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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-21

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Aug 21

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

393 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 388▲ 393 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 1.75-2.00 higher, choice heifers 2.25-2.50 higher, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts last week. 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	1,699	78.06	1,326	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,470	68.38	1,005	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,296	56.66	734	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,122	43.65	490	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,265	109.65	1,387	63
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,148	104.62	1,201	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	964	101.49	978	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,348	109.26	1,472	155
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,211	105.68	1,280	16

Every lot

12 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,211	105.68/cwt	103.00–106.00	1,280	16
Steers	—	Choice	1,344	109.27/cwt	106.50–111.60	1,469	152
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,535	108.74/cwt	107.50–110.00	1,669	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	964	101.49/cwt	100.00–102.25	978	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,148	104.62/cwt	103.00–106.00	1,201	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,265	109.65/cwt	106.75–111.25	1,387	63
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,699	78.06/cwt	61.00–90.00	1,326	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	33.02/cwt	31.00–34.00	353	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,142	47.63/cwt	43.00–51.00	544	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,296	56.66/cwt	52.00–61.00	734	24
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,399	65.93/cwt	62.00–69.50	922	24
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,625	73.71/cwt	70.50–77.00	1,198	11

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 Aug 21, 2019

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

Receipts 393Last week 388Year ago 0

Compared to last week sale: Choice steers 1.75-2.00 higher, choice heifers 2.25-2.50 higher, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts last week. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,699	61.00–90.00	78.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	964	100.00–102.25	101.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,148	103.00–106.00	104.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,265	106.75–111.25	109.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,142	43.00–51.00	47.63
3	—	1,070	31.00–34.00	33.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,399	62.00–69.50	65.93
11	—	1,625	70.50–77.00	73.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,296	52.00–61.00	56.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,535	107.50–110.00	108.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	1,344	106.50–111.60	109.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,211	103.00–106.00	105.68

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.