Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week sale: Choice steers 1.75-2.00 higher, choice heifers 2.25-2.50 higher, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts 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	1,699	78.06	1,326	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,470	68.38	1,005	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,296	56.66	734	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,122	43.65	490	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,265	109.65	1,387	63
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,148	104.62	1,201	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	964	101.49	978	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,348	109.26	1,472	155
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,211	105.68	1,280	16

Every lot, as filed

12 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	—	—	1,699	78.06/cwt	61.00–90.00	1,326	8
Heifers	Select	—	964	101.49/cwt	100.00–102.25	978	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,148	104.62/cwt	103.00–106.00	1,201	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	47.63/cwt	43.00–51.00	544	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	33.02/cwt	31.00–34.00	353	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,399	65.93/cwt	62.00–69.50	922	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	73.71/cwt	70.50–77.00	1,198	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	56.66/cwt	52.00–61.00	734	24
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,535	108.74/cwt	107.50–110.00	1,669	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,344	109.27/cwt	106.50–111.60	1,469	152
Heifers	Choice	—	1,265	109.65/cwt	106.75–111.25	1,387	63
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,211	105.68/cwt	103.00–106.00	1,280	16

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 21, 2019

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

Receipts 393Last week 388Year ago 0

Compared to last week sale: Choice steers 1.75-2.00 higher, choice heifers 2.25-2.50 higher, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts last week. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,699	61.00–90.00	78.06
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	964	100.00–102.25	101.49
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,148	103.00–106.00	104.62
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,265	106.75–111.25	109.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,142	43.00–51.00	47.63
3	—	1,070	31.00–34.00	33.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,399	62.00–69.50	65.93
11	—	1,625	70.50–77.00	73.71
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,296	52.00–61.00	56.66
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,535	107.50–110.00	108.74
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	1,344	106.50–111.60	109.27
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,211	103.00–106.00	105.68

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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