Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady, 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	1,624	87.02	1,413	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,470	70.95	1,043	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,251	60.59	758	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,070	49.55	530	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,212	99.93	1,211	91
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,161	96.03	1,115	15
Heifers	Select	Average	1,121	88.15	988	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,366	100.52	1,373	92
Steers	Select	Average	1,129	95.65	1,080	14
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,294	94.44	1,222	26

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
Steers	Choice	—	1,366	100.52/cwt	97.00–103.00	1,373	92
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,129	95.65/cwt	87.00–100.00	1,080	14
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,121	88.15/cwt	81.00–101.00	988	11
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,294	94.44/cwt	91.00–96.50	1,222	26
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,161	96.03/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,115	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,212	99.93/cwt	98.00–102.00	1,211	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	49.55/cwt	47.00–52.00	530	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,376	69.03/cwt	65.00–71.00	950	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,597	73.56/cwt	72.00–78.00	1,175	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	60.59/cwt	59.00–63.00	758	7
Bulls	—	—	1,624	87.02/cwt	72.00–98.00	1,413	6

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 29, 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 steady, 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
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,366	97.00–103.00	100.52
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,129	87.00–100.00	95.65
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,294	91.00–96.50	94.44
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,121	81.00–101.00	88.15
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,161	92.00–97.00	96.03
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,212	98.00–102.00	99.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,070	47.00–52.00	49.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,376	65.00–71.00	69.03
11	—	1,597	72.00–78.00	73.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,251	59.00–63.00	60.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,624	72.00–98.00	87.02

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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