Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week (!2-6). feeder steers 550-649 lbs 1.25-1.75 lower, 650-749 lbs 2.00-2.50 higher, heifers 2.00-5.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.76/cwt on 423 head.

Average price

$148.76

423 head · 633 lb average

Value per head Derived

$942

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$7.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.91

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	639	149.67	956	374
Medium and Large 1-2	587	141.84	833	49

One grade step is worth $7.83/cwt here — about $124 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 sale423 hd

148.76

—

IA average11 barns · 6,594 hd

145.86

+2.91

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

24 lots · USDA AMS · Tama Livestock Feeder Cattle Special - 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	—	673	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	942	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	876	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	135.50/cwt	135.00–136.00	614	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	147.79/cwt	142.00–152.00	990	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	131.38/cwt	127.00–135.50	822	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	128.46/cwt	122.50–135.00	677	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	162.18/cwt	153.00–171.00	856	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	142.07/cwt	133.00–143.75	1,097	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	138.27/cwt	133.00–142.00	1,127	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	146.49/cwt	142.50–151.50	924	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	140.76/cwt	140.00–143.50	821	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	802	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	153.22/cwt	150.00–161.00	711	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	159.11/cwt	156.00–164.00	684	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	172.74/cwt	162.00–175.00	620	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,285	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	143.91/cwt	137.50–145.75	1,051	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	151.36/cwt	148.00–159.50	867	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	124.13/cwt	120.50–126.75	901	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	127.57/cwt	124.00–135.25	746	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	129.37/cwt	128.00–135.00	613	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	125.80/cwt	120.00–131.00	852	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	130.44/cwt	130.00–132.00	570	11
Heifers	Medium 1	—	600	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	678	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 Special - Tama, IA

Fri Dec 13, 2019

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

Receipts 785Last week 2,163Year ago 0

Compared to last week (!2-6). feeder steers 550-649 lbs 1.25-1.75 lower, 650-749 lbs 2.00-2.50 higher, heifers 2.00-5.00 higher. 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
8	—	673	140.00	140.00
5	—	626	140.00	140.00
2	—	453	135.00–136.00	135.50
20	—	583	140.00–143.50	140.76
14	—	549	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	670	142.00–152.00	147.79
50	—	528	153.00–171.00	162.18
21	—	772	133.00–143.75	142.07
20	—	815	133.00–142.00	138.27
16	—	631	142.50–151.50	146.49
14	—	464	150.00–161.00	153.22
11	—	430	156.00–164.00	159.11
6	—	359	162.00–175.00	172.74
5	—	880	146.00	146.00
72	—	730	137.50–145.75	143.91
71	—	573	148.00–159.50	151.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	626	127.00–135.50	131.38
62	—	527	122.50–135.00	128.46
52	—	726	120.50–126.75	124.13
39	—	585	124.00–135.25	127.57
33	—	474	128.00–135.00	129.37
27	—	677	120.00–131.00	125.80
11	—	437	130.00–132.00	130.44
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	600	113.00	113.00

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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