Sale reports / Iowa / Tama Livestock Auction / 2019-07-24

Tama Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Jul 24
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165
Receipts
542 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 480▲ 542 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale. Choice steers and heifers .75-1.00 lower, slaughter cows due to low receipts no comparison was made, Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,61267.861,09414
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,55472.081,1206thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32254.6572216
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15737.9944011
HeifersChoiceAverage1,218116.791,42360
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,177112.931,32939
HeifersSelectAverage1,103103.911,1464thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,340117.301,572239
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,309112.591,47442
SteersSelectAverage1,093102.531,1214thin

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,093102.53/cwt100.00–105.001,1214
Steers—Select and Choice1,283112.86/cwt109.00–114.751,44838
Steers—Choice1,339117.30/cwt115.00–119.251,571238
Steers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,555110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,7114
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,570118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,8531
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,103103.91/cwt100.00–107.001,1464
Heifers—Select and Choice1,177112.93/cwt108.50–114.501,32939
Heifers—Choice1,218116.79/cwt115.00–118.751,42360
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44653.99/cwt51.00–58.007814
Bulls——1,67873.41/cwt60.00–85.001,23210
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07431.49/cwt21.00–35.003385
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22743.41/cwt40.00–49.005336
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32254.65/cwt51.00–59.0072216
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45564.63/cwt62.00–67.009402
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60475.80/cwt74.00–77.001,2164

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.