Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .50-.75 lower, slaughter cows 1.75-2.50 lower. 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	1,777	90.65	1,611	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,491	64.77	966	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,306	55.59	726	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,138	39.11	445	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,219	100.74	1,228	98
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,238	93.87	1,162	19
Heifers	Select	Average	965	85.70	827	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,392	100.93	1,405	163
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,302	95.00	1,237	19
Steers	Select	Average	1,092	90.92	993	9thin

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	—	1,092	90.92/cwt	81.00–95.00	993	9
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	965	85.70/cwt	81.00–89.00	827	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,302	95.00/cwt	90.00–96.25	1,237	19
Steers	Choice	—	1,392	100.93/cwt	97.00–103.00	1,405	163
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,238	93.87/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,162	19
Heifers	Choice	—	1,219	100.74/cwt	97.00–102.50	1,228	98
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,181	44.11/cwt	41.00–49.00	521	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	29.95/cwt	22.00–34.00	317	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,491	64.77/cwt	60.00–69.00	966	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	55.59/cwt	51.00–59.00	726	21
Bulls	—	—	1,711	87.06/cwt	74.50–99.00	1,490	18
Bulls	—	—	2,013	103.59/cwt	100.00–110.00	2,085	5

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 22, 2020

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

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Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .50-.75 lower, slaughter cows 1.75-2.50 lower. 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
9	—	1,092	81.00–95.00	90.92
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,302	90.00–96.25	95.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	1,392	97.00–103.00	100.93
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	965	81.00–89.00	85.70
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,238	92.00–96.00	93.87
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	1,219	97.00–102.50	100.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,181	41.00–49.00	44.11
6	—	1,060	22.00–34.00	29.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,491	60.00–69.00	64.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,306	51.00–59.00	55.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,711	74.50–99.00	87.06
5	—	2,013	100.00–110.00	103.59

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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