Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady, slaughter cows 1.50 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	1,594	71.90	1,146	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,540	66.15	1,019	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,400	52.01	728	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,218	34.40	419	48
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,364	106.56	1,454	398
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,277	99.96	1,276	30
Heifers	Select	Average	1,059	87.49	927	15
Steers	Choice	Average	1,444	106.31	1,535	338
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,313	99.16	1,302	45
Steers	Select	Average	1,114	93.01	1,036	11

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	—	—	1,590	73.29/cwt	66.00–79.00	1,165	30
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,114	93.01/cwt	85.00–97.00	1,036	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,277	99.96/cwt	95.00–102.50	1,276	30
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,313	99.16/cwt	95.00–102.50	1,302	45
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,059	87.49/cwt	81.00–94.00	927	15
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,685	99.38/cwt	95.50–102.00	1,675	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,361	106.68/cwt	102.50–108.50	1,452	391
Steers	Choice	—	1,433	106.63/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,528	323
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,554	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,554	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	52.01/cwt	46.00–59.00	728	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,561	65.04/cwt	62.00–68.50	1,015	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,278	41.35/cwt	36.00–45.00	528	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,031	1
Bulls	—	—	1,653	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	843	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,179	29.84/cwt	20.00–35.00	352	29

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 Nov 18, 2020

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

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Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady, slaughter cows 1.50 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,590	66.00–79.00	73.29
2	—	1,653	51.00	51.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,114	85.00–97.00	93.01
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,313	95.00–102.50	99.16
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,685	95.50–102.00	99.38
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
323	—	1,433	103.00–109.00	106.63
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,277	95.00–102.50	99.96
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,059	81.00–94.00	87.49
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
391	—	1,361	102.50–108.50	106.68
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,554	100.00	100.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,400	46.00–59.00	52.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,561	62.00–68.50	65.04
1	—	1,375	75.00	75.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,278	36.00–45.00	41.35
29	—	1,179	20.00–35.00	29.84

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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