Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.50-3.00 higher, slaughter cows no comparison due to limited receipts. 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	—	Average	1,701	94.58	1,608	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,450	69.16	1,003	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,238	53.05	657	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,163	35.15	409	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,262	102.19	1,290	80
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,195	98.60	1,178	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,320	102.42	1,352	98
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,209	99.00	1,197	4thin

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
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,750	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,663	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,209	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,197	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,320	102.42/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,352	98
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,195	98.60/cwt	94.00–99.50	1,178	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,256	102.28/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,285	79
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,355	44.07/cwt	43.00–45.00	597	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	26.23/cwt	21.00–31.00	254	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	68.30/cwt	65.00–69.50	963	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,537	71.04/cwt	70.00–74.00	1,092	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	53.05/cwt	50.00–57.00	657	2
Bulls	—	—	1,779	102.01/cwt	95.00–105.00	1,815	6
Bulls	—	—	1,230	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	615	1

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 Jul 8, 2020

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

Receipts 254Last week 450Year ago 581

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.50-3.00 higher, slaughter cows no comparison due to limited receipts. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,195	94.00–99.50	98.60
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,256	100.00–104.00	102.28
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,209	99.00	99.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	1,320	100.00–105.00	102.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,355	43.00–45.00	44.07
2	—	970	21.00–31.00	26.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,410	65.00–69.50	68.30
5	—	1,537	70.00–74.00	71.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,238	50.00–57.00	53.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,779	95.00–105.00	102.01
1	—	1,230	50.00	50.00

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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