Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.75-2.00 higher, slaughter cows were steady. 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	1,801	84.76	1,527	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,503	63.12	949	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,391	55.71	775	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,350	41.53	561	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,350	115.58	1,560	59
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,205	106.25	1,280	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,401	115.59	1,619	33
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,258	107.71	1,355	4thin

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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	62.58/cwt	60.00–68.00	944	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,391	55.71/cwt	50.00–59.00	775	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,401	115.59/cwt	113.50–117.50	1,619	33
Heifers	Choice	—	1,350	115.58/cwt	112.00–117.75	1,560	59
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,258	107.71/cwt	106.00–110.00	1,355	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,205	106.25/cwt	101.50–111.00	1,280	2
Bulls	—	—	1,801	84.76/cwt	76.00–94.00	1,527	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,325	30.49/cwt	22.00–37.00	404	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,043	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,358	45.21/cwt	42.00–49.00	614	6

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 17, 2021

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

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Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.75-2.00 higher, slaughter cows were steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,508	60.00–68.00	62.58
1	—	1,410	74.00	74.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,391	50.00–59.00	55.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,325	22.00–37.00	30.49
6	—	1,358	42.00–49.00	45.21
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,401	113.50–117.50	115.59
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,258	106.00–110.00	107.71
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,350	112.00–117.75	115.58
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,205	101.50–111.00	106.25
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,801	76.00–94.00	84.76

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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