Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 4.00-5.00 higher, slaughter cows mostly steady. 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	1,682	74.11	1,247	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,524	64.57	984	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,339	55.87	748	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,170	44.96	526	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,258	107.40	1,351	156
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,197	102.68	1,229	19
Heifers	Select	Average	969	98.07	951	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,372	107.54	1,475	197
Steers	Select	Average	1,037	101.84	1,056	6thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,302	101.80	1,325	19

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	44.96/cwt	40.00–49.00	526	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,438	62.11/cwt	60.00–66.00	893	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,747	70.95/cwt	69.50–71.75	1,239	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,339	55.87/cwt	51.00–59.00	748	34
Steers	Choice	—	1,372	107.54/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,475	197
Heifers	Choice	—	1,258	107.40/cwt	104.00–109.75	1,351	156
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,302	101.80/cwt	100.00–103.00	1,325	19
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,037	101.84/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,056	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,197	102.68/cwt	100.00–103.85	1,229	19
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	975	98.42/cwt	96.50–101.50	960	6
Heifers	Select	—	935	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	898	1
Bulls	—	—	1,682	74.11/cwt	65.00–81.00	1,247	14

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 Sep 18, 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 4.00-5.00 higher, slaughter cows mostly steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,170	40.00–49.00	44.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,438	60.00–66.00	62.11
5	—	1,747	69.50–71.75	70.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,339	51.00–59.00	55.87
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
197	—	1,372	104.00–111.00	107.54
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,302	100.00–103.00	101.80
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,037	100.00–106.00	101.84
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	1,258	104.00–109.75	107.40
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,197	100.00–103.85	102.68
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	975	96.50–101.50	98.42
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	96.00	96.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,682	65.00–81.00	74.11

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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