Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week Choice steers and heifers 4.00 higher, slaughter 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	—	Low	1,644	72.03	1,184	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,645	76.52	1,259	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,300	60.08	781	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,104	37.71	416	18
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,308	129.97	1,700	73
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,207	120.79	1,458	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,044	103.67	1,082	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,442	129.82	1,872	72
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,452	122.48	1,778	13

Every lot, as filed

12 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
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,452	122.48/cwt	119.50–123.85	1,778	13
Steers	Choice	—	1,442	129.82/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,872	72
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,044	103.67/cwt	90.00–108.00	1,082	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,207	120.79/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,458	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,308	129.97/cwt	124.00–133.25	1,700	73
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	29.25/cwt	21.00–44.00	314	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,152	51.01/cwt	47.00–54.00	588	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,755	81.08/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,423	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,614	75.22/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,214	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	60.08/cwt	55.00–68.00	781	17
Bulls	—	—	1,383	65.83/cwt	61.00–71.00	910	2
Bulls	—	—	1,709	73.58/cwt	51.00–80.00	1,257	8

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 20, 2021

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

Receipts 253Last week 544Year ago 518

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week Choice steers and heifers 4.00 higher, slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,452	119.50–123.85	122.48
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,442	124.00–134.00	129.82
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,044	90.00–108.00	103.67
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,207	120.00–123.00	120.79
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,308	124.00–133.25	129.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,073	21.00–44.00	29.25
7	—	1,152	47.00–54.00	51.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,755	80.00–82.00	81.08
7	—	1,614	70.00–78.00	75.22
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,300	55.00–68.00	60.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,383	61.00–71.00	65.83
8	—	1,709	51.00–80.00	73.58

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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