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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-21

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Jul 21

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

409 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 390▼ 54 vs year ago 463 · −11.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers mostly steady with some lots 1.00 lower, slaughter cows were 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	—	Low	1,722	87.21	1,502	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,680	90.00	1,512	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,500	77.28	1,159	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,301	66.66	867	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,134	50.67	575	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,236	127.51	1,576	104
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,187	119.48	1,418	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	961	111.10	1,068	20
Steers	Choice	Average	1,371	127.90	1,754	163
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,221	119.56	1,460	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,020	100.00	1,020	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	1,020	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,020	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,221	119.56/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,460	9
Steers	—	Choice	1,371	127.90/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,754	163
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	961	111.10/cwt	101.50–116.25	1,068	20
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,187	119.48/cwt	118.00–121.00	1,418	9
Heifers	—	Choice	1,236	127.51/cwt	123.50–130.25	1,576	104
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,717	89.00/cwt	79.00–97.00	1,528	13
Bulls	—	—	1,790	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	1,146	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,045	42.17/cwt	41.00–43.00	441	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,193	56.34/cwt	51.00–60.00	672	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,301	66.66/cwt	62.00–71.00	867	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,416	75.35/cwt	72.00–79.00	1,067	24
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,680	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,512	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,702	81.90/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,394	10

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 Jul 21, 2021

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

Receipts 409Last week 390Year ago 463

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers mostly steady with some lots 1.00 lower, slaughter cows were steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,301	62.00–71.00	66.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,045	41.00–43.00	42.17
3	—	1,193	51.00–60.00	56.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,702	80.00–84.00	81.90
24	—	1,416	72.00–79.00	75.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	1,371	123.00–130.00	127.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,221	116.00–122.00	119.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,236	123.50–130.25	127.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,187	118.00–121.00	119.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	961	101.50–116.25	111.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,790	64.00	64.00
13	—	1,717	79.00–97.00	89.00

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.