Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week sale: Choice steers and heifers 2.00 higher, slaughter cows steady to .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	1,772	72.59	1,286	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,475	63.05	930	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,342	50.61	679	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,162	36.47	424	29
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,328	125.94	1,672	187
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,152	118.37	1,364	34
Heifers	Select	Average	1,040	110.00	1,144	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,468	124.77	1,832	177
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,316	118.93	1,565	15

Every lot, as filed

12 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	—	—	1,772	72.59/cwt	60.00–90.00	1,286	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,342	50.61/cwt	46.00–57.00	679	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,596	68.58/cwt	66.00–73.00	1,095	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,427	60.88/cwt	57.00–65.00	869	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	28.67/cwt	21.00–35.00	311	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,203	40.58/cwt	36.00–45.00	488	19
Heifers	Choice	—	1,328	125.94/cwt	122.25–128.00	1,672	187
Heifers	Select	—	1,040	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,144	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,152	118.37/cwt	115.00–120.50	1,364	34
Steers	Choice	—	1,416	126.26/cwt	122.25–128.50	1,788	144
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,316	118.93/cwt	114.00–122.00	1,565	15
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,697	118.25/cwt	118.25–118.25	2,007	33

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 Jan 15, 2020

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

Receipts 693Last week 1,128Year ago 0

Compared to last week sale: Choice steers and heifers 2.00 higher, slaughter cows steady to .50 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,772	60.00–90.00	72.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,342	46.00–57.00	50.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,596	66.00–73.00	68.58
28	—	1,427	57.00–65.00	60.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,084	21.00–35.00	28.67
19	—	1,203	36.00–45.00	40.58
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	1,328	122.25–128.00	125.94
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,040	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,152	115.00–120.50	118.37
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	1,416	122.25–128.50	126.26
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,316	114.00–122.00	118.93
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,697	118.25	118.25

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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