Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .50-.75 lower, slaughter cows .75-1.25 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	1,769	71.04	1,256	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,532	71.41	1,094	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,358	59.27	805	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,146	37.10	425	29
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,380	141.43	1,952	81
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,281	129.68	1,661	26
Heifers	Select	Average	1,084	109.02	1,182	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,485	141.48	2,101	152
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,296	129.59	1,679	39
Steers	Select	Average	1,120	111.42	1,248	6thin

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	—	1,084	109.02/cwt	101.00–114.00	1,182	12
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,281	129.68/cwt	125.00–134.00	1,661	26
Heifers	Choice	—	1,380	141.43/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,952	81
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,109	31.83/cwt	20.00–42.00	353	19
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,296	129.59/cwt	123.00–132.00	1,679	39
Steers	Choice	—	1,485	141.48/cwt	135.00–146.00	2,101	152
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,120	111.42/cwt	109.00–116.00	1,248	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,215	47.11/cwt	44.00–52.50	572	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,754	77.17/cwt	76.00–80.50	1,354	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,504	70.69/cwt	65.00–75.00	1,063	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	59.27/cwt	53.00–64.00	805	35
Bulls	—	—	1,560	51.84/cwt	45.00–64.00	809	3
Bulls	—	—	1,838	77.44/cwt	73.00–84.00	1,423	9

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 22, 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 .50-.75 lower, slaughter cows .75-1.25 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
12	—	1,084	101.00–114.00	109.02
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,281	125.00–134.00	129.68
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,380	135.00–146.00	141.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,109	20.00–42.00	31.83
10	—	1,215	44.00–52.50	47.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,754	76.00–80.50	77.17
32	—	1,504	65.00–75.00	70.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,358	53.00–64.00	59.27
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,296	123.00–132.00	129.59
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	1,485	135.00–146.00	141.48
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,120	109.00–116.00	111.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,560	45.00–64.00	51.84
9	—	1,838	73.00–84.00	77.44

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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