Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Choice steers .25-.50 lower, choice heifers .50-.75 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	1,729	65.92	1,140	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,422	61.46	874	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,314	49.80	655	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,166	37.30	435	31
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,344	119.43	1,605	265
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,232	114.27	1,408	35
Heifers	Select	Average	1,098	105.75	1,161	27
Steers	Choice	Average	1,457	119.27	1,738	292
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,290	114.77	1,481	70
Steers	Select	Average	1,091	108.76	1,187	5thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,091	108.76/cwt	107.50–110.00	1,187	5
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,054	104.76/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,104	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,457	119.27/cwt	117.00–122.85	1,738	292
Heifers	Choice	—	1,344	119.43/cwt	117.00–121.50	1,605	265
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,232	114.27/cwt	112.00–116.75	1,408	35
Heifers	Select	—	1,108	105.98/cwt	101.00–108.50	1,174	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,181	40.82/cwt	34.00–45.00	482	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,129	28.70/cwt	21.00–33.00	324	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,290	114.77/cwt	110.00–116.50	1,481	70
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,402	59.71/cwt	56.00–64.50	837	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	67.59/cwt	65.00–71.50	1,008	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	50.52/cwt	46.00–56.00	664	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,307	42.64/cwt	41.00–44.00	557	5
Bulls	—	—	1,756	68.14/cwt	60.00–79.00	1,197	17
Bulls	—	—	1,577	53.31/cwt	51.00–57.00	841	3

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Wed Dec 11, 2019

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

Receipts 1,020Last week 1,070Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Choice steers .25-.50 lower, choice heifers .50-.75 lower, slaughter cows mostly steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,091	107.50–110.00	108.76
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
292	—	1,457	117.00–122.85	119.27
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,290	110.00–116.50	114.77
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,054	101.00–109.00	104.76
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
265	—	1,344	117.00–121.50	119.43
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,232	112.00–116.75	114.27
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,108	101.00–108.50	105.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,181	34.00–45.00	40.82
9	—	1,129	21.00–33.00	28.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,402	56.00–64.50	59.71
6	—	1,492	65.00–71.50	67.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,315	46.00–56.00	50.52
5	—	1,307	41.00–44.00	42.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,756	60.00–79.00	68.14
3	—	1,577	51.00–57.00	53.31

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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