Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special preconditioned calf sale: Compared to last week. feeder steers 500-699lbs 12.00-14.00 lower, 700-999lbs 2.75-7.50 lower, feeder heifers 3.00-9.00 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.01/cwt on 1,093 head.

Average price

$133.01

1,093 head · 703 lb average

Value per head Derived

$935

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$121

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

$0.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.37

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	616	133.14	820	64
Medium and Large 1	708	133.00	942	1,029

One grade step is worth $0.14/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale1,093 hd

133.01

—

IA average13 barns · 13,941 hd

139.38

−6.37

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

39 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	—	881	111.49/cwt	110.00–113.00	982	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	156.06/cwt	146.00–161.00	684	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	119.64/cwt	118.00–121.00	971	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	143.30/cwt	135.00–155.00	686	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	144.21/cwt	140.50–151.00	754	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	121.18/cwt	118.50–127.50	868	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	162.29/cwt	150.00–171.00	760	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	137.90/cwt	134.50–142.75	867	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	128.44/cwt	126.00–130.00	785	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	616	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	115.03/cwt	110.00–116.00	898	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	983	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	128.57/cwt	121.00–132.25	935	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	126.05/cwt	117.00–130.00	962	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	984	118.94/cwt	114.00–121.00	1,170	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	147.16/cwt	132.50–151.00	712	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	138.99/cwt	135.00–140.00	739	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	138.63/cwt	135.00–140.00	805	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	146.52/cwt	141.00–154.00	841	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	122.84/cwt	118.00–126.50	835	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	128.09/cwt	123.00–132.00	989	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	114.82/cwt	113.00–116.00	777	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	112.35/cwt	110.00–116.00	824	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	112.76/cwt	111.00–115.00	716	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	126.69/cwt	122.00–136.50	736	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	124.20/cwt	120.00–129.75	769	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	120.97/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,133	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	942	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,046	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	924	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	152.90/cwt	144.50–161.00	794	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	123.14/cwt	118.75–126.00	1,075	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	183.06/cwt	178.00–186.00	685	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	854	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	114.59/cwt	111.00–115.00	893	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	131.28/cwt	130.00–135.00	705	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	173.35/cwt	160.00–188.00	744	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	127.80/cwt	120.00–133.25	868	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	126.60/cwt	120.00–130.50	1,037	179

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 15, 2021

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

Receipts 2,056Last week 2,828Year ago 1,343

Special preconditioned calf sale: Compared to last week. feeder steers 500-699lbs 12.00-14.00 lower, 700-999lbs 2.75-7.50 lower, feeder heifers 3.00-9.00 lower. 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	—	881	110.00–113.00	111.49
13	—	438	146.00–161.00	156.06
33	—	812	118.00–121.00	119.64
42	—	479	135.00–155.00	143.30
44	—	523	140.50–151.00	144.21
70	—	716	118.50–127.50	121.18
112	—	763	117.00–130.00	126.05
153	—	680	118.00–126.50	122.84
125	—	581	122.00–136.50	126.69
132	—	619	120.00–129.75	124.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	677	113.00–116.00	114.82
6	—	733	110.00–116.00	112.35
9	—	635	111.00–115.00	112.76
2	—	433	146.00	146.00
2	—	818	113.00	113.00
12	—	779	111.00–115.00	114.59
16	—	537	130.00–135.00	131.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	468	150.00–171.00	162.29
141	—	629	134.50–142.75	137.90
154	—	727	121.00–132.25	128.57
14	—	984	114.00–121.00	118.94
61	—	574	141.00–154.00	146.52
145	—	772	123.00–132.00	128.09
9	—	937	120.00–123.00	120.97
48	—	519	144.50–161.00	152.90
53	—	873	118.75–126.00	123.14
7	—	374	178.00–186.00	183.06
21	—	429	160.00–188.00	173.35
176	—	679	120.00–133.25	127.80
179	—	819	120.00–130.50	126.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	611	126.00–130.00	128.44
2	—	425	145.00	145.00
7	—	781	110.00–116.00	115.03
2	—	855	115.00	115.00
9	—	484	132.50–151.00	147.16
10	—	532	135.00–140.00	138.99
15	—	581	135.00–140.00	138.63
3	—	942	111.00	111.00
9	—	657	130.00	130.00

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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