Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.50-2.75 lower, slaughter cow no comparison due to low receipts this week. Trade active. Demand moderate.

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	1,748	81.56	1,426	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,411	70.29	992	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,333	62.41	832	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,264	106.52	1,346	70
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,171	101.62	1,190	11
Heifers	Select	Average	942	91.00	857	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,378	106.61	1,469	127
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,272	101.71	1,293	20
Steers	Select	Average	1,193	88.73	1,059	2thin

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	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,177	102.65/cwt	102.00–104.00	1,208	6
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,193	88.73/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,059	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	942	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	857	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,312	101.31/cwt	100.00–103.50	1,329	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,378	106.61/cwt	104.00–108.25	1,469	127
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,171	101.62/cwt	100.00–103.25	1,190	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,264	106.52/cwt	104.50–108.50	1,346	70
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,409	68.45/cwt	66.00–71.00	964	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,414	73.98/cwt	72.00–75.00	1,046	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	62.41/cwt	60.00–65.00	832	2
Bulls	—	—	1,765	82.40/cwt	72.00–94.00	1,454	15
Bulls	—	—	1,500	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	1,035	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 Aug 26, 2020

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

Receipts 328Last week 727Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.50-2.75 lower, slaughter cow no comparison due to low receipts this week. Trade active. Demand moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,177	102.00–104.00	102.65
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,193	85.00–92.00	88.73
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,312	100.00–103.50	101.31
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	1,378	104.00–108.25	106.61
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	942	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,171	100.00–103.25	101.62
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,264	104.50–108.50	106.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,409	66.00–71.00	68.45
5	—	1,414	72.00–75.00	73.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,333	60.00–65.00	62.41
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,765	72.00–94.00	82.40
1	—	1,500	69.00	69.00

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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