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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-14

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Apr 14

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

472 head

▲ 167 vs last sale 305▲ 472 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.25-2.50 higher, slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. 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	—	Low	1,654	82.44	1,364	18
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,560	89.00	1,388	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,531	73.47	1,125	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,327	64.04	850	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,156	44.97	520	13
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,342	125.40	1,683	181
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,287	118.51	1,525	38
Steers	Choice	Average	1,450	126.24	1,830	87
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,312	118.65	1,557	18
Steers	Select	Average	1,087	113.58	1,235	3thin

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	1,087	113.58/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,235	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,312	118.65/cwt	116.00–120.50	1,557	18
Steers	—	Choice	1,450	126.24/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,830	87
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,287	118.51/cwt	113.00–120.00	1,525	38
Heifers	—	Choice	1,342	125.40/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,683	181
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,350	73.36/cwt	66.00–76.00	990	4
Bulls	—	—	1,741	85.04/cwt	80.00–93.00	1,481	14
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,006	36.07/cwt	31.00–42.00	363	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,223	48.93/cwt	43.00–54.00	598	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,327	64.04/cwt	56.00–69.00	850	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,445	79.91/cwt	79.00–81.00	1,155	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,538	72.93/cwt	69.00–77.00	1,122	36
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,560	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,388	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 Apr 14, 2021

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

Receipts 472Last week 305Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.25-2.50 higher, slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. 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
3	—	1,445	79.00–81.00	79.91
36	—	1,538	69.00–77.00	72.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,223	43.00–54.00	48.93
4	—	1,006	31.00–42.00	36.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,327	56.00–69.00	64.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
181	—	1,342	121.00–129.00	125.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,287	113.00–120.00	118.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,350	66.00–76.00	73.36
14	—	1,741	80.00–93.00	85.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,450	123.00–129.00	126.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,087	112.00–116.00	113.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,312	116.00–120.50	118.65

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.