Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 1.50-3.25 lower, slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. 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	1,833	77.85	1,427	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,466	63.82	936	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,327	55.25	733	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,105	43.36	479	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,298	118.98	1,544	75
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,329	113.32	1,506	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,002	102.48	1,027	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,426	119.06	1,698	72
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,302	111.18	1,448	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,038	106.54	1,106	4thin

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
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,302	111.18/cwt	109.50–114.00	1,448	3
Steers	Select	—	1,038	106.54/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,106	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,426	119.06/cwt	115.25–122.00	1,698	72
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,329	113.32/cwt	108.00–114.50	1,506	8
Heifers	Select	—	1,002	102.48/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,027	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,298	118.98/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,544	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,132	48.70/cwt	45.00–52.00	551	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	36.23/cwt	31.00–39.00	387	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,466	63.82/cwt	61.00–69.00	936	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	56.30/cwt	53.00–59.00	727	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,499	50.29/cwt	43.00–53.00	754	7
Bulls	—	—	1,833	77.85/cwt	62.00–90.00	1,427	16

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 Mar 4, 2020

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

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Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 1.50-3.25 lower, slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,302	109.50–114.00	111.18
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,038	105.00–109.00	106.54
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,426	115.25–122.00	119.06
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,329	108.00–114.50	113.32
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,002	101.00–103.00	102.48
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,298	115.00–120.00	118.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,132	45.00–52.00	48.70
6	—	1,068	31.00–39.00	36.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,466	61.00–69.00	63.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,291	53.00–59.00	56.30
7	—	1,499	43.00–53.00	50.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,833	62.00–90.00	77.85

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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