Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special precondition calf sale: No comparison due to last sale reported was two weeks ago. Trade active. Demand good

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.00/cwt on 369 head.

Average price

$169.00

369 head · 630 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,064

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$6.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.01

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	636	169.57	1,078	336
Medium and Large 1-2	568	163.14	927	33

One grade step is worth $6.44/cwt here — about $151 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 sale369 hd

169.00

—

IA average9 barns · 7,723 hd

169.01

−0.01

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,169	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	992	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,190	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	183.59/cwt	182.00–184.00	698	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	145.82/cwt	145.00–150.00	836	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,062	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	122.16/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,009	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,208	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	151.06/cwt	150.00–152.50	1,089	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	182.83/cwt	160.00–199.00	1,040	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	205.52/cwt	200.00–212.50	775	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	154.43/cwt	152.00–155.00	974	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	141.31/cwt	138.00–145.50	1,159	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	128.49/cwt	122.00–131.00	1,236	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	144.66/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,136	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	155.26/cwt	150.00–167.00	1,048	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	175.27/cwt	150.00–180.00	945	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	197.91/cwt	192.50–202.50	821	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	169.82/cwt	160.00–179.00	1,063	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	131.50/cwt	130.00–132.50	964	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	170.80/cwt	162.50–180.00	816	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	171.42/cwt	161.00–181.00	816	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	145.62/cwt	140.00–156.00	987	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	148.54/cwt	140.00–151.00	502	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	144.48/cwt	127.00–158.00	705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	404	152.00/cwt	150.00–154.00	614	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	179.87/cwt	167.00–186.00	752	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	131.20/cwt	120.00–135.00	884	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	161.32/cwt	155.00–172.00	858	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	132.88/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,009	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	136.54/cwt	130.00–139.50	989	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	144.17/cwt	144.00–145.00	776	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	203.35/cwt	197.50–208.00	632	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	196.82/cwt	188.00–205.00	1,004	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	202.75/cwt	200.00–206.00	927	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	143.99/cwt	143.00–145.00	986	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	185.00/cwt	182.50–187.50	722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	151.09/cwt	140.00–158.00	949	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,229	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

Fri Mar 4, 2022

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

Receipts 714Last week 1,279Year ago 1,026

Special precondition calf sale: No comparison due to last sale reported was two 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
1	—	935	125.00	125.00
3	—	992	120.00	120.00
5	—	380	182.00–184.00	183.59
6	—	573	145.00–150.00	145.82
9	—	878	121.00	121.00
13	—	826	120.00–126.00	122.16
17	—	476	161.00–181.00	171.42
79	—	678	140.00–156.00	145.62
17	—	418	167.00–186.00	179.87
49	—	532	155.00–172.00	161.32
24	—	759	130.00–142.00	132.88
18	—	724	130.00–139.50	136.54
62	—	628	140.00–158.00	151.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	338	140.00–151.00	148.54
4	—	488	127.00–158.00	144.48
1	—	570	135.00	135.00
4	—	404	150.00–154.00	152.00
11	—	674	120.00–135.00	131.20
6	—	538	144.00–145.00	144.17
1	—	360	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	857	141.00	141.00
49	—	721	150.00–152.50	151.06
61	—	569	160.00–199.00	182.83
6	—	377	200.00–212.50	205.52
46	—	820	138.00–145.50	141.31
8	—	962	122.00–131.00	128.49
12	—	785	140.00–149.00	144.66
21	—	675	150.00–167.00	155.26
16	—	415	192.50–202.50	197.91
52	—	626	160.00–179.00	169.82
4	—	311	197.50–208.00	203.35
44	—	510	188.00–205.00	196.82
13	—	457	200.00–206.00	202.75
1	—	910	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	631	152.00–155.00	154.43
10	—	539	150.00–180.00	175.27
3	—	733	130.00–132.50	131.50
5	—	478	162.50–180.00	170.80
2	—	685	143.00–145.00	143.99
1	—	315	180.00	180.00
2	—	390	182.50–187.50	185.00

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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