Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers .25-.75 lower, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts last week. 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	1,764	77.85	1,373	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,590	77.41	1,231	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,328	62.46	829	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,135	41.45	470	19
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,271	131.86	1,676	186
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,238	126.20	1,562	96
Heifers	Select	Average	1,014	114.55	1,162	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,424	130.57	1,859	174
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,284	125.91	1,617	103
Steers	Select	Average	1,086	122.13	1,326	9thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,014	114.55/cwt	95.00–123.00	1,162	21
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,238	126.20/cwt	122.00–127.75	1,562	96
Heifers	Choice	—	1,271	131.86/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,676	186
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	31.04/cwt	20.00–45.00	338	11
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,284	125.91/cwt	119.00–127.50	1,617	103
Steers	Choice	—	1,424	130.57/cwt	128.00–134.50	1,859	174
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,086	122.13/cwt	110.00–127.25	1,326	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,197	55.76/cwt	51.00–59.00	667	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,623	80.97/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,314	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,569	75.19/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,180	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	62.46/cwt	59.00–68.00	829	29
Bulls	—	—	1,633	68.62/cwt	65.00–71.00	1,121	5
Bulls	—	—	1,811	81.15/cwt	73.00–89.00	1,470	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 Sep 1, 2021

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

Receipts 703Last week 313Year ago 619

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers .25-.75 lower, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts last week. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,014	95.00–123.00	114.55
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,238	122.00–127.75	126.20
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
186	—	1,271	128.00–135.00	131.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,090	20.00–45.00	31.04
8	—	1,197	51.00–59.00	55.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,623	80.00–83.00	80.97
8	—	1,569	70.00–78.00	75.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,328	59.00–68.00	62.46
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,284	119.00–127.50	125.91
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
174	—	1,424	128.00–134.50	130.57
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,086	110.00–127.25	122.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,633	65.00–71.00	68.62
14	—	1,811	73.00–89.00	81.15

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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