Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .75-1.00 higher, slaughter cows no comparison due to low 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	1,612	73.42	1,184	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,575	63.49	1,000	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,317	52.53	692	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,168	40.35	471	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,301	106.39	1,384	229
Heifers	Select	Average	1,082	102.21	1,106	12
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,127	98.28	1,108	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,110	109.56	1,216	37
Steers	Choice	Average	1,427	105.80	1,510	169
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,279	98.71	1,263	14

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
Bulls	—	—	1,680	77.79/cwt	71.00–86.00	1,307	15
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,127	98.28/cwt	96.75–100.00	1,108	8
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,279	98.71/cwt	95.00–101.25	1,263	14
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,082	102.21/cwt	93.00–104.50	1,106	12
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,110	109.56/cwt	97.00–113.00	1,216	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,542	62.66/cwt	60.00–66.00	966	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	52.53/cwt	50.00–57.00	692	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,870	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,328	1
Bulls	—	—	1,273	51.55/cwt	46.00–65.00	656	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	32.22/cwt	22.00–37.00	361	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,204	46.45/cwt	44.00–49.00	559	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,301	106.39/cwt	102.75–108.50	1,384	229
Steers	Choice	—	1,419	106.19/cwt	102.00–108.75	1,507	164
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,705	93.15/cwt	93.00–93.25	1,588	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.

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Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Wed Sep 30, 2020

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

Receipts 592Last week 528Year ago 803

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .75-1.00 higher, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,680	71.00–86.00	77.79
3	—	1,273	46.00–65.00	51.55
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,127	96.75–100.00	98.28
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,082	93.00–104.50	102.21
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
229	—	1,301	102.75–108.50	106.39
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,279	95.00–101.25	98.71
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,110	97.00–113.00	109.56
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
164	—	1,419	102.00–108.75	106.19
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,705	93.00–93.25	93.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,542	60.00–66.00	62.66
1	—	1,870	71.00	71.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,317	50.00–57.00	52.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,121	22.00–37.00	32.22
8	—	1,204	44.00–49.00	46.45

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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