Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week not reported. 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	—	Low	1,860	84.92	1,580	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,313	89.98	1,181	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,496	75.23	1,125	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,353	66.03	893	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,215	50.77	617	28
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,267	126.92	1,608	97
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,242	117.69	1,462	16
Heifers	Select	Average	987	101.70	1,004	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,360	126.10	1,715	159
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,209	117.88	1,425	15
Steers	Select	Average	1,062	100.87	1,071	9thin

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,353	66.03/cwt	60.00–69.50	893	51
Steers	Choice	—	1,360	126.10/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,715	159
Heifers	Choice	—	1,267	126.92/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,608	97
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,313	89.98/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,181	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,193	44.38/cwt	41.00–47.00	529	9
Bulls	—	—	1,433	47.07/cwt	45.00–49.00	675	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,573	81.33/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,279	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,491	74.82/cwt	70.00–79.50	1,116	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,226	53.79/cwt	50.00–58.00	659	19
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,242	117.69/cwt	115.75–120.00	1,462	16
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,209	117.88/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,425	15
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	987	101.70/cwt	97.00–114.50	1,004	10
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,062	100.87/cwt	82.00–110.00	1,071	9
Bulls	—	—	1,921	90.33/cwt	72.00–99.00	1,735	14

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Wed Jun 30, 2021

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

Receipts 497Last week 389Year ago 450

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week not reported. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,353	60.00–69.50	66.03
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,313	89.00–91.00	89.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,193	41.00–47.00	44.38
19	—	1,226	50.00–58.00	53.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,573	80.00–83.00	81.33
30	—	1,491	70.00–79.50	74.82
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
159	—	1,360	121.00–130.00	126.10
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,209	115.00–120.00	117.88
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,062	82.00–110.00	100.87
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,267	121.00–130.00	126.92
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,242	115.75–120.00	117.69
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	987	97.00–114.50	101.70
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,433	45.00–49.00	47.07
14	—	1,921	72.00–99.00	90.33

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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