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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-19

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Jun 19

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

695 head

▲ 393 vs last sale 302▲ 695 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. Choice steers 2.00-2.50 lower, choice heifers 3.00 lower, slaughter cows 1.00-1.25 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	1,782	79.95	1,425	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,478	64.07	947	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,338	54.77	733	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,130	41.98	474	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,251	117.81	1,474	65
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,140	115.33	1,315	56
Heifers	Select	Average	1,061	107.19	1,137	38
Steers	Choice	Average	1,338	117.99	1,579	213
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,253	114.40	1,433	23
Steers	Select	Average	1,135	107.34	1,218	4thin

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,135	107.34/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,218	4
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,253	114.40/cwt	112.50–117.25	1,433	23
Steers	—	Choice	1,329	118.11/cwt	116.00–119.75	1,570	205
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,575	114.81/cwt	114.25–117.50	1,808	8
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,061	107.19/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,137	38
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,140	115.33/cwt	110.00–117.60	1,315	56
Heifers	—	Choice	1,251	117.81/cwt	115.50–119.00	1,474	65
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,782	79.95/cwt	60.00–88.00	1,425	13
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,013	34.53/cwt	34.00–35.00	350	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,156	43.64/cwt	40.00–49.00	504	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,338	54.77/cwt	50.00–59.00	733	27
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,468	63.22/cwt	60.00–68.00	928	28
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,544	70.02/cwt	69.00–71.00	1,081	4

This sale against other markets

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 Jun 19, 2019

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

Receipts 695Last week 302Year ago 0

Compared to last week. Choice steers 2.00-2.50 lower, choice heifers 3.00 lower, slaughter cows 1.00-1.25 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,253	112.50–117.25	114.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,135	106.00–109.00	107.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,575	114.25–117.50	114.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
205	—	1,329	116.00–119.75	118.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,140	110.00–117.60	115.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,061	100.00–109.00	107.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,251	115.50–119.00	117.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,156	40.00–49.00	43.64
2	—	1,013	34.00–35.00	34.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,468	60.00–68.00	63.22
4	—	1,544	69.00–71.00	70.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,338	50.00–59.00	54.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,782	60.00–88.00	79.95

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.