Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special preconditioned calf sale today: Compared to last Friday 1/3/2020. Feeder steers 2.00-8.00 higher, feeder heifers 1.50-4.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.18/cwt on 876 head.

Average price

$154.18

876 head · 676 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,042

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$8.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.69

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	682	154.60	1,054	834
Medium and Large 1-2	555	145.82	810	42

One grade step is worth $8.77/cwt here — about $245 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 sale876 hd

154.18

—

IA average15 barns · 15,686 hd

154.87

−0.69

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

38 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	152.04/cwt	150.00–154.00	566	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	138.37/cwt	138.00–138.50	652	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	143.43/cwt	138.00–146.50	618	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	130.19/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,065	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	128.71/cwt	125.00–131.00	995	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	166.47/cwt	155.00–170.75	872	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	351	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	635	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	148.73/cwt	143.00–154.00	1,062	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	151.87/cwt	144.50–155.00	1,182	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	161.84/cwt	156.00–165.50	691	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	131.23/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,211	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	138.21/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,225	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,090	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	143.22/cwt	141.75–144.00	1,170	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	166.29/cwt	156.00–169.50	783	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	141.88/cwt	141.00–146.00	664	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	138.33/cwt	138.00–140.00	1,082	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	162.13/cwt	155.00–166.00	924	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	139.43/cwt	131.00–145.00	855	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	156.52/cwt	151.00–161.00	981	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	155.61/cwt	152.50–160.00	1,057	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	146.37/cwt	145.00–150.00	774	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	160.96/cwt	157.00–165.00	597	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	148.49/cwt	147.00–150.00	846	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	139.99/cwt	130.25–145.50	872	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	834	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	127.78/cwt	122.00–129.50	742	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	136.22/cwt	133.50–140.00	726	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	136.26/cwt	131.50–138.00	769	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	139.98/cwt	138.00–141.00	952	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	126.71/cwt	121.00–131.00	675	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	125.96/cwt	120.00–128.00	763	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	138.56/cwt	131.00–144.00	923	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	133.23/cwt	124.00–137.00	955	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	571	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	128.48/cwt	122.00–130.00	540	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 Jan 10, 2020

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

Receipts 1,635Last week 1,822Year ago 0

Special preconditioned calf sale today: Compared to last Friday 1/3/2020. Feeder steers 2.00-8.00 higher, feeder heifers 1.50-4.00 higher. 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
4	—	348	151.00	151.00
8	—	372	150.00–154.00	152.04
12	—	471	138.00–138.50	138.37
20	—	431	138.00–146.50	143.43
23	—	818	125.00–135.00	130.19
32	—	773	125.00–131.00	128.71
111	—	623	130.25–145.50	139.99
64	—	533	133.50–140.00	136.22
64	—	564	131.50–138.00	136.26
104	—	666	131.00–144.00	138.56
104	—	717	124.00–137.00	133.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	678	123.00	123.00
24	—	581	122.00–129.50	127.78
10	—	533	121.00–131.00	126.71
18	—	606	120.00–128.00	125.96
5	—	394	145.00	145.00
5	—	420	122.00–130.00	128.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	524	155.00–170.75	166.47
4	—	351	181.00	181.00
85	—	714	143.00–154.00	148.73
211	—	778	144.50–155.00	151.87
13	—	427	156.00–165.50	161.84
13	—	923	130.00–134.00	131.23
46	—	886	132.00–140.00	138.21
14	—	817	141.75–144.00	143.22
30	—	471	156.00–169.50	166.29
84	—	570	155.00–166.00	162.13
129	—	627	151.00–161.00	156.52
145	—	679	152.50–160.00	155.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	141.00	141.00
2	—	858	127.00	127.00
6	—	468	141.00–146.00	141.88
6	—	782	138.00–140.00	138.33
5	—	613	131.00–145.00	139.43
7	—	529	145.00–150.00	146.37
10	—	371	157.00–165.00	160.96
2	—	570	147.00–150.00	148.49
3	—	680	138.00–141.00	139.98

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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