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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-06

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Sep 6

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

237 head

▼ 589 vs last sale 826▼ 262 vs year ago 499 · −52.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady to .50 lower, slaughter cows .50-.75 lower. 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	1,544	130.35	2,013	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,395	117.56	1,640	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,212	105.18	1,275	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,128	90.47	1,021	19
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,263	188.25	2,378	45
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,203	179.08	2,154	12
Heifers	Select	Average	1,068	156.68	1,673	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,413	187.70	2,652	64
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,293	180.76	2,337	17
Steers	Select	Average	1,048	154.38	1,618	2thin

Every lot

15 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	1,048	154.38/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,618	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,293	180.76/cwt	174.00–183.00	2,337	17
Steers	—	Choice	1,413	187.70/cwt	184.00–189.50	2,652	64
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,068	156.68/cwt	131.00–162.50	1,673	8
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,203	179.08/cwt	170.00–183.00	2,154	12
Heifers	—	Choice	1,263	188.25/cwt	184.25–189.50	2,378	45
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,215	143.11/cwt	120.00–160.00	1,739	3
Bulls	—	—	1,495	117.20/cwt	112.00–124.00	1,752	2
Bulls	—	—	1,795	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,723	1
Bulls	—	—	1,823	137.82/cwt	134.00–141.00	2,512	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,107	71.55/cwt	63.00–76.00	792	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,132	94.02/cwt	81.00–101.00	1,064	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,212	105.18/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,275	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,363	114.78/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,564	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,450	122.36/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,774	11

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 6, 2023

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

Receipts 237Last week 826Year ago 499

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady to .50 lower, slaughter cows .50-.75 lower. 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
2	—	1,048	150.00–159.00	154.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,293	174.00–183.00	180.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,413	184.00–189.50	187.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,203	170.00–183.00	179.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,263	184.25–189.50	188.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,068	131.00–162.50	156.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,107	63.00–76.00	71.55
16	—	1,132	81.00–101.00	94.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,450	120.00–127.00	122.36
19	—	1,363	110.00–119.00	114.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,212	102.00–109.00	105.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,215	120.00–160.00	143.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,795	96.00	96.00
3	—	1,823	134.00–141.00	137.82
2	—	1,495	112.00–124.00	117.20

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.