Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder calf and yearling 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 $183.87/cwt on 367 head.

Average price

$183.87

367 head · 660 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,213

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$334

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

$23.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.85

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	664	184.69	1,226	354
Medium and Large 1-2	553	161.47	893	13thin

One grade step is worth $23.22/cwt here — about $334 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 sale367 hd

183.87

—

IA average7 barns · 3,600 hd

171.02

+12.85

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	297	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	639	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,073	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	691	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	144.47/cwt	122.50–149.50	909	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,103	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	209.68/cwt	205.00–212.50	824	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	156.47/cwt	149.00–167.00	1,261	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,299	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,439	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,382	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	732	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,112	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	138.51/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,161	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	160.04/cwt	150.00–170.00	909	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	176.17/cwt	172.50–179.00	676	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	165.74/cwt	145.00–168.00	1,427	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	177.66/cwt	176.00–185.00	1,221	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	207.13/cwt	191.00–209.50	1,077	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	179.78/cwt	178.00–183.00	746	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	118.16/cwt	111.00–120.00	917	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	153.31/cwt	152.50–155.00	656	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	149.84/cwt	145.00–155.00	478	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	883	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	163.56/cwt	152.00–173.00	1,032	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	142.89/cwt	140.00–143.25	1,246	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	150.37/cwt	141.00–151.00	1,009	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	145.98/cwt	144.00–148.00	861	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	129.88/cwt	127.50–131.00	678	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	209.98/cwt	200.00–212.50	913	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	175.19/cwt	170.00–179.00	597	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	155.07/cwt	144.00–157.25	1,109	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	183.13/cwt	176.00–189.00	888	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	170.92/cwt	169.00–180.00	991	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	166.00/cwt	152.00–178.00	886	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	187.62/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,148	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	147.43/cwt	141.00–148.50	1,193	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	179.32/cwt	170.00–180.50	1,314	89

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

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

Receipts 781Last week 665Year ago 795

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	297	215.00	215.00
5	—	813	132.00	132.00
3	—	432	160.00	160.00
9	—	629	122.50–149.50	144.47
1	—	480	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	750	147.00	147.00
9	—	384	172.50–179.00	176.17
12	—	415	178.00–183.00	179.78
19	—	631	152.00–173.00	163.56
18	—	872	140.00–143.25	142.89
16	—	671	141.00–151.00	150.37
7	—	341	170.00–179.00	175.19
95	—	715	144.00–157.25	155.07
31	—	485	176.00–189.00	183.13
51	—	580	169.00–180.00	170.92
26	—	534	152.00–178.00	166.00
22	—	809	141.00–148.50	147.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	776	111.00–120.00	118.16
3	—	428	152.50–155.00	153.31
1	—	485	130.00	130.00
4	—	319	145.00–155.00	149.84
2	—	730	121.00	121.00
1	—	640	110.00	110.00
2	—	590	144.00–148.00	145.98
5	—	522	127.50–131.00	129.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	393	205.00–212.50	209.68
18	—	806	149.00–167.00	156.47
4	—	764	170.00	170.00
14	—	905	159.00	159.00
2	—	980	141.00	141.00
1	—	585	190.00	190.00
27	—	861	145.00–168.00	165.74
63	—	687	176.00–185.00	177.66
66	—	520	191.00–209.50	207.13
18	—	435	200.00–212.50	209.98
36	—	612	180.00–190.00	187.62
89	—	733	170.00–180.50	179.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	418	175.00	175.00
4	—	838	134.00–140.00	138.51
2	—	568	150.00–170.00	160.04
3	—	342	175.00	175.00

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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