Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to last week sale not reported

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	1,733	78.88	1,367	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,476	65.63	969	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,194	59.92	715	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,114	50.19	559	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,259	107.11	1,348	95
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,203	103.54	1,246	26
Heifers	Select	Average	1,010	98.20	991	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,385	107.17	1,485	125
Steers	Select	Average	1,143	103.54	1,183	5thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,258	103.31	1,300	32

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
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,203	103.54/cwt	100.00–104.75	1,246	26
Steers	Select	—	995	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	985	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,140	96.25/cwt	96.25–96.25	1,097	2
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,180	104.67/cwt	102.50–106.75	1,235	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,258	103.31/cwt	100.00–104.50	1,300	32
Heifers	Choice	—	1,256	107.16/cwt	105.00–108.60	1,346	94
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,505	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,543	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,352	107.42/cwt	105.50–109.00	1,452	104
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,550	105.92/cwt	99.00–107.10	1,642	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	59.92/cwt	56.00–62.00	715	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	65.63/cwt	63.00–69.00	969	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	44.64/cwt	42.00–48.00	479	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	52.04/cwt	50.00–55.00	587	6
Bulls	—	—	1,125	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	450	1
Bulls	—	—	1,809	83.74/cwt	77.00–92.00	1,515	8
Heifers	Select	—	977	98.69/cwt	98.50–99.00	964	8

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 Aug 14, 2019

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,203	100.00–104.75	103.54
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,140	96.25	96.25
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,256	105.00–108.60	107.16
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	977	98.50–99.00	98.69
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	99.00	99.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,180	102.50–106.75	104.67
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,258	100.00–104.50	103.31
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,352	105.50–109.00	107.42
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,550	99.00–107.10	105.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,194	56.00–62.00	59.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,476	63.00–69.00	65.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,073	42.00–48.00	44.64
6	—	1,128	50.00–55.00	52.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	40.00	40.00
8	—	1,809	77.00–92.00	83.74

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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