Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week .Choice steers and heifers .50 lower, slaughter cows breakers(75-80%) steady, boner and lean cows 1.00-2.00 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	1,564	73.87	1,155	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,624	77.78	1,263	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,366	63.43	866	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,162	39.40	458	27
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,319	123.75	1,632	113
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,210	118.22	1,430	38
Heifers	Select	Average	967	98.13	949	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,425	123.48	1,760	135
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,201	117.44	1,410	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,138	111.27	1,266	2thin

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	—	—	1,642	77.65/cwt	71.00–84.00	1,275	6
Bulls	—	—	1,328	62.54/cwt	62.00–63.00	831	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,366	63.43/cwt	61.00–69.00	866	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,641	76.64/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,258	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	81.96/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,281	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,278	53.02/cwt	49.00–57.00	678	7
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,138	111.27/cwt	102.00–122.00	1,266	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,425	123.48/cwt	120.00–125.50	1,760	135
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,201	117.44/cwt	114.00–119.50	1,410	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	34.63/cwt	20.00–46.00	388	20
Heifers	Choice	—	1,319	123.75/cwt	120.00–125.50	1,632	113
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,210	118.22/cwt	111.00–119.75	1,430	38
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	967	98.13/cwt	73.00–110.00	949	3

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 Oct 6, 2021

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

Receipts 390Last week 321Year ago 586

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week .Choice steers and heifers .50 lower, slaughter cows breakers(75-80%) steady, boner and lean cows 1.00-2.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,642	71.00–84.00	77.65
2	—	1,328	62.00–63.00	62.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,366	61.00–69.00	63.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,641	70.00–79.00	76.64
3	—	1,563	80.00–85.00	81.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,278	49.00–57.00	53.02
20	—	1,121	20.00–46.00	34.63
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,138	102.00–122.00	111.27
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	1,425	120.00–125.50	123.48
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,201	114.00–119.50	117.44
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,319	120.00–125.50	123.75
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,210	111.00–119.75	118.22
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	967	73.00–110.00	98.13

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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