Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.75-2.75 lower, slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 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	1,819	82.53	1,501	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,482	69.92	1,036	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,339	61.57	824	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,039	42.91	446	32
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,306	122.25	1,597	67
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,256	115.82	1,455	76
Heifers	Select	Average	1,170	100.05	1,171	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,432	121.76	1,743	81
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,321	116.35	1,537	36
Steers	Select	Average	1,099	97.68	1,074	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	—	—	1,872	86.98/cwt	75.00–95.00	1,628	9
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,099	97.68/cwt	90.00–104.00	1,074	5
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,170	100.05/cwt	82.50–106.00	1,171	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,321	116.35/cwt	111.50–119.50	1,537	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,339	61.57/cwt	55.00–67.00	824	43
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,482	69.92/cwt	68.00–77.00	1,036	13
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,724	110.53/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,906	7
Bulls	—	—	1,815	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,815	1
Bulls	—	—	1,662	63.37/cwt	51.00–70.00	1,053	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	36.36/cwt	26.00–43.00	361	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	48.69/cwt	44.00–54.00	526	17
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,256	115.82/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,455	76
Heifers	Choice	—	1,306	122.25/cwt	120.00–126.50	1,597	67
Steers	Choice	—	1,404	122.82/cwt	120.00–126.25	1,724	74

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 19, 2021

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

Receipts 467Last week 406Year ago 827

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.75-2.75 lower, slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,872	75.00–95.00	86.98
1	—	1,815	100.00	100.00
3	—	1,662	51.00–70.00	63.37
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,099	90.00–104.00	97.68
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,321	111.50–119.50	116.35
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,724	109.00–115.00	110.53
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,404	120.00–126.25	122.82
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,170	82.50–106.00	100.05
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,256	110.00–118.00	115.82
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,306	120.00–126.50	122.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,339	55.00–67.00	61.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,482	68.00–77.00	69.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	993	26.00–43.00	36.36
17	—	1,080	44.00–54.00	48.69

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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