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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-20

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Jan 20

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

470 head

▼ 94 vs last sale 564▲ 130 vs year ago 340 · +38.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .25-.50 lower, slaughter cows .50-1.00 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	1,762	80.07	1,411	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,478	61.17	904	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,413	53.26	753	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,177	33.08	389	26
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,375	107.51	1,478	84
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,193	102.12	1,218	15
Heifers	Select	Average	1,002	98.56	988	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,124	102.84	1,156	23
Steers	Choice	Average	1,614	102.30	1,651	127
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,291	99.79	1,288	11

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,124	102.84/cwt	93.00–107.00	1,156	23
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,291	99.79/cwt	97.00–101.00	1,288	11
Steers	—	Choice	1,474	107.09/cwt	104.00–110.35	1,579	72
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,797	96.03/cwt	95.75–102.00	1,726	55
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,002	98.56/cwt	84.00–101.50	988	7
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,193	102.12/cwt	100.00–103.50	1,218	15
Heifers	—	Choice	1,375	107.51/cwt	104.00–109.25	1,478	84
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,762	80.07/cwt	69.00–90.00	1,411	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,153	29.33/cwt	21.00–40.00	338	19
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,243	43.27/cwt	38.00–47.00	538	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,310	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	956	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,405	54.00/cwt	48.00–58.00	759	47
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,483	60.81/cwt	58.50–66.00	902	33
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,543	41.63/cwt	41.00–42.00	642	3

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 20, 2021

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

Receipts 470Last week 564Year ago 340

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .25-.50 lower, slaughter cows .50-1.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,762	69.00–90.00	80.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,124	93.00–107.00	102.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,291	97.00–101.00	99.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,474	104.00–110.35	107.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,797	95.75–102.00	96.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,002	84.00–101.50	98.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,193	100.00–103.50	102.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,375	104.00–109.25	107.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,405	48.00–58.00	54.00
3	—	1,543	41.00–42.00	41.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	73.00	73.00
33	—	1,483	58.50–66.00	60.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,153	21.00–40.00	29.33
7	—	1,243	38.00–47.00	43.27

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.