Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to no sale held last week. 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	1,640	73.40	1,204	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,512	68.77	1,040	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,334	55.55	741	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,112	42.99	478	18
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,233	115.10	1,420	113
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,152	112.06	1,291	62
Heifers	Select	Average	1,047	103.04	1,079	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,315	114.88	1,511	150
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,204	110.31	1,328	45
Steers	Select	Average	950	105.00	998	1thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,149	46.67/cwt	41.00–50.00	536	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	33.41/cwt	28.00–39.00	339	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,477	64.92/cwt	60.00–69.75	959	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,577	76.05/cwt	72.50–82.50	1,199	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,334	55.55/cwt	51.00–59.00	741	23
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,555	113.20/cwt	111.50–115.00	1,760	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,312	114.90/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,507	148
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,500	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,703	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,231	115.11/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,417	112
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,204	110.31/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,328	45
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	950	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	998	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,152	112.06/cwt	105.00–114.75	1,291	62
Heifers	Select	—	1,047	103.04/cwt	100.00–104.50	1,079	5
Bulls	—	—	1,644	74.41/cwt	60.50–85.00	1,223	27
Bulls	—	—	1,545	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	711	1

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 Jul 10, 2019

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

Receipts 581Last week 640Year ago 0

No comparison due to no sale held last week. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,149	41.00–50.00	46.67
5	—	1,014	28.00–39.00	33.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,477	60.00–69.75	64.92
9	—	1,577	72.50–82.50	76.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,334	51.00–59.00	55.55
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,555	111.50–115.00	113.20
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	1,312	110.00–117.00	114.90
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,204	105.00–114.00	110.31
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	113.50	113.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,231	110.00–117.00	115.11
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,152	105.00–114.75	112.06
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,047	100.00–104.50	103.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,644	60.50–85.00	74.41
1	—	1,545	46.00	46.00

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.

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