Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today; Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 10.00-11.00 lower, slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower. Trade active. Demand moderate.

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	1,666	73.05	1,217	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,600	59.33	949	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,447	52.71	763	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,205	42.71	515	33
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,294	109.66	1,419	50
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,318	101.44	1,337	29
Heifers	Select	Average	1,126	83.39	939	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,402	110.00	1,542	63
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,358	102.40	1,391	19
Steers	Select	Average	1,149	89.82	1,032	10

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
Bulls	—	—	1,666	73.05/cwt	65.00–79.75	1,217	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,294	109.66/cwt	107.00–112.00	1,419	50
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,318	101.44/cwt	97.00–105.00	1,337	29
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,126	83.39/cwt	80.00–87.00	939	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	59.33/cwt	57.00–63.00	949	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,447	52.71/cwt	50.00–56.00	763	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,239	45.65/cwt	42.00–49.50	566	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	33.54/cwt	25.00–39.00	368	8
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,149	89.82/cwt	82.00–91.00	1,032	10
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,358	102.40/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,391	19
Steers	Choice	—	1,402	110.00/cwt	106.00–113.35	1,542	63

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 Apr 1, 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 10.00-11.00 lower, slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower. Trade active. Demand moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,666	65.00–79.75	73.05
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,294	107.00–112.00	109.66
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,318	97.00–105.00	101.44
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,126	80.00–87.00	83.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,600	57.00–63.00	59.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,447	50.00–56.00	52.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,239	42.00–49.50	45.65
8	—	1,097	25.00–39.00	33.54
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,149	82.00–91.00	89.82
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,358	98.00–105.00	102.40
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,402	106.00–113.35	110.00

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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