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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-03

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Apr 3

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

133 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 139▼ 28 vs year ago 161 · −17.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady, slaughter cows steady. 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	1,721	155.24	2,672	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,456	130.97	1,907	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,303	119.98	1,564	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	950	89.00	846	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,366	187.53	2,562	30
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,281	177.52	2,274	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,115	170.00	1,896	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,450	186.62	2,706	19
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,195	176.16	2,105	2thin

Every lot

12 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	1,195	176.16/cwt	175.00–177.50	2,105	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,450	186.62/cwt	184.00–187.50	2,706	19
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,115	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,896	1
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,281	177.52/cwt	173.00–182.00	2,274	9
Heifers	—	Choice	1,366	187.53/cwt	186.50–190.00	2,562	30
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,688	161.81/cwt	151.00–177.00	2,731	6
Bulls	—	—	1,788	142.09/cwt	130.00–149.00	2,541	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	950	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	846	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,251	124.41/cwt	123.00–126.00	1,556	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,338	117.02/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,566	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,355	125.29/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,698	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,512	134.10/cwt	130.00–142.00	2,028	20

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 Apr 3, 2024

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

Receipts 133Last week 139Year ago 161

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady, slaughter cows steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,788	130.00–149.00	142.09
6	—	1,688	151.00–177.00	161.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,281	173.00–182.00	177.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,366	186.50–190.00	187.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,195	175.00–177.50	176.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,450	184.00–187.50	186.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,338	115.00–120.00	117.02
4	—	1,251	123.00–126.00	124.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,355	121.00–129.00	125.29
20	—	1,512	130.00–142.00	134.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	89.00	89.00

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.