Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-06

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 $180.54/cwt on 1,335 head.

Average price

$180.54

1,335 head · 736 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,330

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$249

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

$18.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.15

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	740	181.45	1,343	1,269
Medium and Large 1-2	670	163.14	1,093	66

One grade step is worth $18.30/cwt here — about $249 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 sale1,335 hd

180.54

—

IA average14 barns · 18,299 hd

189.69

−9.15

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 1-2	—	663	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	849	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	166.96/cwt	160.00–176.00	1,054	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	159.39/cwt	150.00–163.25	1,229	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	911	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	159.57/cwt	157.00–165.00	691	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	183.75/cwt	177.00–186.50	1,262	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	163.34/cwt	155.00–168.50	1,106	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	160.41/cwt	154.00–164.75	1,149	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	177.21/cwt	161.00–181.75	1,446	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	207.28/cwt	199.00–218.00	1,080	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	156.14/cwt	145.00–159.00	1,369	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	176.36/cwt	164.00–179.50	1,358	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	179.77/cwt	171.00–188.00	1,307	288
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	170.78/cwt	170.00–171.00	1,035	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	199.12/cwt	191.00–210.00	1,171	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	213.77/cwt	200.00–217.50	932	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,166	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	200.65/cwt	191.00–217.00	943	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	150.63/cwt	141.00–158.00	1,243	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	181.14/cwt	163.00–186.00	953	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	169.77/cwt	163.50–178.25	1,469	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	152.17/cwt	140.00–164.00	860	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	890	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	1,324	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	192.04/cwt	174.50–205.00	1,193	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	157.78/cwt	157.75–159.00	1,507	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	171.90/cwt	160.00–172.75	1,580	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	160.34/cwt	160.00–161.00	1,135	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	911	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	755	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	952	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	792	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	154.66/cwt	150.00–157.00	834	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	170.57/cwt	162.00–179.75	890	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	786	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,289	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	142.43/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,108	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	809	162.25/cwt	160.00–164.00	1,313	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	129.66/cwt	120.00–149.00	821	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	142.97/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,337	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	146.02/cwt	140.00–148.00	870	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	174.60/cwt	170.00–178.00	660	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	174.03/cwt	165.50–180.00	995	86

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 Jan 6, 2023

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

Receipts 2,703Last week 501Year ago 2,874

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	663	128.00	128.00
9	—	723	126.00	126.00
6	—	433	157.00–165.00	159.57
2	—	478	158.00	158.00
3	—	539	150.00–157.00	154.66
22	—	778	140.00–145.00	142.43
5	—	633	120.00–149.00	129.66
4	—	596	140.00–148.00	146.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
215	—	631	160.00–176.00	166.96
218	—	771	150.00–163.25	159.39
135	—	677	155.00–168.50	163.34
190	—	716	154.00–164.75	160.41
6	—	463	171.00	171.00
48	—	522	162.00–179.75	170.57
2	—	935	140.00–146.00	142.97
13	—	378	170.00–178.00	174.60
86	—	572	165.50–180.00	174.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	890	148.75	148.75
15	—	786	164.00	164.00
60	—	809	160.00–164.00	162.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	687	177.00–186.50	183.75
231	—	816	161.00–181.75	177.21
26	—	521	199.00–218.00	207.28
31	—	770	164.00–179.50	176.36
288	—	727	171.00–188.00	179.77
66	—	588	191.00–210.00	199.12
6	—	436	200.00–217.50	213.77
38	—	470	191.00–217.00	200.65
167	—	865	163.50–178.25	169.77
211	—	621	174.50–205.00	192.04
38	—	955	157.75–159.00	157.78
77	—	919	160.00–172.75	171.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	877	145.00–159.00	156.14
9	—	606	170.00–171.00	170.78
5	—	777	150.00	150.00
11	—	825	141.00–158.00	150.63
18	—	526	163.00–186.00	181.14
5	—	565	140.00–164.00	152.17
3	—	708	160.00–161.00	160.34
2	—	490	186.00	186.00
5	—	680	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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