Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 3.00-3.25 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	1,805	63.81	1,152	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,523	64.69	985	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,341	50.05	671	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,147	34.84	400	35
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,327	118.31	1,570	187
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,164	108.00	1,257	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,477	118.12	1,745	124
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,238	108.83	1,347	16

Every lot, as filed

10 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%	—	1,177	38.92/cwt	36.00–45.00	458	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	27.93/cwt	21.00–32.00	306	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,546	63.63/cwt	57.00–66.75	984	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	984	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,341	50.05/cwt	46.00–55.00	671	26
Steers	Choice	—	1,477	118.12/cwt	113.50–120.75	1,745	124
Heifers	Choice	—	1,327	118.31/cwt	113.50–120.10	1,570	187
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,238	108.83/cwt	103.00–112.50	1,347	16
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,164	108.00/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,257	12
Bulls	—	—	1,805	63.81/cwt	50.00–72.00	1,152	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 Nov 27, 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 3.00-3.25 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
22	—	1,177	36.00–45.00	38.92
13	—	1,097	21.00–32.00	27.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,546	57.00–66.75	63.63
1	—	1,405	70.00	70.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,341	46.00–55.00	50.05
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	1,477	113.50–120.75	118.12
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,238	103.00–112.50	108.83
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	1,327	113.50–120.10	118.31
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,164	104.00–112.00	108.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,805	50.00–72.00	63.81

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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