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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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