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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-16

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Oct 16

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

650 head

▲ 180 vs last sale 470▲ 650 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 and heifers .50-.75 higher, slaughter cows mostly steady. 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	1,431	64.05	917	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,728	61.23	1,058	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,400	53.73	752	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,159	37.66	437	24
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,298	110.54	1,435	142
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,227	105.40	1,293	21
Heifers	Select	Average	1,165	99.00	1,153	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,392	111.48	1,552	288
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,320	105.29	1,390	17
Steers	Select	Average	1,096	102.20	1,120	6thin

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	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,096	102.20/cwt	94.50–107.00	1,120	6
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,320	105.29/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,390	17
Steers	—	Choice	1,392	111.48/cwt	107.75–114.00	1,552	288
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,165	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,153	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,227	105.40/cwt	102.00–107.50	1,293	21
Heifers	—	Choice	1,298	110.54/cwt	107.75–113.85	1,435	142
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,251	52.02/cwt	45.00–56.00	651	4
Bulls	—	—	1,551	72.07/cwt	61.00–80.00	1,118	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,063	28.66/cwt	21.00–36.00	305	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,228	44.09/cwt	40.00–47.00	541	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,400	53.73/cwt	50.00–57.00	752	38
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,728	61.23/cwt	60.00–62.00	1,058	6

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 Oct 16, 2019

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

Receipts 650Last week 470Year ago 0

Compared to last week sale. Choice steers and heifers .50-.75 higher, slaughter cows mostly steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,251	45.00–56.00	52.02
6	—	1,551	61.00–80.00	72.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,165	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,227	102.00–107.50	105.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,298	107.75–113.85	110.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,096	94.50–107.00	102.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,320	102.00–107.00	105.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
288	—	1,392	107.75–114.00	111.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,400	50.00–57.00	53.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,728	60.00–62.00	61.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,063	21.00–36.00	28.66
14	—	1,228	40.00–47.00	44.09

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.