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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-27

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Mar 27

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

139 head

▼ 203 vs last sale 342▼ 77 vs year ago 216 · −35.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to low receipts today. Trade was 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	1,754	144.50	2,535	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,789	141.07	2,524	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,492	132.44	1,976	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,336	114.43	1,529	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,082	85.21	922	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,351	188.56	2,547	22
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,198	181.52	2,175	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,530	186.59	2,855	17
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,356	182.74	2,478	8thin

Every lot

13 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	1,356	182.74/cwt	181.00–184.00	2,478	8
Steers	—	Choice	1,530	186.59/cwt	185.00–187.75	2,855	17
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,198	181.52/cwt	181.00–182.00	2,175	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,351	188.56/cwt	186.00–190.00	2,547	22
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,693	133.97/cwt	133.00–135.00	2,268	2
Bulls	—	—	1,710	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,813	1
Bulls	—	—	1,810	164.35/cwt	153.00–170.00	2,975	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	770	43.75/cwt	42.50–45.00	337	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,171	97.05/cwt	87.50–104.00	1,136	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,336	114.43/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,529	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,392	123.18/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,715	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,531	136.07/cwt	130.00–139.00	2,083	23
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,789	141.07/cwt	140.00–144.00	2,524	13

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 Mar 27, 2024

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

Receipts 139Last week 342Year ago 216

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to low receipts today. Trade was active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	42.50–45.00	43.75
7	—	1,171	87.50–104.00	97.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,531	130.00–139.00	136.07
9	—	1,392	120.00–129.00	123.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,789	140.00–144.00	141.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,336	110.00–119.00	114.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	106.00	106.00
3	—	1,810	153.00–170.00	164.35
2	—	1,693	133.00–135.00	133.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,530	185.00–187.75	186.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,356	181.00–184.00	182.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,351	186.00–190.00	188.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,198	181.00–182.00	181.52

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.