Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder calf sale today: No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.24/cwt on 299 head.

Average price

$169.24

299 head · 634 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,073

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$325

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

$30.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.83

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	644	172.97	1,115	263
Medium and Large 1-2	556	142.02	790	36

One grade step is worth $30.95/cwt here — about $325 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 sale299 hd

169.24

—

IA average8 barns · 3,768 hd

172.07

−2.83

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

41 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	973	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	604	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,227	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	152.41/cwt	150.00–158.00	654	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	306	156.31/cwt	150.00–162.50	478	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	150.84/cwt	136.00–154.00	1,240	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	183.81/cwt	160.00–189.00	1,053	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	162.13/cwt	153.00–166.00	1,166	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	212.67/cwt	200.00–220.50	880	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	854	123.49/cwt	122.00–124.00	1,055	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,126	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,236	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	153.32/cwt	141.00–158.00	1,211	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	141.99/cwt	130.00–160.00	483	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	165.99/cwt	159.50–181.00	1,127	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	147.17/cwt	134.00–162.50	709	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	166.33/cwt	151.00–171.00	1,025	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	677	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	134.36/cwt	130.00–141.00	978	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	209.09/cwt	190.00–216.00	972	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	166.33/cwt	159.00–170.00	862	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	192.61/cwt	189.00–205.00	1,015	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	152.38/cwt	150.00–153.00	882	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	770	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	137.44/cwt	130.00–152.50	602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	150.08/cwt	141.00–157.00	938	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	130.04/cwt	120.00–140.00	823	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	128.64/cwt	120.00–133.00	862	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	149.82/cwt	149.00–150.00	998	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	167.06/cwt	155.00–175.00	787	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	157.90/cwt	140.00–160.00	910	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	138.30/cwt	131.00–145.00	972	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	131.64/cwt	131.00–133.00	757	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	140.55/cwt	131.00–147.50	538	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	146.98/cwt	146.00–147.50	754	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	924	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	784	2

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 Apr 25, 2022

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

Receipts 665Last week 807Year ago 756

Feeder calf sale today: No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	121.00	121.00
5	—	766	127.00	127.00
6	—	355	170.00	170.00
8	—	909	135.00	135.00
9	—	429	150.00–158.00	152.41
10	—	306	150.00–162.50	156.31
43	—	518	159.00–170.00	166.33
20	—	625	141.00–157.00	150.08
22	—	666	149.00–150.00	149.82
29	—	471	155.00–175.00	167.06
30	—	576	140.00–160.00	157.90
11	—	703	131.00–145.00	138.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	670	120.00–133.00	128.64
1	—	315	130.00	130.00
3	—	575	131.00–133.00	131.64
7	—	383	131.00–147.50	140.55
3	—	513	146.00–147.50	146.98
5	—	770	120.00	120.00
1	—	405	132.50	132.50
2	—	603	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	822	136.00–154.00	150.84
19	—	573	160.00–189.00	183.81
50	—	719	153.00–166.00	162.13
21	—	414	200.00–220.50	212.67
4	—	883	140.00	140.00
44	—	790	141.00–158.00	153.32
18	—	679	159.50–181.00	165.99
43	—	616	151.00–171.00	166.33
2	—	330	205.00	205.00
18	—	465	190.00–216.00	209.09
28	—	527	189.00–205.00	192.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	854	122.00–124.00	123.49
2	—	840	134.00	134.00
5	—	340	130.00–160.00	141.99
8	—	482	134.00–162.50	147.17
3	—	728	130.00–141.00	134.36
5	—	579	150.00–153.00	152.38
2	—	503	153.00	153.00
3	—	438	130.00–152.50	137.44
2	—	350	160.00	160.00
2	—	633	120.00–140.00	130.04

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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