Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to last week sale not reported. 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	1,447	69.54	1,006	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,577	65.71	1,036	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,344	54.30	730	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,201	41.92	503	16
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,415	82.00	1,160	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,292	75.52	976	24
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,218	63.76	777	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,297	107.11	1,389	179
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,214	102.94	1,250	33
Heifers	Select	Average	1,065	98.50	1,049	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,402	108.16	1,516	264
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,343	102.08	1,371	22
Steers	Select	Average	1,156	101.51	1,173	17

Every lot, as filed

18 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%	—	1,123	34.99/cwt	29.00–40.00	393	6
Bulls	—	—	1,471	72.45/cwt	61.00–80.00	1,066	11
Bulls	—	—	1,315	53.54/cwt	53.00–54.00	704	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,247	46.07/cwt	41.00–49.00	574	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	62.46/cwt	60.00–65.00	962	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,659	72.87/cwt	70.50–73.50	1,209	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,344	54.30/cwt	51.00–57.00	730	27
Steers	Choice	—	1,402	108.16/cwt	104.50–111.50	1,516	264
Heifers	Choice	—	1,297	107.11/cwt	104.75–110.75	1,389	179
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,292	75.52/cwt	71.00–77.50	976	24
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,218	63.76/cwt	61.00–66.00	777	9
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,415	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,160	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,343	102.08/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,371	22
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,160	102.83/cwt	100.00–104.75	1,193	13
Steers	Select	—	1,143	97.22/cwt	96.00–98.00	1,111	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,214	102.94/cwt	100.00–104.50	1,250	33
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,028	100.72/cwt	98.00–102.00	1,035	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,120	95.18/cwt	94.00–96.50	1,066	2

How this sale compares

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Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Wed Oct 2, 2019

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No comparison due to last week sale not reported. 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
6	—	1,123	29.00–40.00	34.99
10	—	1,247	41.00–49.00	46.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,540	60.00–65.00	62.46
5	—	1,659	70.50–73.50	72.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,344	51.00–57.00	54.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,471	61.00–80.00	72.45
2	—	1,315	53.00–54.00	53.54
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
264	—	1,402	104.50–111.50	108.16
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,343	100.00–104.00	102.08
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,160	100.00–104.75	102.83
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,143	96.00–98.00	97.22
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
179	—	1,297	104.75–110.75	107.11
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,214	100.00–104.50	102.94
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,028	98.00–102.00	100.72
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,120	94.00–96.50	95.18
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,292	71.00–77.50	75.52
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,218	61.00–66.00	63.76
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	82.00	82.00

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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