Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 3.00 lower, 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	1,788	69.15	1,236	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,448	63.19	915	63
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,287	51.21	659	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,096	34.10	374	30
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,335	114.97	1,535	305
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,146	108.67	1,245	18
Heifers	Select	Average	1,058	101.73	1,076	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,419	114.85	1,630	269
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,331	108.23	1,441	36
Steers	Select	Average	1,073	102.33	1,098	3thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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	—	—	1,788	69.15/cwt	56.00–75.00	1,236	14
Heifers	Select	—	993	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,013	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,084	101.62/cwt	94.00–106.00	1,102	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,146	108.67/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,245	18
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,073	102.33/cwt	102.00–103.00	1,098	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,331	108.23/cwt	102.00–111.50	1,441	36
Heifers	Choice	—	1,335	114.97/cwt	112.00–116.85	1,535	305
Steers	Choice	—	1,419	114.85/cwt	112.00–117.10	1,630	269
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	51.21/cwt	45.00–54.00	659	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,582	70.13/cwt	66.00–77.00	1,109	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,399	60.62/cwt	56.00–65.00	848	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	25.42/cwt	21.00–30.00	269	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	39.13/cwt	31.00–44.00	437	19

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 Nov 20, 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 3.00 lower, slaughter cows mostly steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,788	56.00–75.00	69.15
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	993	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,084	94.00–106.00	101.62
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,146	104.00–111.00	108.67
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
305	—	1,335	112.00–116.85	114.97
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,073	102.00–103.00	102.33
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,331	102.00–111.50	108.23
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
269	—	1,419	112.00–117.10	114.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,287	45.00–54.00	51.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,582	66.00–77.00	70.13
46	—	1,399	56.00–65.00	60.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,058	21.00–30.00	25.42
19	—	1,118	31.00–44.00	39.13

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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