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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-17

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Apr 17

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

140 head

▼ 244 vs last sale 384▼ 135 vs year ago 275 · −49.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers mostly steady, choice heifers .25 higher, slaughter cows no comparison due to low cow receipts today. Trade active. Demand moderate to 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	—	High	2,080	162.04	3,370	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,514	131.09	1,984	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,381	115.84	1,599	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,145	92.24	1,056	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,359	186.58	2,536	49
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,357	173.95	2,360	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,103	173.81	1,917	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,431	184.70	2,643	14
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,310	180.02	2,358	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,053	169.85	1,789	5thin

Every lot

16 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	1,053	169.85/cwt	169.00–171.00	1,789	5
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,310	180.02/cwt	178.00–182.00	2,358	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,431	184.70/cwt	184.00–186.00	2,643	14
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,103	173.81/cwt	164.00–177.00	1,917	6
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,340	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,278	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,359	186.58/cwt	184.75–187.00	2,536	49
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,373	177.91/cwt	177.00–179.00	2,443	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,080	162.04/cwt	159.00–164.00	3,370	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	938	62.41/cwt	60.00–65.00	585	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,135	112.96/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,282	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,363	101.36/cwt	99.00–104.00	1,382	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,378	112.03/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,544	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,382	117.53/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,624	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,461	137.80/cwt	136.00–139.00	2,013	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,500	131.22/cwt	126.00–134.00	1,968	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,628	119.66/cwt	119.00–120.00	1,948	3

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 17, 2024

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

Receipts 140Last week 384Year ago 275

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,103	164.00–177.00	173.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,373	177.00–179.00	177.91
2	—	1,340	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,359	184.75–187.00	186.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,310	178.00–182.00	180.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,053	169.00–171.00	169.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,431	184.00–186.00	184.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,363	99.00–104.00	101.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,628	119.00–120.00	119.66
6	—	1,500	126.00–134.00	131.22
5	—	1,461	136.00–139.00	137.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	938	60.00–65.00	62.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,135	112.00–114.00	112.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,378	110.00–114.00	112.03
9	—	1,382	115.00–121.00	117.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,080	159.00–164.00	162.04

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.