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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-06

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Oct 6

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

390 head

▲ 69 vs last sale 321▼ 196 vs year ago 586 · −33.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week .Choice steers and heifers .50 lower, slaughter cows breakers(75-80%) steady, boner and lean cows 1.00-2.00 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	1,564	73.87	1,155	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,624	77.78	1,263	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,366	63.43	866	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,162	39.40	458	27
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,319	123.75	1,632	113
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,210	118.22	1,430	38
Heifers	Select	Average	967	98.13	949	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,425	123.48	1,760	135
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,201	117.44	1,410	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,138	111.27	1,266	2thin

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	1,138	111.27/cwt	102.00–122.00	1,266	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,201	117.44/cwt	114.00–119.50	1,410	9
Steers	—	Choice	1,425	123.48/cwt	120.00–125.50	1,760	135
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	967	98.13/cwt	73.00–110.00	949	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,210	118.22/cwt	111.00–119.75	1,430	38
Heifers	—	Choice	1,319	123.75/cwt	120.00–125.50	1,632	113
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,328	62.54/cwt	62.00–63.00	831	2
Bulls	—	—	1,642	77.65/cwt	71.00–84.00	1,275	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,121	34.63/cwt	20.00–46.00	388	20
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,278	53.02/cwt	49.00–57.00	678	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,366	63.43/cwt	61.00–69.00	866	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,563	81.96/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,281	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,641	76.64/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,258	11

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Wed Oct 6, 2021

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

Receipts 390Last week 321Year ago 586

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week .Choice steers and heifers .50 lower, slaughter cows breakers(75-80%) steady, boner and lean cows 1.00-2.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,642	71.00–84.00	77.65
2	—	1,328	62.00–63.00	62.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,366	61.00–69.00	63.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,641	70.00–79.00	76.64
3	—	1,563	80.00–85.00	81.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,278	49.00–57.00	53.02
20	—	1,121	20.00–46.00	34.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,138	102.00–122.00	111.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	1,425	120.00–125.50	123.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,201	114.00–119.50	117.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,319	120.00–125.50	123.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,210	111.00–119.75	118.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	967	73.00–110.00	98.13

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.