Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special preconditioned calf sale today: No comparison due to last sale reported was three weeks ago. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.83/cwt on 906 head.

Average price

$145.83

906 head · 724 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,056

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$6.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.26

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	731	146.25	1,068	849
Medium and Large 1-2	629	139.56	878	57

One grade step is worth $6.70/cwt here — about $190 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 sale906 hd

145.83

—

IA average9 barns · 5,432 hd

144.58

+1.26

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

43 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	—	520	141.91/cwt	138.00–144.00	738	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	135.02/cwt	133.00–139.00	787	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	128.52/cwt	124.00–134.00	868	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	132.28/cwt	129.00–136.50	819	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	124.99/cwt	121.00–127.50	975	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	125.80/cwt	122.00–127.50	916	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	164.37/cwt	160.00–180.00	779	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	134.18/cwt	124.00–142.00	1,116	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	147.78/cwt	137.00–153.75	1,065	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	143.01/cwt	136.75–149.00	1,123	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	187.17/cwt	175.00–191.00	715	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	164.49/cwt	154.00–176.00	929	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	130.41/cwt	120.00–135.00	1,152	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	124.68/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,093	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	128.91/cwt	125.00–129.75	1,186	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	152.97/cwt	144.00–159.00	563	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	800	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,040	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	162.36/cwt	151.00–174.00	848	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	154.60/cwt	149.00–159.00	979	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	118.53/cwt	116.00–120.00	859	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	151.25/cwt	144.00–160.00	1,015	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	541	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	175.35/cwt	170.00–191.00	752	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	128.80/cwt	127.50–130.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	154.18/cwt	150.00–160.00	655	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	984	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	148.11/cwt	145.00–150.00	704	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	125.39/cwt	122.00–126.75	1,041	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	123.50/cwt	123.00–124.00	725	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	156.02/cwt	152.00–159.00	750	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	925	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	144.03/cwt	141.00–146.00	903	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	135.95/cwt	120.00–144.00	737	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	139.69/cwt	135.00–141.00	810	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	106.01/cwt	102.00–110.00	878	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	998	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	819	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	134.55/cwt	121.00–140.00	908	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	123.37/cwt	121.00–125.50	778	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	131.01/cwt	122.00–134.00	959	4

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 19, 2021

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

Receipts 1,680Last week 1,235Year ago 1,168

Special preconditioned calf sale today: No comparison due to last sale reported was three weeks ago. 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
22	—	520	138.00–144.00	141.91
50	—	583	133.00–139.00	135.02
79	—	675	124.00–134.00	128.52
90	—	619	129.00–136.50	132.28
120	—	780	121.00–127.50	124.99
156	—	728	122.00–127.50	125.80
9	—	877	120.00–126.00	124.68
5	—	368	144.00–159.00	152.97
20	—	425	150.00–160.00	154.18
13	—	475	145.00–150.00	148.11
14	—	830	122.00–126.75	125.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	800	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	725	116.00–120.00	118.53
3	—	395	137.00	137.00
2	—	478	127.50–130.00	128.80
1	—	525	125.00	125.00
4	—	587	123.00–124.00	123.50
17	—	774	119.50	119.50
1	—	310	131.00	131.00
2	—	828	102.00–110.00	106.01
8	—	658	124.50	124.50
14	—	631	121.00–125.50	123.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	474	160.00–180.00	164.37
119	—	832	124.00–142.00	134.18
99	—	721	137.00–153.75	147.78
258	—	785	136.75–149.00	143.01
10	—	382	175.00–191.00	187.17
25	—	565	154.00–176.00	164.49
56	—	883	120.00–135.00	130.41
16	—	920	125.00–129.75	128.91
33	—	522	151.00–174.00	162.36
69	—	633	149.00–159.00	154.60
138	—	671	144.00–160.00	151.25
14	—	429	170.00–191.00	175.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	813	121.00	121.00
1	—	335	153.00	153.00
11	—	481	152.00–159.00	156.02
16	—	627	141.00–146.00	144.03
3	—	542	120.00–144.00	135.95
7	—	580	135.00–141.00	139.69
5	—	860	116.00	116.00
6	—	675	121.00–140.00	134.55
4	—	732	122.00–134.00	131.01

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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