Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.50-2.50 higher, slaughter cows were steady. 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	1,665	93.45	1,556	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,573	85.83	1,350	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,413	74.39	1,051	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,314	67.39	886	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,224	53.48	655	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,298	128.53	1,668	98
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,185	120.10	1,423	30
Heifers	Select	Average	1,123	108.00	1,213	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,348	127.64	1,721	138
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,313	122.95	1,614	16
Steers	Select	Average	1,107	115.19	1,275	15

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
Steers	Choice	—	1,348	127.64/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,721	138
Heifers	Choice	—	1,298	128.53/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,668	98
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,185	120.10/cwt	116.00–123.50	1,423	30
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,573	85.83/cwt	82.00–91.00	1,350	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,173	43.03/cwt	42.00–44.00	505	3
Bulls	—	—	1,805	74.48/cwt	72.00–77.00	1,344	2
Bulls	—	—	1,311	104.37/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,368	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	67.39/cwt	63.00–71.00	886	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,238	56.33/cwt	49.00–62.00	697	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,413	74.39/cwt	72.00–79.00	1,051	24
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,313	122.95/cwt	120.00–123.50	1,614	16
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,123	108.00/cwt	101.00–112.00	1,213	3
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,107	115.19/cwt	110.00–119.25	1,275	15
Bulls	—	—	1,753	93.01/cwt	80.00–99.00	1,630	13

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 14, 2021

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

Receipts 390Last week 315Year ago 573

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.50-2.50 higher, slaughter cows were steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	1,348	124.00–132.00	127.64
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,313	120.00–123.50	122.95
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,107	110.00–119.25	115.19
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	1,298	124.00–132.00	128.53
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,185	116.00–123.50	120.10
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,123	101.00–112.00	108.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,573	82.00–91.00	85.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,173	42.00–44.00	43.03
11	—	1,238	49.00–62.00	56.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,314	63.00–71.00	67.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,413	72.00–79.00	74.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,805	72.00–77.00	74.48
4	—	1,311	100.00–110.00	104.37
13	—	1,753	80.00–99.00	93.01

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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