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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-13

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Jan 13

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

564 head

▼ 450 vs last sale 1,014▼ 129 vs year ago 693 · −18.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 2.75-3.00 lower, slaughter cows .25-.50 higher. 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	1,704	70.20	1,196	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,638	62.94	1,031	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,460	51.27	748	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,262	36.59	462	34
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,368	108.54	1,485	172
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,193	101.77	1,214	15
Heifers	Select	Average	1,215	95.00	1,154	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,467	107.86	1,582	169
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,318	102.09	1,346	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,172	93.75	1,099	3thin

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,172	93.75/cwt	85.00–99.00	1,099	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,318	102.09/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,346	12
Steers	—	Choice	1,467	107.86/cwt	105.00–110.50	1,582	169
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,193	101.77/cwt	100.00–104.50	1,214	15
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,215	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,154	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,368	108.54/cwt	105.00–110.50	1,485	172
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,428	59.76/cwt	52.00–63.00	853	6
Bulls	—	—	1,796	73.68/cwt	65.00–81.00	1,323	18
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,197	29.50/cwt	22.00–34.00	353	17
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,326	43.68/cwt	39.00–46.00	579	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,457	51.92/cwt	47.00–58.50	756	39
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,493	42.81/cwt	42.00–45.00	639	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,585	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,173	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,641	62.41/cwt	60.00–66.00	1,024	21

This sale against other markets

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 Jan 13, 2021

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

Receipts 564Last week 1,014Year ago 693

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 2.75-3.00 lower, slaughter cows .25-.50 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,796	65.00–81.00	73.68
6	—	1,428	52.00–63.00	59.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,172	85.00–99.00	93.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,318	100.00–104.00	102.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
169	—	1,467	105.00–110.50	107.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,215	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,193	100.00–104.50	101.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
172	—	1,368	105.00–110.50	108.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,641	60.00–66.00	62.41
1	—	1,585	74.00	74.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,197	22.00–34.00	29.50
17	—	1,326	39.00–46.00	43.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,493	42.00–45.00	42.81
39	—	1,457	47.00–58.50	51.92

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.