Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.25-1.50 higher, slaughter cows 1.75-2.00 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	—	Low	1,746	71.15	1,242	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,503	63.11	949	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,463	52.82	773	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,199	35.26	423	28
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,361	108.45	1,476	231
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,246	102.08	1,272	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,455	108.70	1,582	287
Steers	Select	Average	1,110	102.09	1,133	14
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,281	101.44	1,299	29

Every lot, as filed

11 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%	—	1,146	27.29/cwt	20.00–33.00	313	13
Bulls	—	—	1,567	55.67/cwt	40.00–61.00	872	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,245	42.16/cwt	37.00–47.00	525	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	63.11/cwt	60.00–69.50	949	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,463	52.82/cwt	47.00–59.50	773	19
Steers	Choice	—	1,455	108.70/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,582	287
Heifers	Choice	—	1,361	108.45/cwt	104.00–111.25	1,476	231
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,281	101.44/cwt	99.25–103.50	1,299	29
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,246	102.08/cwt	97.50–103.50	1,272	14
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,110	102.09/cwt	96.50–105.00	1,133	14
Bulls	—	—	1,782	74.24/cwt	68.00–81.00	1,323	15

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 Dec 2, 2020

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

Receipts 786Last week 561Year ago 1,070

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.25-1.50 higher, slaughter cows 1.75-2.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,146	20.00–33.00	27.29
15	—	1,245	37.00–47.00	42.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,503	60.00–69.50	63.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,463	47.00–59.50	52.82
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,567	40.00–61.00	55.67
15	—	1,782	68.00–81.00	74.24
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
287	—	1,455	104.00–111.00	108.70
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,281	99.25–103.50	101.44
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,110	96.50–105.00	102.09
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
231	—	1,361	104.00–111.25	108.45
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,246	97.50–103.50	102.08

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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