Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale. Choice steers and heifers 2.00-2.25 higher, choice Holsteins no comparison due to low receipts, 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	—	Low	1,622	77.97	1,265	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,470	66.83	983	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,340	55.49	744	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,106	45.62	505	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,442	87.40	1,260	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,266	120.71	1,528	63
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,235	114.12	1,409	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,403	120.39	1,689	114
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,352	116.36	1,573	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,027	104.26	1,071	3thin

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	998	52.94/cwt	51.00–55.00	528	2
Bulls	—	—	1,705	81.31/cwt	65.00–88.00	1,386	15
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,235	114.12/cwt	112.00–117.50	1,409	13
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,027	104.26/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,071	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,352	116.36/cwt	114.50–117.25	1,573	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,442	87.40/cwt	86.50–89.25	1,260	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,396	120.52/cwt	118.25–123.75	1,682	111
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,644	115.61/cwt	112.00–117.50	1,901	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,266	120.71/cwt	118.50–123.50	1,528	63
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	55.49/cwt	51.00–59.00	744	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,559	71.44/cwt	70.00–73.00	1,114	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,442	65.35/cwt	60.00–69.00	942	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	45.62/cwt	45.00–47.00	505	4

How this sale compares

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 Jun 12, 2019

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

Receipts 302Last week 280Year ago 0

Compared to last weeks sale. Choice steers and heifers 2.00-2.25 higher, choice Holsteins no comparison due to low receipts, 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
2	—	998	51.00–55.00	52.94
15	—	1,705	65.00–88.00	81.31
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,235	112.00–117.50	114.12
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,266	118.50–123.50	120.71
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,027	102.00–107.00	104.26
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,352	114.50–117.25	116.36
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	1,396	118.25–123.75	120.52
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,644	112.00–117.50	115.61
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,442	86.50–89.25	87.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,340	51.00–59.00	55.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,559	70.00–73.00	71.44
25	—	1,442	60.00–69.00	65.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,106	45.00–47.00	45.62

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.

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