Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale. Choice steers and heifers .75-1.00 lower, slaughter cows due to low receipts no comparison was made, 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	1,612	67.86	1,094	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,554	72.08	1,120	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,322	54.65	722	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,157	37.99	440	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,218	116.79	1,423	60
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,177	112.93	1,329	39
Heifers	Select	Average	1,103	103.91	1,146	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,340	117.30	1,572	239
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,309	112.59	1,474	42
Steers	Select	Average	1,093	102.53	1,121	4thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,446	53.99/cwt	51.00–58.00	781	4
Bulls	—	—	1,678	73.41/cwt	60.00–85.00	1,232	10
Heifers	Select	—	1,103	103.91/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,146	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,227	43.41/cwt	40.00–49.00	533	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	31.49/cwt	21.00–35.00	338	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,604	75.80/cwt	74.00–77.00	1,216	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	64.63/cwt	62.00–67.00	940	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,322	54.65/cwt	51.00–59.00	722	16
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,570	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,853	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,339	117.30/cwt	115.00–119.25	1,571	238
Heifers	Choice	—	1,218	116.79/cwt	115.00–118.75	1,423	60
Steers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,555	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,711	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,283	112.86/cwt	109.00–114.75	1,448	38
Steers	Select	—	1,093	102.53/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,121	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,177	112.93/cwt	108.50–114.50	1,329	39

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 24, 2019

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

Receipts 542Last week 480Year ago 0

Compared to last weeks sale. Choice steers and heifers .75-1.00 lower, slaughter cows due to low receipts no comparison was made, Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,446	51.00–58.00	53.99
10	—	1,678	60.00–85.00	73.41
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,103	100.00–107.00	103.91
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,218	115.00–118.75	116.79
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,177	108.50–114.50	112.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,227	40.00–49.00	43.41
5	—	1,074	21.00–35.00	31.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,604	74.00–77.00	75.80
2	—	1,455	62.00–67.00	64.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,322	51.00–59.00	54.65
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	118.00	118.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
238	—	1,339	115.00–119.25	117.30
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,555	110.00	110.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,283	109.00–114.75	112.86
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,093	100.00–105.00	102.53

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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