Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .25-.75 higher, slaughter cows .50-1.00 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	1,764	72.50	1,279	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,501	53.22	799	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,242	41.68	518	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,113	30.67	341	28
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,347	112.75	1,519	240
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,148	104.76	1,203	25
Heifers	Select	Average	1,049	92.40	969	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,445	113.05	1,634	237
Steers	Select	Average	1,118	108.49	1,213	13
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,339	107.27	1,436	29

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%	—	1,062	32.76/cwt	30.00–37.00	348	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,264	24.42/cwt	20.00–28.00	309	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,466	51.44/cwt	46.00–56.00	754	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,688	62.74/cwt	58.00–68.00	1,059	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	41.68/cwt	38.00–45.00	518	40
Heifers	Choice	—	1,347	112.75/cwt	109.60–115.50	1,519	240
Steers	Choice	—	1,445	113.05/cwt	109.75–116.00	1,634	237
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,339	107.27/cwt	102.00–109.50	1,436	29
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,118	108.49/cwt	106.00–114.00	1,213	13
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,148	104.76/cwt	101.00–109.50	1,203	25
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,049	92.40/cwt	84.00–100.00	969	10
Bulls	—	—	1,764	72.50/cwt	61.00–80.00	1,279	4

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 30, 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 .25-.75 higher, slaughter cows .50-1.00 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
21	—	1,062	30.00–37.00	32.76
7	—	1,264	20.00–28.00	24.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,466	46.00–56.00	51.44
3	—	1,688	58.00–68.00	62.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,242	38.00–45.00	41.68
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
240	—	1,347	109.60–115.50	112.75
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,148	101.00–109.50	104.76
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,049	84.00–100.00	92.40
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
237	—	1,445	109.75–116.00	113.05
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,339	102.00–109.50	107.27
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,118	106.00–114.00	108.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,764	61.00–80.00	72.50

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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