Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.80/cwt on 736 head.

Average price

$169.80

736 head · 708 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,201

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$219

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

$26.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.74

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	708	170.76	1,210	709
Medium and Large 1-2	685	144.58	991	27

One grade step is worth $26.18/cwt here — about $219 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 sale736 hd

169.80

—

IA average8 barns · 7,578 hd

171.54

−1.74

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

41 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	—	880	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,144	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	125.47/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,095	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	982	124.98/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,227	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	165.88/cwt	157.00–172.50	771	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	170.82/cwt	167.50–172.00	653	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,179	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	302	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	695	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	208.65/cwt	200.00–211.00	858	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	167.40/cwt	160.00–171.50	1,215	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	144.94/cwt	142.00–146.75	1,345	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	212.88/cwt	200.00–217.50	775	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	180.75/cwt	160.00–189.00	1,131	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	992	125.48/cwt	121.00–131.00	1,245	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	164.55/cwt	158.00–168.00	1,246	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	149.40/cwt	136.00–180.00	787	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	194.81/cwt	183.00–198.00	1,144	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	210.84/cwt	200.00–220.00	999	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	151.50/cwt	149.50–153.25	1,259	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	912	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	140.68/cwt	140.00–142.00	1,017	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	151.38/cwt	145.00–159.00	1,023	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	142.15/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,114	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	820	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	205.16/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,075	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	170.31/cwt	166.00–173.75	1,167	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	881	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	509	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	149.46/cwt	147.00–151.50	1,296	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	155.67/cwt	150.00–161.00	973	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	146.87/cwt	139.00–148.00	1,052	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	162.84/cwt	151.00–169.00	923	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	168.98/cwt	166.00–172.00	744	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	869	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	133.74/cwt	130.00–137.50	1,107	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	144.46/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,131	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	161.15/cwt	156.00–174.00	841	38

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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Receipts 1,279Last week 1,583Year ago 1,680

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	880	130.00	130.00
5	—	527	136.00–180.00	149.40
3	—	618	147.50	147.50
3	—	723	140.00–142.00	140.68
8	—	784	140.00–145.00	142.15
3	—	497	165.00	165.00
1	—	665	132.50	132.50
2	—	828	130.00–137.50	133.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	302	230.00	230.00
16	—	411	200.00–211.00	208.65
111	—	726	160.00–171.50	167.40
16	—	928	142.00–146.75	144.94
11	—	364	200.00–217.50	212.88
74	—	626	160.00–189.00	180.75
22	—	992	121.00–131.00	125.48
51	—	757	158.00–168.00	164.55
52	—	587	183.00–198.00	194.81
38	—	474	200.00–220.00	210.84
183	—	831	149.50–153.25	151.50
39	—	524	200.00–215.00	205.16
72	—	685	166.00–173.75	170.31
21	—	867	147.00–151.50	149.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	120.00	120.00
6	—	873	121.00–130.00	125.47
8	—	982	120.00–130.00	124.98
9	—	465	157.00–172.50	165.88
15	—	382	167.50–172.00	170.82
18	—	805	146.50	146.50
117	—	676	145.00–159.00	151.38
61	—	625	150.00–161.00	155.67
67	—	716	139.00–148.00	146.87
79	—	567	151.00–169.00	162.84
20	—	440	166.00–172.00	168.98
36	—	783	140.00–146.00	144.46
38	—	522	156.00–174.00	161.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	334	152.50	152.50
2	—	583	149.00	149.00
1	—	675	141.00	141.00
1	—	525	140.00	140.00
1	—	790	125.00	125.00
1	—	375	140.00	140.00

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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