Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Customer appreciation sale, Feeder calf and yearling sale. No comparison . Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.83/cwt on 1,656 head.

Average price

$168.83

1,656 head · 678 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,145

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$194

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$10.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.14

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	686	169.84	1,165	1,497
Medium and Large 1-2	610	159.31	971	159

One grade step is worth $10.54/cwt here — about $194 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,656 hd

168.83

—

IA average7 barns · 5,349 hd

158.69

+10.14

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

50 lots · USDA AMS · Tama Livestock Feeder Cattle - Tama, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,211	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	162.18/cwt	154.50–173.00	1,093	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	158.70/cwt	155.00–162.00	1,157	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	145.33/cwt	135.00–148.00	1,327	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	599	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	202.33/cwt	195.00–208.00	866	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	146.70/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,049	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	178.67/cwt	163.00–187.00	1,034	285
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	163.52/cwt	155.00–171.25	1,279	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	183.01/cwt	166.00–189.00	948	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	170.40/cwt	160.00–185.00	1,056	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	157.21/cwt	141.00–161.00	910	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,152	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	191.58/cwt	185.00–204.00	921	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	152.87/cwt	151.00–157.50	1,338	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	158.73/cwt	158.00–162.25	1,289	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	144.44/cwt	144.00–144.50	1,391	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	214.56/cwt	200.00–219.00	809	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	213.19/cwt	202.50–230.00	674	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	951	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,274	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	499	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	768	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	553	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	912	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	963	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	822	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	175.80/cwt	164.00–181.50	656	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	152.12/cwt	145.00–157.00	954	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	143.79/cwt	132.50–154.00	890	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	144.57/cwt	141.00–146.00	760	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	129.04/cwt	122.00–131.00	872	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	130.55/cwt	126.00–135.00	937	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	141.63/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,096	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	161.04/cwt	155.00–165.00	837	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	135.80/cwt	131.00–137.00	1,092	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	155.78/cwt	145.50–157.75	1,050	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	162.95/cwt	155.00–164.75	921	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	166.04/cwt	157.00–169.75	777	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	183.30/cwt	177.50–187.50	717	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	174.38/cwt	150.00–182.50	743	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	141.52/cwt	121.00–154.00	809	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	139.09/cwt	130.00–142.00	651	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	149.09/cwt	145.25–151.00	1,084	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	138.63/cwt	126.00–142.75	1,260	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	962	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	172.37/cwt	165.00–179.50	819	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	169.69/cwt	160.00–176.50	726	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	134.89/cwt	132.50–138.50	1,169	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	150.84/cwt	139.00–157.00	917	3

How this sale compares

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 Feeder Cattle - Tama, IA

Mon Sep 13, 2021

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

Receipts 2,819Last week 795Year ago 2,000

Customer appreciation sale, Feeder calf and yearling sale. No comparison . Trade active. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	145.00	145.00
26	—	715	140.00–152.00	146.70
17	—	579	141.00–161.00	157.21
44	—	789	146.00	146.00
17	—	391	177.50–187.50	183.30
10	—	426	150.00–182.50	174.38
4	—	659	146.00	146.00
37	—	475	165.00–179.50	172.37
3	—	608	139.00–157.00	150.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	674	154.50–173.00	162.18
58	—	729	155.00–162.00	158.70
46	—	913	135.00–148.00	145.33
31	—	428	195.00–208.00	202.33
285	—	579	163.00–187.00	178.67
252	—	782	155.00–171.25	163.52
72	—	518	166.00–189.00	183.01
65	—	620	160.00–185.00	170.40
144	—	481	185.00–204.00	191.58
136	—	875	151.00–157.50	152.87
231	—	812	158.00–162.25	158.73
33	—	963	144.00–144.50	144.44
36	—	377	200.00–219.00	214.56
13	—	316	202.50–230.00	213.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	333	180.00	180.00
4	—	951	134.00	134.00
40	—	373	164.00–181.50	175.80
79	—	627	145.00–157.00	152.12
11	—	774	140.00–144.00	141.63
101	—	520	155.00–165.00	161.04
10	—	804	131.00–137.00	135.80
84	—	674	145.50–157.75	155.78
116	—	565	155.00–164.75	162.95
109	—	468	157.00–169.75	166.04
181	—	727	145.25–151.00	149.09
46	—	909	126.00–142.75	138.63
75	—	428	160.00–176.50	169.69
5	—	867	132.50–138.50	134.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	619	132.50–154.00	143.79
9	—	526	141.00–146.00	144.57
1	—	365	147.50	147.50
1	—	335	160.00	160.00
7	—	676	122.00–131.00	129.04
2	—	718	126.00–135.00	130.55
16	—	572	121.00–154.00	141.52
10	—	468	130.00–142.00	139.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	499	154.00	154.00
3	—	553	165.00	165.00
2	—	625	154.00	154.00
1	—	520	158.00	158.00
1	—	335	195.00	195.00

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.

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