Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.25-3.75 higher, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts last week. 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	1,699	72.86	1,238	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,488	70.58	1,050	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,354	58.46	792	70
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,235	39.57	488	38
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,352	141.22	1,910	209
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,299	130.71	1,698	46
Steers	Choice	Average	1,473	141.18	2,079	269
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,332	129.79	1,729	43
Steers	Select	Average	1,220	116.46	1,421	12

Every lot, as filed

14 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	—	—	1,738	77.30/cwt	67.00–88.00	1,343	26
Bulls	—	—	1,529	53.64/cwt	41.00–62.00	820	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	58.46/cwt	52.00–64.00	792	70
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	69.43/cwt	65.00–75.00	1,021	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	76.83/cwt	76.00–79.00	1,216	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,277	46.44/cwt	41.00–50.00	593	21
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,299	130.71/cwt	126.00–134.50	1,698	46
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,717	122.28/cwt	120.00–127.00	2,100	3
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,663	127.89/cwt	120.00–130.00	2,127	13
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,220	116.46/cwt	110.00–122.00	1,421	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,463	141.86/cwt	135.00–146.50	2,075	256
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,332	129.79/cwt	126.00–134.00	1,729	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,182	31.08/cwt	22.00–37.00	367	17
Heifers	Choice	—	1,347	141.50/cwt	135.00–145.50	1,906	206

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 Dec 1, 2021

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

Receipts 910Last week 475Year ago 786

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.25-3.75 higher, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts last week. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,738	67.00–88.00	77.30
6	—	1,529	41.00–62.00	53.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,354	52.00–64.00	58.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,470	65.00–75.00	69.43
9	—	1,583	76.00–79.00	76.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,277	41.00–50.00	46.44
17	—	1,182	22.00–37.00	31.08
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,299	126.00–134.50	130.71
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,717	120.00–127.00	122.28
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
206	—	1,347	135.00–145.50	141.50
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,663	120.00–130.00	127.89
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,220	110.00–122.00	116.46
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
256	—	1,463	135.00–146.50	141.86
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,332	126.00–134.00	129.79

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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