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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-22

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Jan 22

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

340 head

▼ 353 vs last sale 693▲ 340 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers steady, slaughter cows 1.00 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	1,748	67.95	1,188	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,429	66.05	944	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,398	51.98	727	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,127	41.62	469	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,361	125.71	1,711	88
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,200	119.50	1,434	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,499	125.16	1,876	143
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,070	117.62	1,259	2thin

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	1,070	117.62/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,259	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,472	125.84/cwt	123.00–129.10	1,852	123
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,663	120.95/cwt	113.00–122.00	2,011	20
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,200	119.50/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,434	8
Heifers	—	Choice	1,358	125.75/cwt	123.50–127.75	1,708	87
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,635	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,995	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,600	53.17/cwt	51.00–55.00	851	2
Bulls	—	—	1,807	73.86/cwt	63.00–89.00	1,335	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,127	41.62/cwt	39.00–44.00	469	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,343	62.42/cwt	59.00–66.00	838	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,398	51.98/cwt	46.00–57.00	727	21
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,544	70.89/cwt	69.00–78.00	1,095	9

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 Jan 22, 2020

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

Receipts 340Last week 693Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers steady, slaughter cows 1.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,663	113.00–122.00	120.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,070	115.00–120.00	117.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	1,472	123.00–129.10	125.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,200	114.00–123.00	119.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,358	123.50–127.75	125.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,127	39.00–44.00	41.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,343	59.00–66.00	62.42
9	—	1,544	69.00–78.00	70.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,398	46.00–57.00	51.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,807	63.00–89.00	73.86
2	—	1,600	51.00–55.00	53.17

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.