Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.25-3.75 lower, slaughter cows steady to .50 lower. 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	1,809	79.10	1,431	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,629	76.88	1,253	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,340	65.01	871	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,190	40.32	480	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,312	127.84	1,677	90
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,253	121.84	1,527	42
Heifers	Select	Average	1,047	109.25	1,144	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,422	128.19	1,823	222
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,344	121.91	1,638	46
Steers	Select	Average	1,153	116.51	1,343	20

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
Bulls	—	—	1,909	83.09/cwt	75.00–96.00	1,586	16
Bulls	—	—	1,490	66.32/cwt	62.00–71.00	988	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	65.01/cwt	61.00–69.00	871	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,613	74.50/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,202	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,659	81.25/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,348	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,302	55.29/cwt	54.00–57.00	720	3
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,153	116.51/cwt	106.00–121.00	1,343	20
Steers	Choice	—	1,422	128.19/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,823	222
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,344	121.91/cwt	118.00–124.50	1,638	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,159	36.24/cwt	27.00–46.00	420	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,312	127.84/cwt	125.00–130.75	1,677	90
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,253	121.84/cwt	118.00–124.75	1,527	42
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,047	109.25/cwt	96.00–115.00	1,144	9

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 8, 2021

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Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.25-3.75 lower, slaughter cows steady to .50 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,909	75.00–96.00	83.09
5	—	1,490	62.00–71.00	66.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,340	61.00–69.00	65.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,613	70.00–79.00	74.50
6	—	1,659	80.00–83.00	81.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,302	54.00–57.00	55.29
11	—	1,159	27.00–46.00	36.24
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,153	106.00–121.00	116.51
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
222	—	1,422	125.00–131.00	128.19
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,344	118.00–124.50	121.91
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,312	125.00–130.75	127.84
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,253	118.00–124.75	121.84
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,047	96.00–115.00	109.25

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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