Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. Choice steers 2.00-2.50 lower, choice heifers 3.00 lower, slaughter cows 1.00-1.25 lower. 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	1,782	79.95	1,425	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,478	64.07	947	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,338	54.77	733	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,130	41.98	474	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,251	117.81	1,474	65
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,140	115.33	1,315	56
Heifers	Select	Average	1,061	107.19	1,137	38
Steers	Choice	Average	1,338	117.99	1,579	213
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,253	114.40	1,433	23
Steers	Select	Average	1,135	107.34	1,218	4thin

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
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,253	114.40/cwt	112.50–117.25	1,433	23
Steers	Select	—	1,135	107.34/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,218	4
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,575	114.81/cwt	114.25–117.50	1,808	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,329	118.11/cwt	116.00–119.75	1,570	205
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,140	115.33/cwt	110.00–117.60	1,315	56
Heifers	Select	—	1,061	107.19/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,137	38
Heifers	Choice	—	1,251	117.81/cwt	115.50–119.00	1,474	65
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,156	43.64/cwt	40.00–49.00	504	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	34.53/cwt	34.00–35.00	350	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	63.22/cwt	60.00–68.00	928	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,544	70.02/cwt	69.00–71.00	1,081	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	54.77/cwt	50.00–59.00	733	27
Bulls	—	—	1,782	79.95/cwt	60.00–88.00	1,425	13

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 19, 2019

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

Receipts 695Last week 302Year ago 0

Compared to last week. Choice steers 2.00-2.50 lower, choice heifers 3.00 lower, slaughter cows 1.00-1.25 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,253	112.50–117.25	114.40
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,135	106.00–109.00	107.34
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,575	114.25–117.50	114.81
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
205	—	1,329	116.00–119.75	118.11
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,140	110.00–117.60	115.33
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,061	100.00–109.00	107.19
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,251	115.50–119.00	117.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,156	40.00–49.00	43.64
2	—	1,013	34.00–35.00	34.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,468	60.00–68.00	63.22
4	—	1,544	69.00–71.00	70.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,338	50.00–59.00	54.77
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,782	60.00–88.00	79.95

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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