Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter cows Breaker and Boners 1.25-1.75 lower, Lean cows were .25 lower. 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	1,960	86.00	1,686	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,496	62.42	934	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,370	54.96	753	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,180	46.26	546	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,363	113.99	1,554	135
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,258	110.74	1,393	85
Heifers	Select	Average	1,130	104.71	1,183	17
Steers	Choice	Average	1,473	114.19	1,682	150
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,332	108.83	1,450	41
Steers	Select	Average	1,176	105.61	1,242	52

Every lot, as filed

10 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	46.26/cwt	43.00–49.00	546	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	62.42/cwt	60.00–69.00	934	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	54.96/cwt	50.00–59.00	753	52
Steers	Choice	—	1,473	114.19/cwt	112.00–115.75	1,682	150
Heifers	Choice	—	1,363	113.99/cwt	112.00–115.50	1,554	135
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,332	108.83/cwt	103.00–111.00	1,450	41
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,258	110.74/cwt	103.00–111.50	1,393	85
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,176	105.61/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,242	52
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,130	104.71/cwt	101.00–106.85	1,183	17
Bulls	—	—	1,960	86.00/cwt	79.00–92.00	1,686	18

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 Mar 3, 2021

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,180	43.00–49.00	46.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,496	60.00–69.00	62.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,370	50.00–59.00	54.96
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	1,473	112.00–115.75	114.19
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,332	103.00–111.00	108.83
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,176	100.00–108.00	105.61
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	1,363	112.00–115.50	113.99
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,258	103.00–111.50	110.74
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,130	101.00–106.85	104.71
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,960	79.00–92.00	86.00

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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