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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-02

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Sep 2

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

619 head

▲ 291 vs last sale 328▲ 39 vs year ago 580 · +6.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 3.25-3.75 lower, slaughter cows no comparison due to light receipts last 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	—	Low	1,774	80.87	1,435	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,625	70.52	1,146	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,319	58.17	767	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,080	43.39	468	20
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,267	103.05	1,306	175
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,159	96.00	1,113	43
Heifers	Select	Average	1,057	92.20	975	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,377	102.71	1,415	170
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,189	95.67	1,138	30
Steers	Select	Average	1,076	92.95	1,000	5thin

Every lot

15 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	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,076	92.95/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,000	5
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,189	95.67/cwt	94.00–99.50	1,138	30
Steers	—	Choice	1,373	102.81/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,412	167
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,625	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,576	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,057	92.20/cwt	84.00–98.00	975	12
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,148	94.56/cwt	91.00–98.75	1,086	15
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,165	96.77/cwt	93.25–99.50	1,127	28
Heifers	—	Choice	1,267	103.05/cwt	100.00–106.75	1,306	175
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,565	62.16/cwt	57.00–66.00	973	2
Bulls	—	—	1,804	83.54/cwt	72.00–89.00	1,507	14
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,052	34.84/cwt	24.00–42.00	367	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,102	50.38/cwt	46.00–53.00	555	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,319	58.17/cwt	54.00–61.00	767	30
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,540	65.85/cwt	62.00–69.00	1,014	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,673	73.14/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,224	25

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 Sep 2, 2020

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

Receipts 619Last week 328Year ago 580

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 3.25-3.75 lower, slaughter cows no comparison due to light receipts last week. Trade active. Demand moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,565	57.00–66.00	62.16
14	—	1,804	72.00–89.00	83.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,319	54.00–61.00	58.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,540	62.00–69.00	65.85
25	—	1,673	70.00–78.00	73.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,052	24.00–42.00	34.84
11	—	1,102	46.00–53.00	50.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
175	—	1,267	100.00–106.75	103.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,165	93.25–99.50	96.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,057	84.00–98.00	92.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,148	91.00–98.75	94.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,189	94.00–99.50	95.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
167	—	1,373	100.00–106.00	102.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,625	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,076	90.00–96.00	92.95

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.