Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week Choice steers and heifers 1.00-1.25 higher, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts last week. 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	1,677	85.92	1,441	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,456	69.66	1,014	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,363	62.41	851	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,102	45.42	500	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,331	119.40	1,589	93
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,392	113.62	1,582	11
Heifers	Select	Average	1,114	108.97	1,214	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,434	118.35	1,697	84
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,307	113.85	1,488	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,127	110.22	1,242	5thin

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	—	—	1,637	86.95/cwt	82.00–96.00	1,423	7
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,127	110.22/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,242	5
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,114	108.97/cwt	108.00–111.00	1,214	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,307	113.85/cwt	111.75–115.50	1,488	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,459	69.44/cwt	66.00–74.00	1,013	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	50.32/cwt	47.00–53.00	553	8
Bulls	—	—	2,203	100.94/cwt	100.00–102.00	2,224	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,064	1
Bulls	—	—	1,420	73.51/cwt	67.00–77.00	1,044	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	38.89/cwt	30.00–44.00	430	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,392	113.62/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,582	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,331	119.40/cwt	115.50–121.75	1,589	93
Steers	Choice	—	1,434	118.35/cwt	116.00–121.50	1,697	84
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,363	62.41/cwt	56.00–65.00	851	21

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 31, 2021

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

Receipts 341Last week 257Year ago 344

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week Choice steers and heifers 1.00-1.25 higher, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts last week. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,637	82.00–96.00	86.95
2	—	2,203	100.00–102.00	100.94
3	—	1,420	67.00–77.00	73.51
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,127	107.00–113.00	110.22
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,307	111.75–115.50	113.85
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,434	116.00–121.50	118.35
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,114	108.00–111.00	108.97
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,392	111.00–115.00	113.62
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	1,331	115.50–121.75	119.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,459	66.00–74.00	69.44
1	—	1,330	80.00	80.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,099	47.00–53.00	50.32
6	—	1,105	30.00–44.00	38.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,363	56.00–65.00	62.41

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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