Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 10.00 higher, slaughter cows Breaker and Boners were 1.25-1.50 higher, Lean cows were 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	—	High	1,722	77.51	1,334	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,504	65.05	978	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,288	54.94	708	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,096	42.34	464	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,295	116.47	1,508	46
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,240	107.33	1,331	20
Steers	Choice	Average	1,466	117.55	1,723	95
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,409	108.30	1,526	14

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
Bulls	—	—	2,160	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	2,030	1
Bulls	—	—	1,445	57.47/cwt	55.00–60.00	830	2
Bulls	—	—	1,729	78.98/cwt	65.00–88.00	1,366	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	54.94/cwt	50.00–59.00	708	53
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,674	69.58/cwt	69.00–70.00	1,165	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	64.32/cwt	60.00–69.00	949	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	29.03/cwt	24.00–34.00	313	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	45.00/cwt	38.00–49.00	495	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,295	116.47/cwt	113.50–121.00	1,508	46
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,240	107.33/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,331	20
Steers	Choice	—	1,466	117.55/cwt	112.50–120.00	1,723	95
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,409	108.30/cwt	102.00–111.00	1,526	14

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 May 13, 2020

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,160	94.00	94.00
2	—	1,445	55.00–60.00	57.47
16	—	1,729	65.00–88.00	78.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,288	50.00–59.00	54.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,674	69.00–70.00	69.58
31	—	1,476	60.00–69.00	64.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,078	24.00–34.00	29.03
10	—	1,100	38.00–49.00	45.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,295	113.50–121.00	116.47
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,240	104.00–111.00	107.33
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,466	112.50–120.00	117.55
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,409	102.00–111.00	108.30

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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