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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-17

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Jul 17

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

480 head

▼ 101 vs last sale 581▲ 480 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week sale. Choice steers 3.50-4.00 higher, choice heifers 3.00 higher, slaughter cows mostly steady with some lots .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	1,745	74.46	1,299	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,606	67.45	1,084	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,330	53.81	716	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,135	39.83	452	30
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,236	117.93	1,458	53
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,132	111.18	1,259	37
Heifers	Select	Average	1,188	103.02	1,224	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,340	118.49	1,588	154
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,239	111.55	1,382	45
Steers	Select	Average	1,144	107.43	1,229	14

Every lot

14 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,123	108.64/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,220	11
Steers	—	Select	1,222	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,259	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,239	111.55/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,382	45
Steers	—	Choice	1,338	118.50/cwt	114.75–120.50	1,586	152
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,530	117.75/cwt	117.75–117.75	1,802	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,132	111.18/cwt	108.00–114.50	1,259	37
Heifers	—	Select	1,188	103.02/cwt	100.00–106.50	1,224	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,236	117.93/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,458	53
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,745	74.46/cwt	61.00–82.00	1,299	23
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,080	30.12/cwt	21.00–36.00	325	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,171	46.31/cwt	41.00–50.00	542	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,330	53.81/cwt	51.00–59.00	716	31
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,568	64.55/cwt	60.00–69.00	1,012	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,672	72.43/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,211	7

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 Jul 17, 2019

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

Receipts 480Last week 581Year ago 0

Compared to last week sale. Choice steers 3.50-4.00 higher, choice heifers 3.00 higher, slaughter cows mostly steady with some lots .25 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,222	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,530	117.75	117.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	1,338	114.75–120.50	118.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,239	107.00–114.00	111.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,123	105.00–110.00	108.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,080	21.00–36.00	30.12
18	—	1,171	41.00–50.00	46.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,568	60.00–69.00	64.55
7	—	1,672	70.00–75.00	72.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,330	51.00–59.00	53.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,132	108.00–114.50	111.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,188	100.00–106.50	103.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,236	115.00–120.00	117.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,745	61.00–82.00	74.46

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.