Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .25-.75 lower, slaughter cows breaker and boners .50-1.00 higher, lean cows were 1.25 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	1,895	79.40	1,505	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,532	62.91	964	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,424	55.90	796	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,209	40.52	490	38
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,327	113.73	1,509	99
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,228	106.78	1,311	11
Heifers	Select	Average	1,050	98.10	1,030	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,408	113.45	1,597	120
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,306	106.83	1,395	28
Steers	Select	Average	1,140	103.02	1,174	12

Every lot, as filed

12 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	—	—	1,945	81.89/cwt	73.00–90.00	1,593	19
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,050	98.10/cwt	90.00–103.75	1,030	4
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,140	103.02/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,174	12
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,228	106.78/cwt	102.00–109.50	1,311	11
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,306	106.83/cwt	102.00–109.75	1,395	28
Heifers	Choice	—	1,327	113.73/cwt	110.00–116.75	1,509	99
Steers	Choice	—	1,408	113.45/cwt	110.00–116.25	1,597	120
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,424	55.90/cwt	52.00–59.00	796	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,532	62.91/cwt	60.00–68.00	964	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,236	44.79/cwt	40.00–49.00	554	26
Bulls	—	—	1,425	55.74/cwt	41.00–65.00	794	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,149	31.28/cwt	23.00–37.00	359	12

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 10, 2021

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

Receipts 494Last week 683Year ago 307

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .25-.75 lower, slaughter cows breaker and boners .50-1.00 higher, lean cows were 1.25 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,945	73.00–90.00	81.89
2	—	1,425	41.00–65.00	55.74
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,050	90.00–103.75	98.10
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,228	102.00–109.50	106.78
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	1,327	110.00–116.75	113.73
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,140	100.00–107.00	103.02
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,306	102.00–109.75	106.83
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	1,408	110.00–116.25	113.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,424	52.00–59.00	55.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,532	60.00–68.00	62.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,236	40.00–49.00	44.79
12	—	1,149	23.00–37.00	31.28

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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