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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-10

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Mar 10

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

494 head

▼ 189 vs last sale 683▲ 187 vs year ago 307 · +60.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .25-.75 lower, slaughter cows breaker and boners .50-1.00 higher, lean cows were 1.25 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	1,895	79.40	1,505	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,532	62.91	964	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,424	55.90	796	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,209	40.52	490	38
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,327	113.73	1,509	99
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,228	106.78	1,311	11
Heifers	Select	Average	1,050	98.10	1,030	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,408	113.45	1,597	120
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,306	106.83	1,395	28
Steers	Select	Average	1,140	103.02	1,174	12

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	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,140	103.02/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,174	12
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,306	106.83/cwt	102.00–109.75	1,395	28
Steers	—	Choice	1,408	113.45/cwt	110.00–116.25	1,597	120
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,050	98.10/cwt	90.00–103.75	1,030	4
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,228	106.78/cwt	102.00–109.50	1,311	11
Heifers	—	Choice	1,327	113.73/cwt	110.00–116.75	1,509	99
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,425	55.74/cwt	41.00–65.00	794	2
Bulls	—	—	1,945	81.89/cwt	73.00–90.00	1,593	19
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,149	31.28/cwt	23.00–37.00	359	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,236	44.79/cwt	40.00–49.00	554	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,424	55.90/cwt	52.00–59.00	796	49
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,532	62.91/cwt	60.00–68.00	964	26

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 Mar 10, 2021

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

Receipts 494Last week 683Year ago 307

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .25-.75 lower, slaughter cows breaker and boners .50-1.00 higher, lean cows were 1.25 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,945	73.00–90.00	81.89
2	—	1,425	41.00–65.00	55.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,050	90.00–103.75	98.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,228	102.00–109.50	106.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	1,327	110.00–116.75	113.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,140	100.00–107.00	103.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,306	102.00–109.75	106.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	1,408	110.00–116.25	113.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,424	52.00–59.00	55.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,532	60.00–68.00	62.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,236	40.00–49.00	44.79
12	—	1,149	23.00–37.00	31.28

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.