Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter cows were .75-1.50 higher. 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	—	High	1,902	90.45	1,720	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,614	71.41	1,153	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,362	63.19	861	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,190	40.67	484	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,249	122.29	1,527	62
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,237	117.25	1,450	41
Heifers	Select	Average	1,124	102.57	1,153	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,398	121.85	1,703	71
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,320	117.73	1,554	43
Steers	Select	Average	1,123	103.15	1,158	12

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,179	32.06/cwt	24.00–43.00	378	7
Bulls	—	—	2,223	103.52/cwt	103.00–104.00	2,301	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,200	49.27/cwt	45.00–51.00	591	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,614	71.41/cwt	67.00–77.00	1,153	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,362	63.19/cwt	55.00–67.00	861	60
Steers	Choice	—	1,398	121.85/cwt	120.00–124.25	1,703	71
Heifers	Choice	—	1,249	122.29/cwt	121.00–123.75	1,527	62
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,320	117.73/cwt	110.00–119.50	1,554	43
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,237	117.25/cwt	110.00–119.50	1,450	41
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,123	103.15/cwt	85.00–112.00	1,158	12
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,124	102.57/cwt	99.00–106.00	1,153	8
Bulls	—	—	1,795	86.10/cwt	77.00–98.00	1,545	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 May 26, 2021

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

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Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter cows were .75-1.50 higher. 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
7	—	1,179	24.00–43.00	32.06
7	—	1,200	45.00–51.00	49.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,614	67.00–77.00	71.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,362	55.00–67.00	63.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,223	103.00–104.00	103.52
6	—	1,795	77.00–98.00	86.10
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,398	120.00–124.25	121.85
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,320	110.00–119.50	117.73
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,123	85.00–112.00	103.15
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,249	121.00–123.75	122.29
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,237	110.00–119.50	117.25
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,124	99.00–106.00	102.57

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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