Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $183.23/cwt on 306 head.

Average price

$183.23

306 head · 676 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,239

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$300

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

$25.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.84

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	679	184.08	1,249	296
Medium and Large 1-2	600	158.29	949	10thin

One grade step is worth $25.79/cwt here — about $300 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 sale306 hd

183.23

—

IA average13 barns · 10,994 hd

188.07

−4.84

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

27 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	—	758	173.61/cwt	157.50–177.00	1,316	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	163.97/cwt	160.50–165.00	1,333	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	172.83/cwt	167.00–177.00	914	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	174.13/cwt	160.00–180.00	815	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	735	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	150.50/cwt	150.00–151.00	1,212	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	161.44/cwt	158.00–167.00	932	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	163.68/cwt	156.00–170.00	1,007	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	162.94/cwt	157.00–165.00	1,422	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	198.65/cwt	181.00–210.00	1,031	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	179.71/cwt	175.50–185.00	1,303	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	159.72/cwt	152.50–172.00	1,073	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	161.44/cwt	155.00–177.00	917	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	896	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	155.52/cwt	151.00–160.00	1,107	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	917	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	158.98/cwt	158.00–160.00	851	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	903	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,019	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	159.40/cwt	156.00–161.00	1,070	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	144.00/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,030	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	590	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	198.17/cwt	181.00–201.00	1,134	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	189.10/cwt	180.00–195.50	1,184	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	186.20/cwt	180.00–189.00	1,268	41

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	758	157.50–177.00	173.61
18	—	813	160.50–165.00	163.97
26	—	873	157.00–165.00	162.94
28	—	519	181.00–210.00	198.65
48	—	725	175.50–185.00	179.71
2	—	430	210.00	210.00
2	—	485	210.00	210.00
55	—	572	181.00–201.00	198.17
35	—	626	180.00–195.50	189.10
41	—	681	180.00–189.00	186.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	672	152.50–172.00	159.72
4	—	568	155.00–177.00	161.44
1	—	640	140.00	140.00
2	—	535	158.00–160.00	158.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	529	167.00–177.00	172.83
22	—	468	160.00–180.00	174.13
4	—	430	171.00	171.00
6	—	805	150.00–151.00	150.50
10	—	577	158.00–167.00	161.44
39	—	615	156.00–170.00	163.68
46	—	712	151.00–160.00	155.52
43	—	671	156.00–161.00	159.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	142.50	142.50
1	—	595	130.00	130.00
1	—	655	140.00	140.00
2	—	715	140.00–148.00	144.00
1	—	400	147.50	147.50

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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