Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week sale not reported. 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	1,604	76.75	1,231	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,442	65.11	939	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,317	55.47	731	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,155	42.41	490	21
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,279	104.42	1,336	169
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,224	99.16	1,214	33
Heifers	Select	Average	1,008	94.00	948	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,379	104.63	1,443	221
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,218	98.41	1,199	41
Steers	Select	Average	1,028	93.05	957	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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	72.57/cwt	71.00–77.00	1,168	6
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,028	93.05/cwt	86.00–97.00	957	5
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,008	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	948	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,379	104.63/cwt	102.00–108.25	1,443	221
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,218	98.41/cwt	92.00–101.25	1,199	41
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,224	99.16/cwt	94.00–101.75	1,214	33
Heifers	Choice	—	1,279	104.42/cwt	102.00–107.25	1,336	169
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,168	48.62/cwt	46.00–51.00	568	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	34.14/cwt	26.00–44.00	388	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,421	64.20/cwt	60.00–69.00	912	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	56.26/cwt	52.00–59.00	724	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,594	48.17/cwt	45.00–52.50	768	4
Bulls	—	—	1,693	83.39/cwt	73.00–95.00	1,412	19
Bulls	—	—	1,363	58.74/cwt	50.00–69.00	801	7

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 Sep 16, 2020

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

Receipts 730Last week 619Year ago 570

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week sale not reported. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,610	71.00–77.00	72.57
49	—	1,421	60.00–69.00	64.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,168	46.00–51.00	48.62
9	—	1,137	26.00–44.00	34.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,287	52.00–59.00	56.26
4	—	1,594	45.00–52.50	48.17
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,028	86.00–97.00	93.05
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
221	—	1,379	102.00–108.25	104.63
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,218	92.00–101.25	98.41
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,008	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,224	94.00–101.75	99.16
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
169	—	1,279	102.00–107.25	104.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,693	73.00–95.00	83.39
7	—	1,363	50.00–69.00	58.74

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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