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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-23

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Oct 23

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

917 head

▲ 267 vs last sale 650▲ 917 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 2.00-2.50 higher, slaughter cows 10.00-11.00 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	1,880	69.08	1,299	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,517	49.41	750	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,316	41.17	542	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,191	28.41	338	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,315	111.99	1,473	290
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,198	106.00	1,270	37
Heifers	Select	Average	1,032	92.67	956	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,420	112.63	1,599	314
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,302	106.26	1,384	51
Steers	Select	Average	1,135	99.45	1,129	7thin

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	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,135	99.45/cwt	91.00–104.00	1,129	7
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,302	106.26/cwt	102.00–108.75	1,384	51
Steers	—	Choice	1,414	112.83/cwt	109.00–116.00	1,595	308
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,713	102.24/cwt	101.75–104.75	1,751	6
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,032	92.67/cwt	92.00–93.00	956	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,198	106.00/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,270	37
Heifers	—	Choice	1,315	111.99/cwt	109.25–116.00	1,473	290
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,880	69.08/cwt	60.00–87.00	1,299	20
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,141	22.28/cwt	20.00–26.00	254	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,218	31.75/cwt	30.00–34.00	387	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,316	41.17/cwt	36.00–44.00	542	36
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,495	58.15/cwt	56.00–60.00	869	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,519	48.68/cwt	45.00–53.00	739	24

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Wed Oct 23, 2019

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

Receipts 917Last week 650Year ago 0

Compared to last week sale. Choice steers and heifers 2.00-2.50 higher, slaughter cows 10.00-11.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,218	30.00–34.00	31.75
6	—	1,141	20.00–26.00	22.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,519	45.00–53.00	48.68
2	—	1,495	56.00–60.00	58.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,316	36.00–44.00	41.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,713	101.75–104.75	102.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
308	—	1,414	109.00–116.00	112.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,302	102.00–108.75	106.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,135	91.00–104.00	99.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
290	—	1,315	109.25–116.00	111.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,198	101.00–109.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,032	92.00–93.00	92.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,880	60.00–87.00	69.08

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.