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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-06

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Nov 6

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

494 head

▼ 306 vs last sale 800▲ 494 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 1.75-2.00 higher, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. 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	1,794	67.95	1,219	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,435	57.01	818	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,271	45.22	575	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,141	30.12	344	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,317	115.44	1,520	135
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,154	106.27	1,226	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,455	116.28	1,692	192
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,422	109.03	1,550	22
Steers	Select	Average	1,125	103.41	1,163	7thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,110	108.22/cwt	100.00–114.00	1,201	4
Steers	—	Select	1,145	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,111	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,422	109.03/cwt	105.00–109.60	1,550	22
Steers	—	Choice	1,455	116.28/cwt	110.00–117.85	1,692	192
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,154	106.27/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,226	12
Heifers	—	Choice	1,317	115.44/cwt	110.50–117.50	1,520	135
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,794	67.95/cwt	54.00–80.00	1,219	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,093	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	273	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,153	31.40/cwt	30.00–34.00	362	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,271	45.22/cwt	38.00–49.00	575	28
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,396	54.47/cwt	50.00–59.00	760	23
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,548	64.32/cwt	61.00–69.00	996	8

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 Nov 6, 2019

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

Receipts 494Last week 800Year ago 0

Compared to last week sale: Choice steers and heifers 1.75-2.00 higher, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,794	54.00–80.00	67.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,154	104.00–108.00	106.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	1,317	110.50–117.50	115.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,145	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,110	100.00–114.00	108.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,422	105.00–109.60	109.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
192	—	1,455	110.00–117.85	116.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,271	38.00–49.00	45.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,548	61.00–69.00	64.32
23	—	1,396	50.00–59.00	54.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,093	25.00	25.00
8	—	1,153	30.00–34.00	31.40

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.