Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.75-2.25 higher, slaughter cows .50-1.00 higher. 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	1,381	67.65	934	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,593	64.38	1,025	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,394	52.31	729	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,202	36.11	434	21
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,421	107.10	1,522	136
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,120	101.22	1,134	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,514	107.03	1,621	139
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,291	99.76	1,288	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	989	89.86	889	4thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,838	69.50/cwt	69.00–70.00	1,277	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,508	107.22/cwt	103.75–109.35	1,617	136
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,250	42.88/cwt	38.00–45.00	536	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,544	63.35/cwt	59.00–68.00	978	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,394	52.31/cwt	46.00–57.00	729	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,172	31.94/cwt	30.00–35.00	374	13
Bulls	—	—	1,047	59.27/cwt	56.00–64.00	621	3
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,797	98.23/cwt	95.00–100.75	1,765	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,421	107.10/cwt	103.00–108.75	1,522	136
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	989	89.86/cwt	85.00–93.00	889	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,291	99.76/cwt	96.50–102.00	1,288	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,120	101.22/cwt	98.00–102.00	1,134	8
Bulls	—	—	1,631	73.93/cwt	66.00–81.00	1,206	4

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 23, 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 1.75-2.25 higher, slaughter cows .50-1.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,838	69.00–70.00	69.50
10	—	1,544	59.00–68.00	63.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,250	38.00–45.00	42.88
13	—	1,172	30.00–35.00	31.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,394	46.00–57.00	52.31
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	1,508	103.75–109.35	107.22
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,797	95.00–100.75	98.23
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	989	85.00–93.00	89.86
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,291	96.50–102.00	99.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,047	56.00–64.00	59.27
4	—	1,631	66.00–81.00	73.93
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	1,421	103.00–108.75	107.10
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,120	98.00–102.00	101.22

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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