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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-24

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Feb 24

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

620 head

▲ 154 vs last sale 466▲ 80 vs year ago 540 · +14.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady to 1.25 lower, slaughter cows 6.00-8.00 lower. 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	1,904	77.87	1,483	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,428	64.42	920	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,491	56.80	847	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,253	40.39	506	29
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,372	115.19	1,580	159
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,281	108.02	1,384	15
Heifers	Select	Average	1,197	97.16	1,163	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,420	113.95	1,618	258
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,296	109.97	1,425	22
Steers	Select	Average	1,033	106.42	1,099	2thin

Every lot

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. 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	1,033	106.42/cwt	105.00–108.00	1,099	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,296	109.97/cwt	106.00–111.50	1,425	22
Steers	—	Choice	1,420	113.95/cwt	112.00–116.50	1,618	258
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,197	97.16/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,163	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,281	108.02/cwt	104.00–111.75	1,384	15
Heifers	—	Choice	1,372	115.19/cwt	112.00–116.50	1,580	159
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,713	67.27/cwt	65.00–69.00	1,152	2
Bulls	—	—	1,947	80.23/cwt	77.50–85.00	1,562	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,181	31.67/cwt	21.00–37.00	374	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,303	46.54/cwt	42.00–51.00	606	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,428	63.73/cwt	60.00–69.00	910	24
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,433	72.70/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,042	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,491	56.80/cwt	53.00–59.00	847	24

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 24, 2021

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

Receipts 620Last week 466Year ago 540

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady to 1.25 lower, slaughter cows 6.00-8.00 lower. Trade active. Demand moderate to good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,433	70.00–75.00	72.70
24	—	1,428	60.00–69.00	63.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,303	42.00–51.00	46.54
12	—	1,181	21.00–37.00	31.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,491	53.00–59.00	56.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
159	—	1,372	112.00–116.50	115.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,197	96.00–99.00	97.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,281	104.00–111.75	108.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,713	65.00–69.00	67.27
9	—	1,947	77.50–85.00	80.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
258	—	1,420	112.00–116.50	113.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,033	105.00–108.00	106.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,296	106.00–111.50	109.97

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.