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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-18

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Mar 18

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

294 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 307▲ 294 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 .25-.75 lower, 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	—	Average	1,807	80.20	1,449	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,516	66.23	1,004	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,310	57.44	752	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,106	41.51	459	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,357	114.04	1,548	71
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,260	108.70	1,370	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,458	114.26	1,666	94
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,350	109.36	1,476	17

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	1,350	109.36/cwt	107.85–111.00	1,476	17
Steers	—	Choice	1,437	114.74/cwt	111.75–116.00	1,649	86
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,686	109.12/cwt	109.00–110.00	1,840	8
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,260	108.70/cwt	105.00–110.50	1,370	12
Heifers	—	Choice	1,348	114.30/cwt	111.75–115.50	1,541	69
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,673	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,757	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,807	80.20/cwt	72.00–84.00	1,449	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	945	34.33/cwt	32.00–37.00	324	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,160	43.90/cwt	41.00–48.00	509	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,310	57.44/cwt	54.00–59.00	752	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,476	64.16/cwt	60.00–67.00	947	29
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,585	69.75/cwt	68.00–73.25	1,106	17

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 18, 2020

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

Receipts 294Last week 307Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers .25-.75 lower, 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
6	—	1,807	72.00–84.00	80.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,310	54.00–59.00	57.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,585	68.00–73.25	69.75
29	—	1,476	60.00–67.00	64.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	945	32.00–37.00	34.33
6	—	1,160	41.00–48.00	43.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,348	111.75–115.50	114.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,260	105.00–110.50	108.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,673	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,437	111.75–116.00	114.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,350	107.85–111.00	109.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,686	109.00–110.00	109.12

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.