Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week sale was cancelled due to the Aug 10th storm. 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	1,686	83.71	1,411	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,508	70.06	1,057	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,309	59.41	778	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,093	38.17	417	20
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,279	109.28	1,398	219
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,181	103.39	1,221	22
Heifers	Select	Average	1,039	97.81	1,016	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,368	109.13	1,493	233
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,250	103.57	1,295	31
Steers	Select	Average	1,095	97.54	1,068	4thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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	—	1,095	97.54/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,068	4
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,039	97.81/cwt	91.00–104.00	1,016	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,368	109.13/cwt	106.25–112.00	1,493	233
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,250	103.57/cwt	101.00–105.50	1,295	31
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,181	103.39/cwt	100.00–105.75	1,221	22
Heifers	Choice	—	1,279	109.28/cwt	106.00–111.50	1,398	219
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	48.20/cwt	41.00–54.00	559	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	25.90/cwt	20.00–37.00	262	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	68.55/cwt	64.00–71.00	995	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	73.54/cwt	72.00–76.00	1,206	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	59.41/cwt	55.00–63.00	778	19
Bulls	—	—	1,758	87.71/cwt	77.00–95.00	1,542	23
Bulls	—	—	1,354	65.32/cwt	58.00–68.00	884	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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Wed Aug 19, 2020

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

Receipts 727Last week 325Year ago 393

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week sale was cancelled due to the Aug 10th storm. 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
4	—	1,095	96.00–99.00	97.54
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
233	—	1,368	106.25–112.00	109.13
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,250	101.00–105.50	103.57
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,039	91.00–104.00	97.81
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,181	100.00–105.75	103.39
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
219	—	1,279	106.00–111.50	109.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,160	41.00–54.00	48.20
9	—	1,012	20.00–37.00	25.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,451	64.00–71.00	68.55
10	—	1,640	72.00–76.00	73.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,309	55.00–63.00	59.41
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,758	77.00–95.00	87.71
5	—	1,354	58.00–68.00	65.32

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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