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Tama Livestock Auction

Tama  Livestock Auction

Tama Slaughter Cattle

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Des Moines, IA    Wed Mar 3, 2010    USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market

 

Tama, IA Slaughter Cattle Auction

Weighted Average Report for 03/03/2010

 

Receipts:  1053    Last Week:  785

 

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers $.50-.75 lower, choice heifers steady to $.50 lower, Holsteins $.50-.75 lower, slaughter cows mostly steady. Trade active. Demand good. Supply consisted of 22.8 percent steers, 27.9 percent heifers, 18.7 percent Holsteins, 26.8 percent slaughter cows, 3.5 percent slaughter bulls.

 

                   Slaughter Steers Choice 2-4

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

   27   1195-1299   1260     86.00-91.50       88.47

   80   1304-1480   1388     86.50-92.00       88.51

   49   1502-1602   1536     84.50-88.50       86.91

 

              Slaughter Steers Select and Choice 2-3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    6   1100-1203   1155     81.75-86.50       84.19

   18   1370-1492   1436     79.00-84.25       81.56

    3     1598      1598        77.25          77.25

 

              Slaughter Holstein Steers Choice 2-3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

   14   1203-1295   1248     78.00-84.00       80.16

   61   1323-1498   1421     75.00-84.00       79.06

   25   1502-1633   1563     76.00-82.50       78.51

    3     1722      1722        77.85          77.85

 

         Slaughter Holstein Steers Select and Choice 2-3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

   16   1180-1288   1261     70.50-75.35       73.88

   13   1305-1417   1335     73.85-75.25       74.29

 

                   Slaughter Heifers Choice 2-4

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

   21   1153-1197   1169     88.85-89.60       89.23

  109   1205-1375   1277     86.00-91.75       88.38

    4     1473      1473        87.25          87.25

 

             Slaughter Heifers Select and Choice 2-3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

   53   1065-1175   1132     84.00-89.50       87.63

    9   1210-1242   1223     82.00-87.00       84.47

 

                  Slaughter Heifers Select 2-3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    2    970-975     972     84.00-84.50       84.25

    2     1003      1003        86.00          86.00

 

 

 

Slaughter Cows:  283 Head

 

          Pct Lean  Weight    Avg Dress    High Dress   Low Dress

           71-75  1160-2055  56.00-62.00      63.50        --

Breakers   76-80  1100-1780  51.00-55.50   56.00-57.50     --

Boners     81-85   905-1665  45.00-50.00   51.50-53.00     --

Lean       86-90   785-1515  36.00-44.00       --      16.00-33.50

 

 

Slaughter Bulls:  37 Head

 

                    Weight    Avg Dress    High Dress   Low Dress

Yield Grade 1     1190-1785  56.00-62.00      67.00       52.00

                  1800-2350  55.00-63.50       --      52.00-53.50

 

 

 

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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