Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.25-2.75 lower, slaughter cows steady to .75 lower. 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	1,704	72.46	1,234	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,538	64.59	993	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,394	53.04	739	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,242	38.37	476	20
Heifers	Select	Average	975	105.99	1,033	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,322	102.88	1,360	200
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,295	97.70	1,265	24
Steers	Select	Average	1,025	112.30	1,151	40
Steers	Choice	Average	1,500	102.48	1,537	229
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,305	96.59	1,260	39

Every lot, as filed

15 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	—	—	1,757	74.92/cwt	70.00–82.00	1,316	13
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,025	112.30/cwt	94.00–117.25	1,151	40
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,295	97.70/cwt	94.50–99.50	1,265	24
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,305	96.59/cwt	92.00–99.00	1,260	39
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	975	105.99/cwt	90.00–113.00	1,033	17
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,756	91.69/cwt	81.00–97.00	1,610	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,322	102.88/cwt	100.00–105.25	1,360	200
Steers	Choice	—	1,488	102.97/cwt	100.00–105.85	1,532	219
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,379	53.83/cwt	50.00–59.00	742	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	63.46/cwt	60.00–69.50	963	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,250	45.81/cwt	42.00–49.00	573	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,695	73.60/cwt	72.50–75.00	1,248	2
Bulls	—	—	1,565	66.06/cwt	65.00–68.00	1,034	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,500	47.35/cwt	45.00–49.50	710	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,235	32.28/cwt	21.00–39.00	399	11

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 Oct 28, 2020

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

Receipts 693Last week 518Year ago 800

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.25-2.75 lower, slaughter cows steady to .75 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,757	70.00–82.00	74.92
5	—	1,565	65.00–68.00	66.06
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,025	94.00–117.25	112.30
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,305	92.00–99.00	96.59
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,756	81.00–97.00	91.69
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
219	—	1,488	100.00–105.85	102.97
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,295	94.50–99.50	97.70
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	975	90.00–113.00	105.99
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
200	—	1,322	100.00–105.25	102.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,379	50.00–59.00	53.83
4	—	1,500	45.00–49.50	47.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,518	60.00–69.50	63.46
2	—	1,695	72.50–75.00	73.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,250	42.00–49.00	45.81
11	—	1,235	21.00–39.00	32.28

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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