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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-21

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Feb 21

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

378 head

▲ 31 vs last sale 347▲ 121 vs year ago 257 · +47.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 2.75-3.25 higher, slaughter cows .25-.50 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	—	Low	1,639	119.86	1,964	7thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,506	123.29	1,857	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,450	110.97	1,610	53
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,386	96.02	1,331	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,060	78.38	831	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,388	186.52	2,590	137
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,301	172.69	2,247	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,115	129.26	1,441	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,452	186.66	2,710	81
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,438	178.19	2,562	20
Steers	Select	Average	1,232	151.00	1,860	3thin

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	1,232	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,860	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,438	178.19/cwt	175.00–179.00	2,562	20
Steers	—	Choice	1,452	186.66/cwt	180.00–189.50	2,710	81
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,115	129.26/cwt	119.00–140.00	1,441	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,301	172.69/cwt	170.00–176.00	2,247	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,368	187.56/cwt	180.25–190.25	2,566	126
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,623	174.60/cwt	173.00–175.00	2,834	11
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,115	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,561	1
Bulls	—	—	1,485	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,574	1
Bulls	—	—	1,774	118.60/cwt	112.00–124.00	2,104	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,060	78.38/cwt	63.00–89.00	831	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,358	105.21/cwt	100.00–109.50	1,429	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,386	96.02/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,331	5
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,506	123.29/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,857	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,527	115.74/cwt	110.50–119.00	1,767	29

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 21, 2024

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

Receipts 378Last week 347Year ago 257

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 2.75-3.25 higher, slaughter cows .25-.50 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,452	180.00–189.50	186.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,438	175.00–179.00	178.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,232	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	106.00	106.00
5	—	1,774	112.00–124.00	118.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,623	173.00–175.00	174.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,368	180.25–190.25	187.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,115	119.00–140.00	129.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,301	170.00–176.00	172.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,506	120.00–129.00	123.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,060	63.00–89.00	78.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,358	100.00–109.50	105.21
29	—	1,527	110.50–119.00	115.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,386	90.00–99.00	96.02

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.