Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special preconditioned calf sale today: Compared to last week Friday (Jan 10). Feeder steers mostly 2.00-6.00 lower, with 650-699 weight range and the 750-799 weight range were 10.00 lower, feeder heifers 2.00-8.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.60/cwt on 691 head.

Average price

$143.60

691 head · 716 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,028

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$7.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.97

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	718	143.96	1,033	658
Medium and Large 1-2	682	136.50	931	33

One grade step is worth $7.46/cwt here — about $102 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 sale691 hd

143.60

—

IA average12 barns · 11,119 hd

152.57

−8.97

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

33 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	—	796	123.49/cwt	121.00–126.00	983	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	894	119.25/cwt	119.25–119.25	1,066	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	147.83/cwt	142.00–149.00	613	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	120.14/cwt	120.00–121.00	995	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	137.02/cwt	134.00–139.00	643	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	134.38/cwt	133.00–135.00	705	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	142.41/cwt	140.50–146.50	970	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	749	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	144.04/cwt	142.00–146.00	913	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	143.74/cwt	140.00–145.75	1,039	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	126.51/cwt	123.00–130.00	983	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	127.50/cwt	127.00–128.00	1,060	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	154.72/cwt	152.00–160.00	815	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	153.09/cwt	150.00–156.50	886	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	138.42/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,128	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	159.81/cwt	155.00–163.00	692	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,170	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	132.42/cwt	130.00–132.50	1,221	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	139.43/cwt	139.00–140.00	807	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	134.00/cwt	130.00–137.50	951	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	131.06/cwt	128.00–135.00	959	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	122.39/cwt	121.00–124.50	707	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	122.49/cwt	120.00–124.50	870	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	122.86/cwt	120.00–125.00	773	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	150.96/cwt	149.75–154.00	944	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	141.58/cwt	139.75–143.00	1,087	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	921	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	133.23/cwt	130.00–135.00	557	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	834	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	131.55/cwt	129.00–135.00	760	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	130.58/cwt	127.50–133.00	888	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	131.00/cwt	128.00–134.00	823	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	777	141.60/cwt	141.00–142.00	1,100	10

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	796	121.00–126.00	123.49
4	—	894	119.25	119.25
6	—	415	142.00–149.00	147.83
7	—	828	120.00–121.00	120.14
11	—	469	134.00–139.00	137.02
35	—	525	133.00–135.00	134.38
124	—	732	128.00–135.00	131.06
81	—	578	129.00–135.00	131.55
82	—	680	127.50–133.00	130.58
107	—	628	128.00–134.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	578	121.00–124.50	122.39
13	—	710	120.00–124.50	122.49
14	—	629	120.00–125.00	122.86
5	—	774	119.00	119.00
6	—	418	130.00–135.00	133.23
9	—	667	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	777	141.00–142.00	141.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	681	140.50–146.50	142.41
4	—	483	155.00	155.00
136	—	723	140.00–145.75	143.74
40	—	527	152.00–160.00	154.72
40	—	579	150.00–156.50	153.09
115	—	815	130.00–141.00	138.42
12	—	433	155.00–163.00	159.81
23	—	857	136.50	136.50
32	—	922	130.00–132.50	132.42
78	—	625	149.75–154.00	150.96
110	—	768	139.75–143.00	141.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	634	142.00–146.00	144.04
4	—	777	123.00–130.00	126.51
4	—	831	127.00–128.00	127.50
7	—	579	139.00–140.00	139.43
8	—	710	130.00–137.50	134.00

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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