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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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