NW_LS760
Des Moines, IA    Wed Jul 8, 2009    USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market
 
Tama, IA Slaughter Cattle Auction
Weighted Average Report for 07/08/2009
 
Receipts:  1066    Last Week:  899
 
Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and
heifers mostly steady, Holsteins mostly steady, slaughter cows 
$.50-.75 higher. Trade active. Demand good today. Supply consisted of
37 percent steers, 24.9 percent heifers, 10.4 percent Holsteins, 
23.2 percent slaughter cows, and 4.2 percent slaughter bulls.

                   Slaughter Steers Choice 2-4
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
  117   1200-1285   1253     83.00-85.00       83.92
  124   1300-1478   1352     82.00-86.00       83.87
    7   1500-1725   1577     75.75-84.35       80.42

              Slaughter Steers Select and Choice 2-3
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   63   1102-1280   1163     80.00-83.85       82.81
    5   1388-1398   1390        81.00          81.00

                   Slaughter Steers Select 2-3
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   23    878-1169   1023     70.00-83.50    Returned to feed

              Slaughter Holstein Steers Choice 2-3
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    7   1270-1275   1274     75.25-77.00       76.43
   42   1313-1497   1416     74.00-79.00       76.53
   30   1508-1680   1548     72.00-77.00       76.38

         Slaughter Holstein Steers Select and Choice 2-3
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    6   1215-1293   1258     68.00-74.75       73.58

                  Slaughter Heifers Choice 2-4
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   47   1109-1197   1168     82.85-84.60       83.79
   85   1200-1315   1242     82.00-84.60       83.07

             Slaughter Heifers Select and Choice 2-3
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   66   1031-1165   1118     81.75-83.50       82.85

                  Slaughter Heifers Select 2-3
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    6    950-968     957     78.00-80.50       79.01
   12    880-1130   1012     76.00-79.50       78.98





Slaughter Cows:  248 Head

          Pct Lean  Weight    Avg Dress    High Dress   Low Dress
           71-75  1210-1905  55.00-63.00   64.00-66.50     --
Breakers   76-80  1000-1895  51.00-54.50   55.00-57.00     --     
Boners     81-85   915-1630  43.00-49.50   52.50-54.00     --     
Lean       86-90   715-1510  34.50-41.00   42.50-45.00 20.00-33.00


Slaughter Bulls:  45 Head

                    Weight    Avg Dress    High Dress   Low Dress                  
Yield Grade 1     1000-1610  52.50-62.00   66.00-75.00 47.00-48.50
                  1820-2965  57.50-64.25      70.00    41.00-46.00 
                  



Source:  Iowa Dept of Ag-USDA Market News,  Des Moines, IA
         515-284-4460
         e-mail:  desm.lgmn@usda.gov
         www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NW_LS760.txt
 
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