Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .75-1.00 lower, slaughter cows .50-1.00 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	1,543	83.78	1,293	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,710	70.93	1,213	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,409	61.82	871	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,198	51.14	613	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,287	121.14	1,559	164
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,204	117.82	1,419	76
Heifers	Select	Average	1,093	105.04	1,148	20
Steers	Choice	Average	1,414	123.83	1,751	64
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,342	116.75	1,567	46
Steers	Select	Average	1,095	102.57	1,123	7thin

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%	—	1,198	51.14/cwt	47.00–54.00	613	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,710	70.93/cwt	69.00–73.00	1,213	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,409	61.82/cwt	56.00–67.00	871	16
Steers	Choice	—	1,414	123.83/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,751	64
Heifers	Choice	—	1,287	121.14/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,559	164
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,342	116.75/cwt	109.00–118.50	1,567	46
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,204	117.82/cwt	110.00–119.50	1,419	76
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,095	102.57/cwt	98.00–109.00	1,123	7
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,093	105.04/cwt	93.00–108.00	1,148	20
Bulls	—	—	1,543	83.78/cwt	72.00–96.00	1,293	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 Apr 28, 2021

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

Receipts 455Last week 429Year ago 184

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .75-1.00 lower, slaughter cows .50-1.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,198	47.00–54.00	51.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,710	69.00–73.00	70.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,409	56.00–67.00	61.82
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,414	120.00–126.00	123.83
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,342	109.00–118.50	116.75
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,095	98.00–109.00	102.57
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
164	—	1,287	120.00–126.00	121.14
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,204	110.00–119.50	117.82
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,093	93.00–108.00	105.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,543	72.00–96.00	83.78

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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