Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were .50-.75 lower, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts last week. 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	1,812	87.60	1,587	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,472	68.51	1,009	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,146	58.07	665	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,107	39.27	435	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,246	101.20	1,261	85
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,160	96.09	1,115	43
Heifers	Select	Average	1,037	93.31	968	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,379	101.79	1,404	169
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,264	96.34	1,218	79
Steers	Select	Average	1,013	90.50	917	5thin

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
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,013	90.50/cwt	86.00–92.00	917	5
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,037	93.31/cwt	87.00–99.00	968	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,379	101.79/cwt	99.00–104.75	1,404	169
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,264	96.34/cwt	91.00–98.75	1,218	79
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,160	96.09/cwt	90.00–98.60	1,115	43
Heifers	Choice	—	1,246	101.20/cwt	99.00–103.75	1,261	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,215	32.82/cwt	25.00–37.00	399	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	48.95/cwt	47.00–51.00	463	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,419	66.51/cwt	62.00–69.00	944	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	71.42/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,107	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,146	58.07/cwt	55.00–61.00	665	13
Bulls	—	—	1,876	90.43/cwt	80.00–97.00	1,696	11
Bulls	—	—	1,594	70.83/cwt	65.00–76.00	1,129	5
Bulls	—	—	1,940	105.20/cwt	101.00–110.00	2,041	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.

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Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Wed Jul 15, 2020

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

Receipts 573Last week 254Year ago 480

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were .50-.75 lower, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts last week. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,013	86.00–92.00	90.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
169	—	1,379	99.00–104.75	101.79
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,264	91.00–98.75	96.34
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,037	87.00–99.00	93.31
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,160	90.00–98.60	96.09
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,246	99.00–103.75	101.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,215	25.00–37.00	32.82
2	—	945	47.00–51.00	48.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,419	62.00–69.00	66.51
20	—	1,550	70.00–75.00	71.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,146	55.00–61.00	58.07
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,876	80.00–97.00	90.43
5	—	1,594	65.00–76.00	70.83
3	—	1,940	101.00–110.00	105.20

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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