Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 higher, slaughter cows breakers mostly steady, boner and lean were 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	1,935	81.06	1,569	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,656	75.33	1,248	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,437	57.44	825	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,260	44.05	555	27
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,349	132.55	1,788	139
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,257	124.32	1,563	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,085	110.94	1,204	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,453	133.87	1,945	152
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,337	123.76	1,655	23
Steers	Select	Average	1,113	114.42	1,273	7thin

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	—	1,085	110.94/cwt	101.00–115.00	1,204	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,257	124.32/cwt	121.50–126.00	1,563	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,349	132.55/cwt	127.00–137.00	1,788	139
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,134	37.02/cwt	31.00–45.00	420	12
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,337	123.76/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,655	23
Steers	Choice	—	1,453	133.87/cwt	127.00–136.60	1,945	152
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,113	114.42/cwt	101.00–118.10	1,273	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,361	49.68/cwt	46.00–53.00	676	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	81.65/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,276	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,675	74.06/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,241	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,474	52.00/cwt	46.00–55.00	766	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,413	60.94/cwt	55.00–69.00	861	14
Bulls	—	—	1,935	81.06/cwt	71.00–92.00	1,569	11

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 Nov 3, 2021

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

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Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 higher, slaughter cows breakers mostly steady, boner and lean were 2.00 lower. 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
6	—	1,085	101.00–115.00	110.94
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,257	121.50–126.00	124.32
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	1,349	127.00–137.00	132.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,134	31.00–45.00	37.02
15	—	1,361	46.00–53.00	49.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,563	80.00–84.00	81.65
10	—	1,675	70.00–78.00	74.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,474	46.00–55.00	52.00
14	—	1,413	55.00–69.00	60.94
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,337	120.00–126.00	123.76
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	1,453	127.00–136.60	133.87
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,113	101.00–118.10	114.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,935	71.00–92.00	81.06

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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