Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 6.00 higher, slaughter cow 1.75-3.25 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	1,696	85.23	1,446	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,449	66.61	965	85
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,267	57.90	734	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,108	46.40	514	16
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,377	125.55	1,729	102
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,289	117.43	1,514	38
Steers	Choice	Average	1,410	124.11	1,750	109
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,387	118.00	1,637	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,052	110.03	1,158	4thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,058	111.71/cwt	110.00–112.50	1,182	3
Steers	ChoiceNatural	—	1,427	128.83/cwt	126.00–132.00	1,838	44
Heifers	ChoiceNatural	—	1,409	128.37/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,809	63
Steers	Select	—	1,035	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,087	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,398	120.91/cwt	119.75–122.25	1,690	65
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,387	118.00/cwt	112.50–119.50	1,637	12
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,289	117.43/cwt	113.00–119.50	1,514	38
Heifers	Choice	—	1,326	121.00/cwt	119.75–123.00	1,604	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,109	48.88/cwt	40.00–52.00	542	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	29.00/cwt	29.00–29.00	319	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,439	65.94/cwt	62.00–69.50	949	73
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,512	70.70/cwt	70.00–72.00	1,069	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	57.90/cwt	53.00–61.00	734	32
Bulls	—	—	1,696	85.23/cwt	64.00–97.00	1,446	9

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 25, 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 were 6.00 higher, slaughter cow 1.75-3.25 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,058	110.00–112.50	111.71
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,427	126.00–132.00	128.83
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	105.00	105.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,398	119.75–122.25	120.91
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,387	112.50–119.50	118.00
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,409	125.00–131.00	128.37
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,289	113.00–119.50	117.43
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,326	119.75–123.00	121.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,109	40.00–52.00	48.88
2	—	1,100	29.00	29.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,439	62.00–69.50	65.94
12	—	1,512	70.00–72.00	70.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,267	53.00–61.00	57.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,696	64.00–97.00	85.23

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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