Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-06

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 $259.57/cwt on 445 head.

Average price

$259.57

445 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,502

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$264

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

$27.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.87

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	591	267.74	1,582	315
Medium and Large 1-2	550	239.76	1,318	130

One grade step is worth $27.97/cwt here — about $264 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 sale445 hd

259.57

—

IA average9 barns · 4,328 hd

255.69

+3.87

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

42 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 1	—	637	198.25/cwt	192.50–202.50	1,263	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	831	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,593	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	248.89/cwt	247.00–252.50	901	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,615	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,843	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	293.97/cwt	288.00–307.50	1,382	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,772	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	311.51/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,056	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	315.15/cwt	307.50–316.00	1,141	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	288.02/cwt	267.50–300.50	1,521	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	269.95/cwt	265.00–271.00	1,779	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	264.82/cwt	242.50–280.00	1,539	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	894	213.95/cwt	202.50–216.00	1,913	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	228.65/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,790	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	226.96/cwt	223.00–236.00	1,627	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	230.08/cwt	212.50–241.00	1,532	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	299.22/cwt	287.50–301.00	1,254	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,134	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	245.82/cwt	227.50–257.50	1,295	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	215.97/cwt	200.00–230.00	1,343	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	253.81/cwt	220.00–272.50	1,195	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	201.99/cwt	200.00–204.00	1,491	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	261.07/cwt	240.00–276.00	1,595	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	246.93/cwt	232.50–261.00	1,057	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	244.37/cwt	227.50–249.00	1,263	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	233.73/cwt	220.00–244.00	1,309	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	191.96/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,578	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	228.84/cwt	202.50–245.00	1,330	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	191.31/cwt	182.50–200.00	1,486	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	221.70/cwt	210.00–227.50	1,053	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	216.79/cwt	190.00–221.00	1,437	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	240.85/cwt	240.00–242.50	802	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	227.69/cwt	226.00–232.50	1,430	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	237.30/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,089	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	217.03/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,118	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	207.05/cwt	180.00–220.00	1,186	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	188.88/cwt	180.00–194.00	1,658	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	847	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,228	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	860	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	215.99/cwt	215.00–220.00	948	5

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 Nov 6, 2023

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

Receipts 957Last week 1,720Year ago 1,132

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 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	637	192.50–202.50	198.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	305	272.50	272.50
3	—	900	177.00	177.00
6	—	362	247.00–252.50	248.89
6	—	654	247.00	247.00
8	—	855	215.50	215.50
55	—	428	232.50–261.00	246.93
61	—	517	227.50–249.00	244.37
76	—	560	220.00–244.00	233.73
26	—	628	226.00–232.50	227.69
37	—	459	230.00–252.00	237.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	777	182.50–200.00	191.31
7	—	475	210.00–227.50	221.70
10	—	663	190.00–221.00	216.79
3	—	333	240.00–242.50	240.85
12	—	515	210.00–220.00	217.03
13	—	573	180.00–220.00	207.05
14	—	878	180.00–194.00	188.88
3	—	847	145.00	145.00
4	—	366	235.00	235.00
5	—	439	215.00–220.00	215.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	470	288.00–307.50	293.97
2	—	840	211.00	211.00
4	—	339	310.00–312.00	311.51
10	—	362	307.50–316.00	315.15
48	—	528	267.50–300.50	288.02
23	—	659	265.00–271.00	269.95
61	—	581	242.50–280.00	264.82
15	—	894	202.50–216.00	213.95
20	—	783	225.00–231.00	228.65
22	—	717	223.00–236.00	226.96
24	—	419	287.50–301.00	299.22
58	—	611	240.00–276.00	261.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	666	212.50–241.00	230.08
12	—	416	272.50	272.50
23	—	527	227.50–257.50	245.82
23	—	622	200.00–230.00	215.97
42	—	471	220.00–272.50	253.81
2	—	738	200.00–204.00	201.99
2	—	763	217.50	217.50
5	—	822	190.00–200.00	191.96
10	—	581	202.50–245.00	228.84

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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