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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-04

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Mar 4

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

317 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 317▲ 317 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 1.50-3.25 lower, slaughter cows steady to 1.00 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	1,833	77.85	1,427	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,466	63.82	936	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,327	55.25	733	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,105	43.36	479	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,298	118.98	1,544	75
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,329	113.32	1,506	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,002	102.48	1,027	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,426	119.06	1,698	72
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,302	111.18	1,448	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,038	106.54	1,106	4thin

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	1,038	106.54/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,106	4
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,302	111.18/cwt	109.50–114.00	1,448	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,426	119.06/cwt	115.25–122.00	1,698	72
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,002	102.48/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,027	7
Heifers	—	Choice	1,298	118.98/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,544	75
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,329	113.32/cwt	108.00–114.50	1,506	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,833	77.85/cwt	62.00–90.00	1,427	16
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,068	36.23/cwt	31.00–39.00	387	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,132	48.70/cwt	45.00–52.00	551	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,291	56.30/cwt	53.00–59.00	727	33
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,466	63.82/cwt	61.00–69.00	936	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,499	50.29/cwt	43.00–53.00	754	7

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 Mar 4, 2020

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

Receipts 317Last week 317Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 1.50-3.25 lower, slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,302	109.50–114.00	111.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,038	105.00–109.00	106.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,426	115.25–122.00	119.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,329	108.00–114.50	113.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,002	101.00–103.00	102.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,298	115.00–120.00	118.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,132	45.00–52.00	48.70
6	—	1,068	31.00–39.00	36.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,466	61.00–69.00	63.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,291	53.00–59.00	56.30
7	—	1,499	43.00–53.00	50.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,833	62.00–90.00	77.85

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.