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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-10

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Feb 10

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

290 head

▼ 374 vs last sale 664▼ 220 vs year ago 510 · −43.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady, slaughter cows steady. 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	—	High	1,766	84.34	1,490	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,585	81.00	1,284	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,570	69.94	1,098	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	56.18	702	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,250	39.84	498	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,346	114.20	1,537	154
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,310	105.91	1,387	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,031	97.00	1,000	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,486	114.75	1,705	73
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,301	108.36	1,410	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,200	104.00	1,248	1thin

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	1,200	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,248	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,301	108.36/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,410	10
Steers	—	Choice	1,486	114.75/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,705	73
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,031	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,000	4
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,310	105.91/cwt	105.00–107.00	1,387	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,346	114.20/cwt	110.50–117.00	1,537	154
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,750	81.12/cwt	69.00–88.00	1,420	3
Bulls	—	—	1,815	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,706	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	900	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	297	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	56.18/cwt	54.00–58.00	702	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,367	42.12/cwt	41.00–45.00	576	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,556	66.73/cwt	61.00–69.00	1,038	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,581	72.28/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,143	11
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,585	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,284	1

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 10, 2021

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

Receipts 290Last week 664Year ago 510

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady, slaughter cows steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,556	61.00–69.00	66.73
11	—	1,581	70.00–75.00	72.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,250	54.00–58.00	56.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	33.00	33.00
3	—	1,367	41.00–45.00	42.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,486	110.00–117.00	114.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,301	101.00–109.00	108.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	1,346	110.50–117.00	114.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,310	105.00–107.00	105.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,031	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,815	94.00	94.00
3	—	1,750	69.00–88.00	81.12

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.