Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.25-1.50 lower, slaughter cows mostly steady. Trade active. Demand moderate.

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	1,626	80.24	1,305	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,597	72.34	1,155	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,334	62.35	832	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,179	46.70	551	18
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,350	124.17	1,676	76
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,187	118.35	1,405	12
Heifers	Select	Average	1,066	112.89	1,203	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,458	124.69	1,818	99
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,262	116.88	1,475	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,097	111.60	1,224	5thin

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	—	—	1,744	83.43/cwt	78.00–91.00	1,455	5
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,066	112.89/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,203	6
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,097	111.60/cwt	110.00–113.00	1,224	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,187	118.35/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,405	12
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,262	116.88/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,475	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,350	124.17/cwt	121.50–126.00	1,676	76
Steers	Choice	—	1,458	124.69/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,818	99
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,334	62.35/cwt	55.00–68.00	832	47
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,597	72.34/cwt	69.00–77.00	1,155	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,246	50.80/cwt	45.00–54.00	633	13
Bulls	—	—	1,430	74.91/cwt	72.00–76.50	1,071	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	36.03/cwt	32.00–41.00	362	5

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 Apr 21, 2021

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Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.25-1.50 lower, slaughter cows mostly steady. Trade active. Demand moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,744	78.00–91.00	83.43
3	—	1,430	72.00–76.50	74.91
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,066	110.00–115.00	112.89
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,187	115.00–120.00	118.35
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,350	121.50–126.00	124.17
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,097	110.00–113.00	111.60
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,262	115.00–119.00	116.88
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	1,458	121.00–127.00	124.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,334	55.00–68.00	62.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,597	69.00–77.00	72.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,246	45.00–54.00	50.80
5	—	1,006	32.00–41.00	36.03

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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