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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-26

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Aug 26

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

328 head

▼ 399 vs last sale 727▲ 328 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 2.50-2.75 lower, slaughter cow no comparison due to low receipts this week. 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	1,748	81.56	1,426	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,411	70.29	992	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,333	62.41	832	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,264	106.52	1,346	70
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,171	101.62	1,190	11
Heifers	Select	Average	942	91.00	857	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,378	106.61	1,469	127
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,272	101.71	1,293	20
Steers	Select	Average	1,193	88.73	1,059	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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,177	102.65/cwt	102.00–104.00	1,208	6
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,193	88.73/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,059	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,312	101.31/cwt	100.00–103.50	1,329	14
Steers	—	Choice	1,378	106.61/cwt	104.00–108.25	1,469	127
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	942	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	857	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,171	101.62/cwt	100.00–103.25	1,190	11
Heifers	—	Choice	1,264	106.52/cwt	104.50–108.50	1,346	70
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,500	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	1,035	1
Bulls	—	—	1,765	82.40/cwt	72.00–94.00	1,454	15
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,333	62.41/cwt	60.00–65.00	832	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,409	68.45/cwt	66.00–71.00	964	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,414	73.98/cwt	72.00–75.00	1,046	5

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 Aug 26, 2020

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

Receipts 328Last week 727Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.50-2.75 lower, slaughter cow no comparison due to low receipts this week. Trade active. Demand moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,177	102.00–104.00	102.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,193	85.00–92.00	88.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,312	100.00–103.50	101.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	1,378	104.00–108.25	106.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	942	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,171	100.00–103.25	101.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,264	104.50–108.50	106.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,409	66.00–71.00	68.45
5	—	1,414	72.00–75.00	73.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,333	60.00–65.00	62.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,765	72.00–94.00	82.40
1	—	1,500	69.00	69.00

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.