Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special precondition calf sale today: No comparison. Trade active. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.97/cwt on 577 head.

Average price

$142.97

577 head · 690 lb average

Value per head Derived

$986

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$178

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

$1.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.66

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	571	143.89	822	45
Medium and Large 1	700	142.89	1,000	532

One grade step is worth $1.00/cwt here — about −$178 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 sale577 hd

142.97

—

IA average11 barns · 10,059 hd

143.63

−0.66

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

45 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 1-2	—	830	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	137.72/cwt	130.00–148.00	715	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	131.58/cwt	125.00–139.00	882	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	179.01/cwt	169.00–184.00	761	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	125.71/cwt	122.00–130.00	597	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	119.25/cwt	118.00–119.50	916	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	117.20/cwt	115.00–119.00	857	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	126.30/cwt	124.75–129.50	917	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	662	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	607	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	851	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	151.40/cwt	140.00–157.00	651	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	147.44/cwt	145.00–148.50	863	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	135.91/cwt	132.00–138.50	1,052	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	165.80/cwt	160.00–170.00	870	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	176.82/cwt	165.00–188.00	843	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	143.98/cwt	141.00–150.00	708	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	122.80/cwt	120.00–127.00	946	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	145.18/cwt	141.00–151.00	557	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	979	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	113.00/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,079	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	513	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	131.71/cwt	131.00–137.00	914	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	135.42/cwt	125.00–140.00	840	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	119.83/cwt	118.25–121.00	986	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	630	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	981	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	763	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	148.60/cwt	143.50–154.00	936	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	135.58/cwt	131.00–140.00	991	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	158.24/cwt	151.00–165.00	904	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	135.39/cwt	130.00–138.00	521	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	148.88/cwt	145.00–152.00	716	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	142.88/cwt	140.00–147.00	957	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	132.22/cwt	124.00–135.25	1,089	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	145.24/cwt	140.00–150.00	627	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	153.23/cwt	151.00–155.00	806	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	802	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	563	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,108	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	139.52/cwt	130.00–143.00	809	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	128.08/cwt	122.50–132.25	1,114	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	123.85/cwt	120.00–128.00	703	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	520	1

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

Receipts 1,026Last week 1,680Year ago 785

Special precondition calf sale today: No comparison. Trade active. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	119.00	119.00
3	—	608	140.00	140.00
3	—	430	140.00–157.00	151.40
10	—	585	145.00–148.50	147.44
8	—	694	131.00–137.00	131.71
1	—	785	125.00	125.00
1	—	855	116.00	116.00
12	—	481	145.00–152.00	148.88
5	—	526	151.00–155.00	153.23
1	—	325	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	425	169.00–184.00	179.01
2	—	363	182.50	182.50
2	—	328	185.00	185.00
27	—	774	132.00–138.50	135.91
24	—	525	160.00–170.00	165.80
15	—	477	165.00–188.00	176.82
61	—	630	143.50–154.00	148.60
146	—	731	131.00–140.00	135.58
66	—	571	151.00–165.00	158.24
46	—	670	140.00–147.00	142.88
57	—	824	124.00–135.25	132.22
13	—	955	116.00	116.00
59	—	870	122.50–132.25	128.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	519	130.00–148.00	137.72
17	—	670	125.00–139.00	131.58
79	—	726	124.75–129.50	126.30
15	—	492	141.00–150.00	143.98
13	—	770	120.00–127.00	122.80
7	—	384	141.00–151.00	145.18
4	—	890	110.00	110.00
2	—	955	110.00–116.00	113.00
2	—	340	151.00	151.00
55	—	620	125.00–140.00	135.42
24	—	823	118.25–121.00	119.83
21	—	432	140.00–150.00	145.24
70	—	580	130.00–143.00	139.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	475	122.00–130.00	125.71
6	—	768	118.00–119.50	119.25
5	—	731	115.00–119.00	117.20
4	—	516	122.00	122.00
5	—	636	120.00	120.00
4	—	385	130.00–138.00	135.39
1	—	680	118.00	118.00
1	—	440	128.00	128.00
16	—	568	120.00–128.00	123.85

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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