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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-25

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Aug 25

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

313 head

▼ 132 vs last sale 445▼ 15 vs year ago 328 · −4.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.50-1.75 higher, slaughter cows 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	—	Average	1,631	81.02	1,322	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,651	78.52	1,296	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,366	65.49	894	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,244	44.05	548	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,278	132.09	1,688	73
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,179	125.87	1,484	22
Heifers	Select	Average	1,018	104.34	1,062	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,377	131.43	1,810	127
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,265	122.61	1,551	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,190	107.00	1,273	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	1,190	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,273	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,265	122.61/cwt	121.00–127.50	1,551	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,377	131.43/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,810	127
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,018	104.34/cwt	99.00–115.00	1,062	5
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,179	125.87/cwt	121.00–127.50	1,484	22
Heifers	—	Choice	1,278	132.09/cwt	129.25–134.00	1,688	73
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,230	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	886	2
Bulls	—	—	1,698	82.52/cwt	74.00–95.00	1,401	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,198	29.64/cwt	24.00–32.50	355	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	668	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,275	53.65/cwt	51.00–57.00	684	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,374	66.45/cwt	62.00–71.00	913	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,642	81.57/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,339	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,666	73.17/cwt	72.00–74.00	1,219	4

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 Aug 25, 2021

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

Receipts 313Last week 445Year ago 328

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.50-1.75 higher, slaughter cows steady. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,698	74.00–95.00	82.52
2	—	1,230	72.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,374	62.00–71.00	66.45
1	—	1,260	53.00	53.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,666	72.00–74.00	73.17
7	—	1,642	80.00–86.00	81.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,275	51.00–57.00	53.65
4	—	1,198	24.00–32.50	29.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,018	99.00–115.00	104.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,278	129.25–134.00	132.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,179	121.00–127.50	125.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	1,377	129.00–134.00	131.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,265	121.00–127.50	122.61

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.