Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 3.00-4.00 lower, slaughter cows 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	1,860	80.31	1,494	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,505	62.95	947	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,336	55.76	745	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,118	45.54	509	15
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,313	115.09	1,511	29
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,143	110.81	1,267	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,128	101.83	1,149	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,400	114.98	1,610	61
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,340	110.30	1,478	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,253	103.47	1,296	3thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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	—	1,340	110.30/cwt	107.25–112.50	1,478	3
Steers	Select	—	1,253	103.47/cwt	103.00–104.00	1,296	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,400	114.98/cwt	114.00–117.75	1,610	61
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,143	110.81/cwt	109.00–112.50	1,267	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,128	101.83/cwt	100.00–103.00	1,149	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,313	115.09/cwt	113.25–117.00	1,511	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	45.54/cwt	41.00–49.00	509	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	62.69/cwt	60.00–67.00	947	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,260	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	939	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	55.76/cwt	51.00–59.00	745	49
Bulls	—	—	1,860	80.31/cwt	64.00–85.00	1,494	11

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 11, 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 3.00-4.00 lower, slaughter cows 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	—	1,340	107.25–112.50	110.30
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,253	103.00–104.00	103.47
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,400	114.00–117.75	114.98
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,143	109.00–112.50	110.81
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,128	100.00–103.00	101.83
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,313	113.25–117.00	115.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,118	41.00–49.00	45.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,510	60.00–67.00	62.69
1	—	1,260	74.50	74.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,336	51.00–59.00	55.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,860	64.00–85.00	80.31

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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