Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special preconditioned calf sale today: Compared to Friday (Feb 7). Feeder steers 2.00-8.00 lower, feeder heifers 2.00-7.50 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.81/cwt on 615 head.

Average price

$148.81

615 head · 663 lb average

Value per head Derived

$987

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$6.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.94

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	669	149.49	1,001	546
Medium and Large 1-2	617	143.37	884	69

One grade step is worth $6.12/cwt here — about $117 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 sale615 hd

148.81

—

IA average10 barns · 9,526 hd

153.75

−4.94

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	123.89/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,121	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	154.26/cwt	147.00–165.00	807	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	138.50/cwt	133.00–145.50	1,129	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	150.54/cwt	148.50–154.00	1,016	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	148.29/cwt	140.00–150.00	746	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	147.55/cwt	143.00–149.50	832	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	123.21/cwt	123.00–125.00	1,063	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	171.05/cwt	161.00–175.00	792	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	145.01/cwt	140.00–151.25	1,041	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	143.54/cwt	141.00–144.75	1,107	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,030	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	141.88/cwt	141.00–145.00	907	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	181.84/cwt	175.00–183.50	718	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	171.58/cwt	167.50–182.00	714	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	151.76/cwt	149.00–158.00	956	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	156.46/cwt	153.00–167.00	889	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	123.99/cwt	123.00–124.50	965	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	127.45/cwt	120.00–133.50	915	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	133.70/cwt	130.00–136.50	896	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	121.48/cwt	121.00–124.00	683	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	132.95/cwt	130.00–137.50	650	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	148.58/cwt	145.00–153.75	643	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	145.19/cwt	140.00–151.00	691	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	136.20/cwt	133.00–138.00	778	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	145.88/cwt	145.00–147.00	487	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	123.66/cwt	120.00–126.00	833	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	156.85/cwt	152.50–161.50	615	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,027	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	135.16/cwt	134.00–135.75	704	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	139.14/cwt	131.00–142.50	867	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	124.65/cwt	120.00–125.00	774	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	942	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	135.50/cwt	131.00–138.00	999	8

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 Feb 21, 2020

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

Receipts 1,168Last week 1,842Year ago 0

Special preconditioned calf sale today: Compared to Friday (Feb 7). Feeder steers 2.00-8.00 lower, feeder heifers 2.00-7.50 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	905	121.00–125.00	123.89
38	—	523	147.00–165.00	154.26
59	—	815	133.00–145.50	138.50
145	—	675	148.50–154.00	150.54
10	—	863	123.00–125.00	123.21
24	—	463	161.00–175.00	171.05
55	—	718	140.00–151.25	145.01
69	—	771	141.00–144.75	143.54
5	—	395	175.00–183.50	181.84
12	—	416	167.50–182.00	171.58
53	—	630	149.00–158.00	151.76
65	—	568	153.00–167.00	156.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	503	140.00–150.00	148.29
27	—	564	143.00–149.50	147.55
3	—	792	130.00	130.00
23	—	639	141.00–145.00	141.88
2	—	668	141.00	141.00
8	—	737	131.00–138.00	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	778	123.00–124.50	123.99
41	—	718	120.00–133.50	127.45
59	—	670	130.00–136.50	133.70
17	—	433	145.00–153.75	148.58
41	—	476	140.00–151.00	145.19
47	—	571	133.00–138.00	136.20
9	—	392	152.50–161.50	156.85
30	—	815	126.00	126.00
44	—	521	134.00–135.75	135.16
72	—	623	131.00–142.50	139.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	562	121.00–124.00	121.48
19	—	489	130.00–137.50	132.95
7	—	334	145.00–147.00	145.88
18	—	674	120.00–126.00	123.66
14	—	621	120.00–125.00	124.65

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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