Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 2.75-3.00 lower, slaughter cows .25-.50 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,704	70.20	1,196	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,638	62.94	1,031	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,460	51.27	748	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,262	36.59	462	34
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,368	108.54	1,485	172
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,193	101.77	1,214	15
Heifers	Select	Average	1,215	95.00	1,154	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,467	107.86	1,582	169
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,318	102.09	1,346	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,172	93.75	1,099	3thin

Every lot, as filed

14 lots · USDA AMS · Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,796	73.68/cwt	65.00–81.00	1,323	18
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,172	93.75/cwt	85.00–99.00	1,099	3
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,215	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,154	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,318	102.09/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,346	12
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,193	101.77/cwt	100.00–104.50	1,214	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,641	62.41/cwt	60.00–66.00	1,024	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,173	1
Bulls	—	—	1,428	59.76/cwt	52.00–63.00	853	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,197	29.50/cwt	22.00–34.00	353	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,493	42.81/cwt	42.00–45.00	639	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,326	43.68/cwt	39.00–46.00	579	17
Heifers	Choice	—	1,368	108.54/cwt	105.00–110.50	1,485	172
Steers	Choice	—	1,467	107.86/cwt	105.00–110.50	1,582	169
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,457	51.92/cwt	47.00–58.50	756	39

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Wed Jan 13, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 564Last week 1,014Year ago 693

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 2.75-3.00 lower, slaughter cows .25-.50 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,796	65.00–81.00	73.68
6	—	1,428	52.00–63.00	59.76
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,172	85.00–99.00	93.75
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,318	100.00–104.00	102.09
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
169	—	1,467	105.00–110.50	107.86
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,215	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,193	100.00–104.50	101.77
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
172	—	1,368	105.00–110.50	108.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,641	60.00–66.00	62.41
1	—	1,585	74.00	74.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,197	22.00–34.00	29.50
17	—	1,326	39.00–46.00	43.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,493	42.00–45.00	42.81
39	—	1,457	47.00–58.50	51.92

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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