Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers sold 0.75 to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 0.75 higher.

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	—	Low	1,860	78.49	1,460	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,514	65.57	993	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,275	56.76	724	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,169	46.27	541	19
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,301	105.34	1,370	126
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,283	100.08	1,284	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,450	105.55	1,530	217
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,342	99.36	1,333	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,063	94.49	1,004	5thin

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,141	49.69/cwt	46.00–52.00	567	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	56.76/cwt	53.00–59.50	724	52
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,738	70.41/cwt	69.00–73.00	1,224	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,411	63.33/cwt	60.00–68.00	894	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,273	33.44/cwt	20.00–41.00	426	4
Bulls	—	—	1,713	62.62/cwt	61.00–64.00	1,073	2
Bulls	—	—	1,885	81.14/cwt	69.00–95.00	1,529	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,301	105.34/cwt	102.00–107.75	1,370	126
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,283	100.08/cwt	97.00–101.00	1,284	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,450	105.55/cwt	102.00–107.50	1,530	217
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,063	94.49/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,004	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,342	99.36/cwt	96.75–101.00	1,333	12

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 23, 2020

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

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Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers sold 0.75 to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 0.75 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,141	46.00–52.00	49.69
4	—	1,273	20.00–41.00	33.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,275	53.00–59.50	56.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,738	69.00–73.00	70.41
26	—	1,411	60.00–68.00	63.33
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,713	61.00–64.00	62.62
12	—	1,885	69.00–95.00	81.14
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,301	102.00–107.75	105.34
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,283	97.00–101.00	100.08
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
217	—	1,450	102.00–107.50	105.55
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,063	93.00–96.00	94.49
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,342	96.75–101.00	99.36

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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