Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 2.00-2.25 higher, slaughter cows steady with some lots .75 lower. 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	1,768	67.48	1,193	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,539	61.20	942	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,393	49.46	689	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,178	36.97	435	44
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,345	120.13	1,616	269
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,224	114.50	1,401	62
Heifers	Select	Average	1,138	105.90	1,205	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,444	120.32	1,737	328
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,368	114.52	1,567	34
Steers	Select	Average	1,170	105.85	1,239	7thin

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	—	—	1,768	67.48/cwt	55.00–75.00	1,193	24
Heifers	Select	—	1,182	105.34/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,245	3
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,112	106.23/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,181	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,224	114.50/cwt	110.00–116.75	1,401	62
Steers	Select	—	1,177	105.88/cwt	105.00–107.50	1,246	3
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,165	105.83/cwt	104.00–107.50	1,233	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,368	114.52/cwt	110.00–116.50	1,567	34
Heifers	Choice	—	1,345	120.13/cwt	117.10–122.50	1,616	269
Steers	Choice	—	1,444	120.32/cwt	117.25–123.00	1,737	328
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	49.46/cwt	45.00–55.50	689	60
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,539	61.20/cwt	57.00–64.00	942	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	30.32/cwt	24.00–33.00	346	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,193	39.76/cwt	34.00–44.00	474	31

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 Dec 4, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 1,070Last week 470Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 2.00-2.25 higher, slaughter cows steady with some lots .75 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,768	55.00–75.00	67.48
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,182	105.00–106.00	105.34
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,112	103.00–109.00	106.23
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,224	110.00–116.75	114.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
269	—	1,345	117.10–122.50	120.13
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,177	105.00–107.50	105.88
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,165	104.00–107.50	105.83
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,368	110.00–116.50	114.52
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
328	—	1,444	117.25–123.00	120.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,393	45.00–55.50	49.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,539	57.00–64.00	61.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,142	24.00–33.00	30.32
31	—	1,193	34.00–44.00	39.76

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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