Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.75-3.00 lower, slaughter cows mostly steady. 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	1,711	77.36	1,324	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,410	64.90	915	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,246	56.87	708	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,199	46.03	552	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,273	101.33	1,290	96
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,216	96.36	1,172	70
Heifers	Select	Average	1,005	94.99	955	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,376	100.95	1,389	184
Steers	Select	Average	1,093	95.99	1,049	18
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,376	95.62	1,316	118

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
Bulls	—	—	2,300	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	2,415	1
Bulls	—	—	1,207	58.29/cwt	50.00–62.00	704	3
Bulls	—	—	1,777	79.47/cwt	66.00–88.00	1,412	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	62.46/cwt	61.00–64.00	839	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	55.00/cwt	51.00–59.00	667	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	70.39/cwt	69.00–72.00	1,130	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	64.33/cwt	61.00–68.00	894	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,199	46.03/cwt	41.00–50.00	552	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,273	101.33/cwt	99.00–106.50	1,290	96
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,216	96.36/cwt	91.00–98.75	1,172	70
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,376	95.62/cwt	90.50–98.50	1,316	118
Steers	Choice	—	1,376	100.95/cwt	99.00–106.00	1,389	184
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,005	94.99/cwt	94.00–95.25	955	13
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,093	95.99/cwt	90.00–98.50	1,049	18

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 Jun 24, 2020

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

Receipts 725Last week 383Year ago 640

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.75-3.00 lower, slaughter cows mostly steady. Trade active. Demand moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,300	105.00	105.00
3	—	1,207	50.00–62.00	58.29
14	—	1,777	66.00–88.00	79.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,343	61.00–64.00	62.46
12	—	1,213	51.00–59.00	55.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,605	69.00–72.00	70.39
29	—	1,390	61.00–68.00	64.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,199	41.00–50.00	46.03
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,273	99.00–106.50	101.33
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,216	91.00–98.75	96.36
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,005	94.00–95.25	94.99
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	1,376	90.50–98.50	95.62
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
184	—	1,376	99.00–106.00	100.95
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,093	90.00–98.50	95.99

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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