Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.50-1.75 higher, slaughter cows steady with some lots 1.00 higher. 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	1,825	79.07	1,443	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,346	66.31	892	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,287	56.36	725	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,020	40.36	412	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,244	118.76	1,477	126
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,164	115.44	1,344	50
Heifers	Select	Average	1,084	105.19	1,140	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,332	119.02	1,585	217
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,235	113.97	1,408	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,073	102.41	1,099	2thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,825	79.07/cwt	73.00–90.00	1,443	10
Heifers	Select	—	1,084	105.19/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,140	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,164	115.44/cwt	112.50–117.75	1,344	50
Steers	Select	—	1,073	102.41/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,099	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,235	113.97/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,408	14
Heifers	Choice	—	1,244	118.76/cwt	116.50–121.35	1,477	126
Steers	Choice	—	1,324	119.03/cwt	115.50–121.75	1,576	209
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,543	118.79/cwt	115.25–121.00	1,833	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	56.36/cwt	50.00–59.00	725	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	74.88/cwt	71.00–81.50	1,066	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,324	63.91/cwt	60.00–69.75	846	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	29.48/cwt	28.00–30.00	269	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	43.99/cwt	40.00–48.50	465	9

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 31, 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 and heifers 1.50-1.75 higher, slaughter cows steady with some lots 1.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,825	73.00–90.00	79.07
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,084	104.00–108.00	105.19
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,164	112.50–117.75	115.44
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,244	116.50–121.35	118.76
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,073	100.00–105.00	102.41
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,235	110.00–116.00	113.97
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
209	—	1,324	115.50–121.75	119.03
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,543	115.25–121.00	118.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,287	50.00–59.00	56.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,423	71.00–81.50	74.88
25	—	1,324	60.00–69.75	63.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	913	28.00–30.00	29.48
9	—	1,056	40.00–48.50	43.99

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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