Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers 2.00-3.00 lower, choice heifers 2.50 lower, slaughter cows Breaker and Boners 3.50-4.00 lower, lean cows 1.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good then 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	1,615	75.36	1,217	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,436	60.38	867	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,277	51.86	662	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,102	39.38	434	56
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,336	113.84	1,521	143
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,234	107.64	1,328	85
Steers	Choice	Average	1,440	112.94	1,626	274
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,325	106.42	1,410	50
Steers	Select	Average	1,155	104.51	1,207	10

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	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,155	104.51/cwt	103.00–106.00	1,207	10
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,325	106.42/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,410	50
Steers	Choice	—	1,440	112.94/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,626	274
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,234	107.64/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,328	85
Heifers	Choice	—	1,336	113.84/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,521	143
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,114	43.93/cwt	38.00–48.00	489	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	30.51/cwt	20.00–37.00	329	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,422	59.98/cwt	57.00–64.00	853	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,700	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,156	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	51.86/cwt	49.00–56.50	662	39
Bulls	—	—	1,659	77.84/cwt	68.00–85.00	1,291	14
Bulls	—	—	1,303	58.02/cwt	56.00–61.00	756	2

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 20, 2020

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,155	103.00–106.00	104.51
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,325	100.00–109.00	106.42
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
274	—	1,440	110.00–117.00	112.94
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,234	101.00–110.00	107.64
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	1,336	110.00–118.00	113.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,114	38.00–48.00	43.93
19	—	1,078	20.00–37.00	30.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,422	57.00–64.00	59.98
1	—	1,700	68.00	68.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,277	49.00–56.50	51.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,659	68.00–85.00	77.84
2	—	1,303	56.00–61.00	58.02

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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