Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Choice steers and heifers 1.25-1.75 lower, slaughter cows .50-1.00 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	—	Average	1,443	86.15	1,243	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,435	88.99	1,277	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,573	79.57	1,251	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,288	67.98	876	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,020	46.83	478	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,240	126.26	1,566	72
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,201	121.58	1,460	11
Heifers	Select	Average	980	108.00	1,058	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,363	126.15	1,719	74
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,286	120.57	1,551	35
Steers	Select	Average	1,057	107.23	1,133	3thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,407	86.69/cwt	77.50–94.00	1,220	8
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,057	107.23/cwt	106.00–110.00	1,133	3
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	980	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,058	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,201	121.58/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,460	11
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,286	120.57/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,551	35
Steers	Choice	—	1,363	126.15/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,719	74
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,613	81.85/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,320	14
Bulls	—	—	1,275	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	791	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	872	28.55/cwt	21.00–45.00	249	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,240	126.26/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,566	72
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	67.98/cwt	63.00–71.00	876	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	76.38/cwt	72.00–79.00	1,158	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,435	88.99/cwt	87.00–91.00	1,277	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,102	56.98/cwt	54.00–61.00	628	9
Bulls	—	—	1,900	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	2,014	1

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 28, 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: Choice steers and heifers 1.25-1.75 lower, slaughter cows .50-1.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,407	77.50–94.00	86.69
1	—	1,275	62.00	62.00
1	—	1,900	106.00	106.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,057	106.00–110.00	107.23
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,286	115.00–122.00	120.57
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,363	123.00–128.00	126.15
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,201	120.00–122.00	121.58
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,240	123.00–128.00	126.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,613	80.00–85.00	81.85
10	—	1,516	72.00–79.00	76.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	872	21.00–45.00	28.55
9	—	1,102	54.00–61.00	56.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,288	63.00–71.00	67.98
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,435	87.00–91.00	88.99

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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