Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week sale. Choice steers 3.50-4.00 higher, choice heifers 3.00 higher, slaughter cows mostly steady with some lots .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	1,745	74.46	1,299	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,606	67.45	1,084	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,330	53.81	716	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,135	39.83	452	30
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,236	117.93	1,458	53
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,132	111.18	1,259	37
Heifers	Select	Average	1,188	103.02	1,224	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,340	118.49	1,588	154
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,239	111.55	1,382	45
Steers	Select	Average	1,144	107.43	1,229	14

Every lot, as filed

14 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	—	1,222	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,259	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	30.12/cwt	21.00–36.00	325	12
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,530	117.75/cwt	117.75–117.75	1,802	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,568	64.55/cwt	60.00–69.00	1,012	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,338	118.50/cwt	114.75–120.50	1,586	152
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,672	72.43/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,211	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,132	111.18/cwt	108.00–114.50	1,259	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	53.81/cwt	51.00–59.00	716	31
Heifers	Select	—	1,188	103.02/cwt	100.00–106.50	1,224	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,239	111.55/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,382	45
Bulls	—	—	1,745	74.46/cwt	61.00–82.00	1,299	23
Heifers	Choice	—	1,236	117.93/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,458	53
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,123	108.64/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,220	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,171	46.31/cwt	41.00–50.00	542	18

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 17, 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 sale. Choice steers 3.50-4.00 higher, choice heifers 3.00 higher, slaughter cows mostly steady with some lots .25 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,222	103.00	103.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,530	117.75	117.75
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	1,338	114.75–120.50	118.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,239	107.00–114.00	111.55
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,123	105.00–110.00	108.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,080	21.00–36.00	30.12
18	—	1,171	41.00–50.00	46.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,568	60.00–69.00	64.55
7	—	1,672	70.00–75.00	72.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,330	51.00–59.00	53.81
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,132	108.00–114.50	111.18
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,188	100.00–106.50	103.02
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,236	115.00–120.00	117.93
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,745	61.00–82.00	74.46

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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