Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Choice steers sold 1.00-4.00 lower, Choice heifers 4.00 lower. Trades were active today.

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	1,651	78.92	1,303	27
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,339	74.88	1,003	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,469	65.77	966	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,382	55.13	762	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,142	40.56	463	24
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,198	72.98	874	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,205	111.13	1,339	140
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,272	102.80	1,308	58
Heifers	Select	Average	1,250	89.71	1,121	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,329	111.43	1,481	219
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,285	104.92	1,348	48
Steers	Select	Average	1,282	96.00	1,231	5thin

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Select	—	1,282	96.00/cwt	94.00–96.50	1,231	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	33.14/cwt	27.00–39.00	332	7
Bulls	—	—	1,468	52.73/cwt	42.50–65.00	774	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,285	104.92/cwt	100.00–107.50	1,348	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,199	43.61/cwt	40.00–49.00	523	17
Bulls	—	—	1,666	81.01/cwt	71.00–99.00	1,350	25
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,198	72.98/cwt	71.00–75.00	874	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,205	111.13/cwt	108.00–113.25	1,339	140
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,357	58.50/cwt	58.00–59.00	794	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,339	74.88/cwt	69.00–78.00	1,003	11
Heifers	Select	—	1,250	89.71/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,121	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,398	52.97/cwt	50.00–57.50	741	25
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,272	102.80/cwt	95.00–106.50	1,308	58
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,529	70.91/cwt	69.00–74.50	1,084	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,329	111.43/cwt	108.00–115.25	1,481	219
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,452	64.30/cwt	60.00–68.00	934	28

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 26, 2019

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

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Compared to last week, Choice steers sold 1.00-4.00 lower, Choice heifers 4.00 lower. Trades were active today.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,282	94.00–96.50	96.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,285	100.00–107.50	104.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
219	—	1,329	108.00–115.25	111.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,003	27.00–39.00	33.14
17	—	1,199	40.00–49.00	43.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,357	58.00–59.00	58.50
25	—	1,398	50.00–57.50	52.97
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,339	69.00–78.00	74.88
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,529	69.00–74.50	70.91
28	—	1,452	60.00–68.00	64.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	42.50–65.00	52.73
25	—	1,666	71.00–99.00	81.01
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,198	71.00–75.00	72.98
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	1,205	108.00–113.25	111.13
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,250	89.00–91.00	89.71
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,272	95.00–106.50	102.80

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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