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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-17

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Jun 17

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

383 head

▲ 72 vs last sale 311▼ 312 vs year ago 695 · −44.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.25-2.50 lower, slaughter cows steady to .75 lower. 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	1,756	79.25	1,392	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,444	65.59	947	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,244	56.17	699	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,050	44.89	471	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,312	104.15	1,366	76
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,138	96.25	1,095	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,378	104.13	1,435	122
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,288	97.92	1,261	16

Every lot

10 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,288	97.92/cwt	92.00–100.00	1,261	16
Steers	—	Choice	1,378	104.13/cwt	101.00–107.50	1,435	122
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,138	96.25/cwt	95.00–100.50	1,095	8
Heifers	—	Choice	1,312	104.15/cwt	102.00–106.00	1,366	76
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,756	79.25/cwt	65.00–87.00	1,392	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	44.89/cwt	40.00–49.00	471	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,135	62.22/cwt	60.00–65.00	706	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,271	54.66/cwt	50.00–59.00	695	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,398	70.75/cwt	70.00–74.00	989	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,452	64.73/cwt	60.00–69.00	940	36

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 Jun 17, 2020

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

Receipts 383Last week 311Year ago 695

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.25-2.50 lower, slaughter cows steady to .75 lower. Trade active. Demand moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,288	92.00–100.00	97.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	1,378	101.00–107.50	104.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,138	95.00–100.50	96.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,312	102.00–106.00	104.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,050	40.00–49.00	44.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,452	60.00–69.00	64.73
6	—	1,398	70.00–74.00	70.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,271	50.00–59.00	54.66
5	—	1,135	60.00–65.00	62.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,756	65.00–87.00	79.25

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.