Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 2.00-2.50 lower, slaughter cows were .25 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	—	High	1,845	82.41	1,521	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,527	61.77	943	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,368	55.53	760	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,148	37.88	435	27
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,351	109.01	1,473	40
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,239	106.13	1,315	65
Steers	Choice	Average	1,391	109.64	1,525	96
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,331	106.56	1,418	42
Steers	Select	Average	1,115	102.50	1,143	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
Bulls	—	—	2,203	94.64/cwt	93.00–96.00	2,085	2
Bulls	—	—	1,811	81.25/cwt	72.00–92.00	1,471	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	55.53/cwt	50.00–59.00	760	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,527	61.77/cwt	60.00–65.00	943	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,247	45.22/cwt	42.00–48.00	564	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	31.06/cwt	20.00–38.00	328	14
Heifers	Choice	—	1,351	109.01/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,473	40
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,239	106.13/cwt	100.00–107.75	1,315	65
Steers	Choice	—	1,391	109.64/cwt	108.00–112.25	1,525	96
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,331	106.56/cwt	104.00–107.50	1,418	42
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,115	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,143	3

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Wed Jun 3, 2020

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

Receipts 404Last week 282Year ago 280

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 2.00-2.50 lower, slaughter cows were .25 lower. Trade active. Demand moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,203	93.00–96.00	94.64
21	—	1,811	72.00–92.00	81.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,368	50.00–59.00	55.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,527	60.00–65.00	61.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,247	42.00–48.00	45.22
14	—	1,057	20.00–38.00	31.06
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,351	108.00–113.00	109.01
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,239	100.00–107.75	106.13
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,391	108.00–112.25	109.64
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,331	104.00–107.50	106.56
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,115	102.50	102.50

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More