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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-28

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Apr 28

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

455 head

▲ 26 vs last sale 429▲ 271 vs year ago 184 · +147.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .75-1.00 lower, slaughter cows .50-1.00 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	1,543	83.78	1,293	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,710	70.93	1,213	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,409	61.82	871	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,198	51.14	613	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,287	121.14	1,559	164
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,204	117.82	1,419	76
Heifers	Select	Average	1,093	105.04	1,148	20
Steers	Choice	Average	1,414	123.83	1,751	64
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,342	116.75	1,567	46
Steers	Select	Average	1,095	102.57	1,123	7thin

Every lot

10 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	1,095	102.57/cwt	98.00–109.00	1,123	7
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,342	116.75/cwt	109.00–118.50	1,567	46
Steers	—	Choice	1,414	123.83/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,751	64
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,093	105.04/cwt	93.00–108.00	1,148	20
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,204	117.82/cwt	110.00–119.50	1,419	76
Heifers	—	Choice	1,287	121.14/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,559	164
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,543	83.78/cwt	72.00–96.00	1,293	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,198	51.14/cwt	47.00–54.00	613	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,409	61.82/cwt	56.00–67.00	871	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,710	70.93/cwt	69.00–73.00	1,213	8

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 28, 2021

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

Receipts 455Last week 429Year ago 184

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers .75-1.00 lower, slaughter cows .50-1.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,198	47.00–54.00	51.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,710	69.00–73.00	70.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,409	56.00–67.00	61.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,414	120.00–126.00	123.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,342	109.00–118.50	116.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,095	98.00–109.00	102.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
164	—	1,287	120.00–126.00	121.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,204	110.00–119.50	117.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,093	93.00–108.00	105.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,543	72.00–96.00	83.78

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.