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Tama Livestock Auction

Tama  Livestock Auction

Tama Slaughter Cattle

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Des Moines, IA    Wed Mar 10, 2010    USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market

 

Tama, IA Slaughter Cattle Auction

Weighted Average Report for 03/10/2010

 

Receipts:  721    Last Week:  1053

 

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers $.75-1.00 higher, choice heifers $.25-.50 higher, Holsteins $.25-.50 higher, slaughter cows mostly steady. Trade active. Demand good. Supply consisted of 30.5 percent steers, 26.4 percent heifers, 11.9 percent Holsteins, 29.4 percent slaughter cows, 1.3 percent slaughter bulls.

 

                   Slaughter Steers Choice 2-4

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

   11   1149-1295   1220     88.00-92.50       89.83

  105   1300-1496   1428     87.50-93.75       89.51

   33   1500-1657   1547     84.00-93.50       88.41

 

              Slaughter Steers Select and Choice 2-3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    2     1028      1028        88.75          88.75

   13   1105-1250   1174     87.50-89.75       88.43

 

                   Slaughter Steers Select 2-3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

   13   925-1205    1065     80.25-88.50    Ret. to feed

 

              Slaughter Holstein Steers Choice 2-3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    6   1258-1274   1269     79.75-80.00       79.92

   39   1300-1490   1342     77.50-82.75       79.81

   10   1520-1625   1576     77.75-79.50       78.75

 

         Slaughter Holstein Steers Select and Choice 2-3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    7   1115-1275   1205     74.00-77.50       76.06

 

              Slaughter Holstein Steers Select 2-3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    2    970-1125   1048     66.50-69.00       67.84

 

                  Slaughter Heifers Choice 2-4

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

   11   1095-1140   1126     88.00-90.75       89.52

   86   1205-1398   1275     86.00-93.00       89.03

 

             Slaughter Heifers Select and Choice 2-3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    5      960       960        86.00          86.00

   37   1040-1194   1157     84.50-89.25       88.01

    3   1250-1315   1272     82.00-84.00       83.31

 

 

 

 

 

Slaughter Cows:  212 Head

 

          Pct Lean  Weight    Avg Dress    High Dress   Low Dress

           71-75  1260-1940  56.00-60.00      62.00        --

Breakers   76-80  1155-1600  51.50-55.50   56.00-58.00     --

Boners     81-85  1035-1505  45.00-51.00   51.50-53.00     --

Lean       86-90   785-1395  36.00-44.00       --      14.00-33.00

 

 

Slaughter Bulls:  10 Head

 

                    Weight    Avg Dress    High Dress   Low Dress

Yield Grade 1     1210-1715  56.00-64.00      66.50       36.00

                  1870-2140  58.50-65.50       --          --

 

 

 

Source:  Iowa Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Des Moines, IA

         515-284-4460

         e-mail:  desm.lgmn@usda.gov

 

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58.00     --

Boners     81-85  1035-1505  45.00-51.00   51.50-53.00     --

Lean       86-90   785-1395  36.00-44.00       --      14.00-33.00

 

 

Slaughter Bulls:  10 Head

 

                    Weight    Avg Dress    High Dress   Low Dress

Yield Grade 1     1210-1715  56.00-64.00      66.50       36.00

                  1870-2140  58.50-65.50       --          --

 

 

 

Source:  Iowa Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Des Moines, IA

         515-284-4460

         e-mail:  desm.lgmn@usda.gov

 

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TAMA FEEDER CATTLE

 

 

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Des Moines, IA    Fri Feb 26, 2010    USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market

 

Tama, IA Feeder Cattle Auction

Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 02/26/2010

 

Receipts:  1404    Two weeks ago:  1818

 

Special preconditioned calf sale today. Compared to (Feb 12) two weeks ago. Feeder steers 400-500lbs $1.00 higher, over 500lbs $3.50-5.00 higher, feeder heifers $3.50-4.50 higher. Trade active. Demand good. Supply consisted of 53.7 percent steers, 46.3 percent heifers, and 61.4 percent were over 600lbs.

 

                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

   10    358-392     377    123.00-137.00     129.70

   25    400-440     425    120.00-132.25     127.70

    4      414       414       140.00       140.00 Fancy

   28    468-494     488    125.00-130.00     126.12

   27    503-533     522    117.00-120.50     119.38

  107    553-588     567    115.25-124.50     119.40

   43    612-643     628    111.50-118.00     113.82

   87    652-694     674    105.00-113.00     108.80

   39    675-693     686    115.25-115.50  115.34 Fancy

   71    704-745     731    100.00-107.50     103.56

   55    750-798     766     96.50-105.25     100.74

   61    800-843     812     95.00-100.00      98.68

    8      809       809       109.50       109.50 Fancy

   27    855-897     880     94.50-99.00       96.97

   12      908       908        92.00          92.00

 

                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    5    403-440     417    110.00-116.00     114.52

   16    491-495     492    115.00-117.25     116.97

    7    504-525     514    103.00-113.25     110.39

   17    557-580     571    110.50-111.75     111.25

   10    647-648     647    106.00-108.00     107.60

   13    679-693     689    102.00-105.25     104.26

 

                      Feeder Steers Medium 1

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    6      811       811        92.00          92.00

    4      899       899        85.75          85.75

 

                Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    5    324-335     326    114.00-115.00     114.79

   17    363-399     388    109.00-113.00     111.36

   27    419-449     438    109.50-112.00     110.40

   27    468-488     475    101.00-108.00     105.85

   58    507-542     526    102.50-109.75     106.55

   80    552-594     579     98.50-108.00     102.92

   70    601-623     618     99.00-105.50     102.42

   98    651-695     682     95.00-98.50       96.24

   34    705-741     732     91.75-97.50       95.20

   14      726       726       103.00  103.00Replacement

   65    751-795     764     90.00-96.50       93.39

   20    821-839     834     89.75-91.75       90.49

    6    853-868     858     88.50-90.25       89.09

    5      922       922        82.25          82.25

 

               Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

   13    503-536     530     95.00-100.50      99.79

    8    558-581     573     94.00-98.00       95.86

   18    600-645     624     93.50-95.75       94.43

    8      676       676        90.50          90.50

 

                     Feeder Heifers Medium 1

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    7      712       712        82.50          82.50

 

 

 

Source:  Iowa Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Des Moines, IA

         515-284-4460

 

         e-mail:  desm.lgmn@usda.gov

 

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