Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.50-2.75 higher, slaughter cows .25-.50 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	1,873	81.06	1,518	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,504	63.32	952	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,282	54.41	698	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,195	45.44	543	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,302	109.85	1,430	127
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,248	105.17	1,313	24
Steers	Choice	Average	1,429	110.72	1,582	173
Steers	Select	Average	1,173	108.76	1,276	12
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,313	103.88	1,364	9thin

Every lot, as filed

9 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%	—	1,195	45.44/cwt	42.00–49.00	543	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,504	63.32/cwt	60.00–67.00	952	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	54.41/cwt	50.00–59.00	698	26
Heifers	Choice	—	1,302	109.85/cwt	107.75–113.50	1,430	127
Steers	Choice	—	1,429	110.72/cwt	107.50–113.75	1,582	173
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,313	103.88/cwt	101.00–106.00	1,364	9
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,173	108.76/cwt	100.00–114.50	1,276	12
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,248	105.17/cwt	101.00–106.75	1,313	24
Bulls	—	—	1,873	81.06/cwt	70.00–90.00	1,518	12

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 Oct 9, 2019

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Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.50-2.75 higher, slaughter cows .25-.50 higher. 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
12	—	1,195	42.00–49.00	45.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,504	60.00–67.00	63.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,282	50.00–59.00	54.41
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	1,302	107.75–113.50	109.85
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,248	101.00–106.75	105.17
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
173	—	1,429	107.50–113.75	110.72
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,313	101.00–106.00	103.88
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,173	100.00–114.50	108.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,873	70.00–90.00	81.06

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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