Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to last week sale not reported. 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	—	Low	1,659	68.36	1,134	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,551	63.27	981	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,287	50.83	654	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,110	39.79	442	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,335	123.76	1,652	101
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,245	118.26	1,472	16
Heifers	Select	Average	1,048	108.34	1,135	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,488	122.64	1,825	131
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,261	118.40	1,493	23

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	—	—	1,549	55.42/cwt	50.00–59.00	858	4
Bulls	—	—	1,693	72.34/cwt	64.00–81.00	1,225	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	50.83/cwt	46.00–55.00	654	66
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,777	71.21/cwt	70.00–74.00	1,265	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,527	62.42/cwt	56.00–68.00	953	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	31.40/cwt	27.00–36.00	328	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	43.29/cwt	41.00–45.00	493	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,335	123.76/cwt	122.00–124.75	1,652	101
Heifers	Select	—	1,048	108.34/cwt	102.00–110.50	1,135	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,245	118.26/cwt	115.25–121.00	1,472	16
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,261	118.40/cwt	112.00–120.25	1,493	23
Steers	Choice	—	1,458	123.84/cwt	121.50–125.50	1,806	117
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,738	112.58/cwt	105.00–115.50	1,957	14

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 Feb 5, 2020

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

Receipts 545Last week 545Year ago 0

No comparison due to last week sale not reported. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,549	50.00–59.00	55.42
13	—	1,693	64.00–81.00	72.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,287	46.00–55.00	50.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,777	70.00–74.00	71.21
28	—	1,527	56.00–68.00	62.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,044	27.00–36.00	31.40
12	—	1,138	41.00–45.00	43.29
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	1,335	122.00–124.75	123.76
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,048	102.00–110.50	108.34
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,245	115.25–121.00	118.26
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,261	112.00–120.25	118.40
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	1,458	121.50–125.50	123.84
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,738	105.00–115.50	112.58

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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