Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to low receipts today, 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	1,751	78.44	1,373	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,678	70.44	1,182	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,400	62.02	868	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,118	47.42	530	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,308	119.64	1,565	36
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,198	115.16	1,380	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,428	119.86	1,712	32
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,336	116.57	1,557	14

Every lot, as filed

11 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	—	—	1,800	84.90/cwt	77.00–96.00	1,528	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,198	115.16/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,380	10
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,336	116.57/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,557	14
Heifers	Choice	—	1,308	119.64/cwt	119.00–120.00	1,565	36
Steers	Choice	—	1,428	119.86/cwt	118.50–122.50	1,712	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,395	62.67/cwt	59.00–66.00	874	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,678	70.44/cwt	68.00–73.00	1,182	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,129	49.76/cwt	46.00–53.00	562	7
Bulls	—	—	1,503	46.12/cwt	42.00–51.00	693	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,460	53.58/cwt	53.00–54.00	782	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	41.95/cwt	35.00–45.00	459	3

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 May 5, 2021

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

Receipts 168Last week 455Year ago 246

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to low receipts today, Trade active. Demand moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,800	77.00–96.00	84.90
2	—	1,503	42.00–51.00	46.12
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,198	110.00–118.00	115.16
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,308	119.00–120.00	119.64
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,336	113.00–118.00	116.57
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,428	118.50–122.50	119.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,395	59.00–66.00	62.67
2	—	1,460	53.00–54.00	53.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,678	68.00–73.00	70.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,129	46.00–53.00	49.76
3	—	1,093	35.00–45.00	41.95

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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