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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-06

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, May 6

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

246 head

▲ 62 vs last sale 184▲ 246 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 were 2.50 higher, with natural choice steers 4.00 higher, choice heifers were 2.75 higher, with natural choice heifers 3.75 higher. Slaughter cows: Breaker 75-80% 2.00-4.00 higher, Boner and Lean cows .25-50 higher. Trade active. Demand moderate.

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	1,621	75.80	1,229	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,582	64.31	1,017	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,333	53.36	711	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,142	42.83	489	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,354	102.99	1,394	34
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,283	93.27	1,197	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,518	97.43	1,479	55
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,405	94.00	1,321	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,135	89.95	1,021	3thin

Every lot

17 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,065	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	948	1
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,170	90.43/cwt	85.00–96.00	1,058	2
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,375	108.00/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,485	10
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,405	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,321	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,519	97.18/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,476	38
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,720	83.72/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,440	7
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,283	93.27/cwt	92.00–94.25	1,197	14
Heifers	—	Choice	1,318	97.60/cwt	97.00–98.00	1,286	14
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,379	106.76/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,472	20
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	970	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	495	1
Bulls	—	—	1,679	76.86/cwt	64.00–84.00	1,290	10
Bulls	—	—	1,690	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,521	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	972	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	311	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,178	45.15/cwt	40.00–49.00	532	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,333	53.36/cwt	50.00–57.00	711	36
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,560	62.90/cwt	59.00–67.00	981	27
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,680	70.65/cwt	69.00–77.00	1,187	6

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 May 6, 2020

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

Receipts 246Last week 184Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,170	85.00–96.00	90.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,375	107.00–110.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,720	81.00–88.00	83.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,405	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,519	95.00–99.00	97.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,379	101.00–109.00	106.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,283	92.00–94.25	93.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,318	97.00–98.00	97.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,178	40.00–49.00	45.15
3	—	972	32.00	32.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,560	59.00–67.00	62.90
6	—	1,680	69.00–77.00	70.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,333	50.00–57.00	53.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,679	64.00–84.00	76.86
1	—	1,690	90.00	90.00
1	—	970	51.00	51.00

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.