Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.50-3.00 lower, slaughter cows 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	—	Average	1,719	84.72	1,456	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,405	92.00	1,293	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,401	74.65	1,046	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,300	65.84	856	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,103	47.82	528	19
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,311	123.82	1,623	167
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,206	116.71	1,408	45
Heifers	Select	Average	1,147	111.96	1,284	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,445	124.02	1,792	155
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,302	117.51	1,530	27
Steers	Select	Average	1,202	112.62	1,354	10

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	—	1,147	111.96/cwt	106.00–119.00	1,284	9
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,206	116.71/cwt	113.00–119.50	1,408	45
Heifers	Choice	—	1,311	123.82/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,623	167
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,405	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,293	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,302	117.51/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,530	27
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,202	112.62/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,354	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,445	124.02/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,792	155
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	54.22/cwt	49.00–58.00	632	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	39.03/cwt	20.00–46.00	397	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,532	80.71/cwt	80.00–81.00	1,236	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,368	73.13/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,000	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	65.84/cwt	60.00–69.00	856	21
Bulls	—	—	1,719	84.72/cwt	73.00–92.00	1,456	6

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 22, 2021

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

Receipts 527Last week 537Year ago 528

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.50-3.00 lower, slaughter cows steady. 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
9	—	1,147	106.00–119.00	111.96
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,206	113.00–119.50	116.71
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
167	—	1,311	120.00–127.00	123.82
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	92.00	92.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,165	49.00–58.00	54.22
8	—	1,018	20.00–46.00	39.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,532	80.00–81.00	80.71
12	—	1,368	70.00–79.00	73.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,300	60.00–69.00	65.84
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,302	112.00–119.00	117.51
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,202	112.00–114.00	112.62
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	1,445	120.00–127.00	124.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,719	73.00–92.00	84.72

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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