Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers steady, choice heifers steady with some lots 1.00 lower, slaughter cows .25-1.25 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	—	Low	1,683	84.75	1,426	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,495	76.86	1,149	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,332	67.45	898	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,114	52.59	586	8thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,340	105.56	1,415	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,231	125.83	1,549	34
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,292	120.14	1,552	28
Heifers	Select	Average	1,127	110.00	1,240	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,454	125.25	1,821	148
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,351	117.39	1,586	13
Steers	Select	Average	960	82.00	787	1thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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%	—	1,182	55.18/cwt	49.00–61.00	652	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,449	75.21/cwt	72.00–78.50	1,090	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	67.45/cwt	64.00–71.00	898	14
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,748	112.48/cwt	100.00–116.25	1,966	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,435	126.08/cwt	121.00–128.50	1,809	139
Heifers	Choice	—	1,231	125.83/cwt	123.00–127.00	1,549	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	44.82/cwt	43.00–47.50	408	2
Bulls	—	—	1,350	65.91/cwt	65.00–67.00	890	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,629	81.60/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,329	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,292	120.14/cwt	115.50–122.50	1,552	28
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,351	117.39/cwt	113.00–120.00	1,586	13
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,127	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,240	3
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	960	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	787	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,340	105.56/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,415	9
Bulls	—	—	1,730	87.44/cwt	74.00–96.00	1,513	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.

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Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Wed Jul 7, 2021

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

Receipts 315Last week 497Year ago 254

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers steady, choice heifers steady with some lots 1.00 lower, slaughter cows .25-1.25 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
6	—	1,182	49.00–61.00	55.18
2	—	910	43.00–47.50	44.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,449	72.00–78.50	75.21
8	—	1,629	80.00–84.00	81.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,332	64.00–71.00	67.45
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,748	100.00–116.25	112.48
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	1,435	121.00–128.50	126.08
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,351	113.00–120.00	117.39
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	82.00	82.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,231	123.00–127.00	125.83
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,292	115.50–122.50	120.14
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,127	110.00	110.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,350	65.00–67.00	65.91
14	—	1,730	74.00–96.00	87.44
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,340	105.00–106.00	105.56

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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