Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week sale: Choice steers 2.50 lower, choice heifers 3.50 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	1,702	71.18	1,211	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,508	63.40	956	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,323	51.71	684	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,173	42.04	493	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,316	120.00	1,579	97
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,245	115.40	1,437	25
Steers	Choice	Average	1,442	121.20	1,748	128
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,345	117.10	1,575	46

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
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,625	116.25/cwt	116.25–116.25	1,889	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,345	117.10/cwt	112.50–118.35	1,575	46
Steers	Choice	—	1,442	121.20/cwt	118.60–123.75	1,748	128
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,245	115.40/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,437	25
Heifers	Choice	—	1,309	120.08/cwt	118.60–122.75	1,572	95
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	43.91/cwt	40.00–47.00	516	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,168	37.56/cwt	35.00–39.00	439	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	62.54/cwt	57.00–68.00	936	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,660	74.64/cwt	70.00–84.00	1,239	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	52.44/cwt	48.00–56.00	691	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,356	46.36/cwt	44.00–48.00	629	6
Bulls	—	—	1,702	71.18/cwt	63.00–81.00	1,211	10

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 12, 2020

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

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Compared to last week sale: Choice steers 2.50 lower, choice heifers 3.50 lower, slaughter cows mostly steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,625	116.25	116.25
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,245	112.00–118.00	115.40
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,309	118.60–122.75	120.08
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,345	112.50–118.35	117.10
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	1,442	118.60–123.75	121.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,175	40.00–47.00	43.91
5	—	1,168	35.00–39.00	37.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,496	57.00–68.00	62.54
3	—	1,660	70.00–84.00	74.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,318	48.00–56.00	52.44
6	—	1,356	44.00–48.00	46.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,702	63.00–81.00	71.18

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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