Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.00-1.50 higher, slaughter cows 1.00-1.50 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	1,702	71.69	1,220	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,515	65.44	991	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,364	49.28	672	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,216	35.88	436	30
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,357	120.53	1,636	317
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,250	114.45	1,431	22
Heifers	Select	Average	1,153	107.53	1,240	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,453	120.54	1,751	305
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,222	111.76	1,366	33
Steers	Select	Average	1,188	105.12	1,248	35

Every lot, as filed

14 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	—	1,163	106.28/cwt	102.00–108.50	1,236	13
Steers	Select	—	1,202	104.43/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,255	22
Steers	Choice	—	1,453	120.54/cwt	116.60–123.75	1,751	305
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,250	114.45/cwt	113.00–116.00	1,431	22
Heifers	Select	—	1,153	107.53/cwt	107.00–107.75	1,240	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,357	120.53/cwt	117.00–123.00	1,636	317
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,223	41.44/cwt	37.00–45.00	507	17
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,222	111.76/cwt	109.00–116.00	1,366	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,207	28.61/cwt	23.00–33.00	345	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,421	61.51/cwt	57.00–66.50	874	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,675	72.17/cwt	69.00–76.00	1,209	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	50.08/cwt	46.00–55.00	676	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,529	39.49/cwt	38.00–42.00	604	4
Bulls	—	—	1,702	71.69/cwt	60.00–88.50	1,220	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 Dec 18, 2019

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

Receipts 1,010Last week 1,020Year ago 0

Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.00-1.50 higher, slaughter cows 1.00-1.50 higher. 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
13	—	1,163	102.00–108.50	106.28
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,202	101.00–107.00	104.43
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
305	—	1,453	116.60–123.75	120.54
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,222	109.00–116.00	111.76
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,250	113.00–116.00	114.45
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,153	107.00–107.75	107.53
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
317	—	1,357	117.00–123.00	120.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,223	37.00–45.00	41.44
13	—	1,207	23.00–33.00	28.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,421	57.00–66.50	61.51
7	—	1,675	69.00–76.00	72.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,350	46.00–55.00	50.08
4	—	1,529	38.00–42.00	39.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,702	60.00–88.50	71.69

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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