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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-13

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Sep 13

● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

455 head

▲ 218 vs last sale 237▼ 179 vs year ago 634 · −28.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to the auction last week, both choice steers and heifers were fully steady. Trade was active and demand was good for today's moderate offering.

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
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,310	188.12	2,464	108
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,096	179.16	1,964	49
Steers	Choice	Average	1,418	188.49	2,673	203
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,279	177.72	2,273	40

Every lot

7 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	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,082	179.55/cwt	174.00–186.00	1,943	12
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,363	176.94/cwt	143.00–185.50	2,412	28
Steers	—	Choice	1,418	188.49/cwt	171.00–192.50	2,673	203
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	986	178.12/cwt	171.00–183.00	1,756	22
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,180	179.13/cwt	172.00–190.50	2,114	24
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceNatural	1,235	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,309	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,310	188.12/cwt	165.50–192.50	2,464	108

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 13, 2023

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

Receipts 455Last week 237Year ago 634

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to the auction last week, both choice steers and heifers were fully steady. Trade was active and demand was good for today's moderate offering.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,082	174.00–186.00	179.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,363	143.00–185.50	176.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
203	—	1,418	171.00–192.50	188.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	986	171.00–183.00	178.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,235	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,180	172.00–190.50	179.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	1,310	165.50–192.50	188.12

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.