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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-03

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Feb 3

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

664 head

▲ 194 vs last sale 470▲ 119 vs year ago 545 · +21.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison of last week sale due to low receipts from the winter storm. Trade active. Demand moderate to 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	1,719	75.54	1,299	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,454	64.21	934	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,365	56.25	768	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,179	36.08	425	22
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,387	113.74	1,578	282
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,206	106.63	1,286	22
Steers	Choice	Average	1,502	113.71	1,708	183
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,330	104.79	1,394	14

Every lot

12 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	—	Select and Choice	1,330	104.79/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,394	14
Steers	—	Choice	1,489	114.23/cwt	110.00–116.75	1,701	171
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,686	106.34/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,793	12
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,206	106.63/cwt	102.00–109.75	1,286	22
Heifers	—	Choice	1,387	113.74/cwt	110.00–117.10	1,578	282
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,445	67.32/cwt	66.00–68.00	973	3
Bulls	—	—	1,788	77.59/cwt	71.00–87.00	1,387	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,128	30.86/cwt	21.00–38.00	348	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,253	43.62/cwt	39.00–49.00	547	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,365	56.25/cwt	51.00–59.00	768	25
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,378	72.92/cwt	70.00–76.00	1,005	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,459	63.63/cwt	60.00–69.00	928	30

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 Feb 3, 2021

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

Receipts 664Last week 470Year ago 545

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison of last week sale due to low receipts from the winter storm. Trade active. Demand moderate to good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,128	21.00–38.00	30.86
9	—	1,253	39.00–49.00	43.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,378	70.00–76.00	72.92
30	—	1,459	60.00–69.00	63.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,365	51.00–59.00	56.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,445	66.00–68.00	67.32
12	—	1,788	71.00–87.00	77.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,686	102.00–109.00	106.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
171	—	1,489	110.00–116.75	114.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,330	100.00–109.00	104.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
282	—	1,387	110.00–117.10	113.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,206	102.00–109.75	106.63

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.