12

Every lot

11 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	1,431	172.74/cwt	167.00–175.00	2,472	12
Steers	—	Choice	1,478	176.70/cwt	176.00–177.00	2,612	33
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,288	169.35/cwt	160.00–174.50	2,181	8
Heifers	—	Choice	1,410	177.01/cwt	176.00–177.50	2,496	14
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,372	111.11/cwt	105.00–117.00	1,524	5
Bulls	—	—	1,430	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	1,251	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	889	55.91/cwt	40.00–67.00	497	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	957	82.65/cwt	79.00–85.00	791	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	90.40/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,116	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,335	99.75/cwt	97.00–104.00	1,332	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,464	108.57/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,589	9

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 May 3, 2023

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

Receipts 145Last week 286Year ago 385

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison. 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
12	—	1,431	167.00–175.00	172.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,478	176.00–177.00	176.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,288	160.00–174.50	169.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,410	176.00–177.50	177.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	889	40.00–67.00	55.91
6	—	957	79.00–85.00	82.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,464	105.00–113.00	108.57
9	—	1,335	97.00–104.00	99.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,235	85.00–95.00	90.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	87.50	87.50
5	—	1,372	105.00–117.00	111.11

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.