Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special precondition calf sale today: Compared to last Friday sale: feeder steers were 2.50-7.00 lower, feeder heifers were steady to 5.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $177.63/cwt on 1,050 head.

Average price

$177.63

1,050 head · 698 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,240

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$259

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

$15.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.82

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	707	179.01	1,265	954
Medium and Large 1-2	614	163.89	1,006	96

One grade step is worth $15.11/cwt here — about $259 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 sale1,050 hd

177.63

—

IA average13 barns · 16,935 hd

190.44

−12.82

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

40 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	—	871	153.07/cwt	152.50–153.50	1,333	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	190.56/cwt	182.00–192.50	802	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	158.22/cwt	151.00–159.25	1,301	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	165.03/cwt	163.00–169.00	1,121	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	182.60/cwt	164.00–191.00	875	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	159.96/cwt	153.00–161.75	1,260	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	193.97/cwt	181.00–206.50	1,129	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	189.63/cwt	172.50–197.00	1,178	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	156.10/cwt	151.00–157.00	1,049	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	172.67/cwt	140.00–187.00	903	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	977	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,549	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	164.87/cwt	158.00–168.00	1,426	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	180.14/cwt	166.00–187.00	1,227	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	162.79/cwt	154.00–165.50	1,496	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	213.67/cwt	191.00–225.50	1,006	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	202.50/cwt	190.00–207.50	1,053	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	169.08/cwt	159.00–172.00	1,385	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	217.20/cwt	207.50–224.00	921	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	178.04/cwt	170.00–186.00	922	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,233	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	170.71/cwt	157.50–175.50	1,323	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	172.29/cwt	160.00–178.50	1,246	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	162.44/cwt	141.00–170.00	1,023	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	187.95/cwt	186.00–190.00	771	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,221	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	142.75/cwt	140.00–150.00	895	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,218	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	165.08/cwt	140.00–177.50	957	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	169.04/cwt	161.00–173.00	1,067	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	169.12/cwt	160.00–173.00	979	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	147.34/cwt	141.00–155.00	790	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	150.55/cwt	144.50–153.50	885	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,105	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	182.42/cwt	160.00–189.00	887	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	136.67/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,043	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	717	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	149.51/cwt	149.00–150.00	1,103	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,191	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	146.80/cwt	143.00–150.00	1,001	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	164.62/cwt	152.00–172.00	1,185	215

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 13, 2023

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

Receipts 1,933Last week 2,703Year ago 1,986

Special precondition calf sale today: Compared to last Friday sale: feeder steers were 2.50-7.00 lower, feeder heifers were steady to 5.00 higher. 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
7	—	871	152.50–153.50	153.07
8	—	421	182.00–192.50	190.56
18	—	822	151.00–159.25	158.22
20	—	679	163.00–169.00	165.03
43	—	479	164.00–191.00	182.60
43	—	788	153.00–161.75	159.96
71	—	518	170.00–186.00	178.04
217	—	631	161.00–173.00	169.04
64	—	579	160.00–173.00	169.12
215	—	720	152.00–172.00	164.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	872	140.00	140.00
4	—	627	140.00–150.00	142.75
5	—	536	141.00–155.00	147.34
6	—	588	144.50–153.50	150.55
6	—	763	136.00–140.00	136.67
1	—	455	157.50	157.50
2	—	738	149.00–150.00	149.51
2	—	833	143.00	143.00
4	—	682	143.00–150.00	146.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	582	181.00–206.50	193.97
102	—	621	172.50–197.00	189.63
10	—	977	158.50	158.50
23	—	865	158.00–168.00	164.87
177	—	681	166.00–187.00	180.14
24	—	919	154.00–165.50	162.79
26	—	471	191.00–225.50	213.67
33	—	520	190.00–207.50	202.50
115	—	819	159.00–172.00	169.08
9	—	424	207.50–224.00	217.20
186	—	775	157.50–175.50	170.71
158	—	723	160.00–178.50	172.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	672	151.00–157.00	156.10
18	—	523	140.00–187.00	172.67
3	—	822	150.00	150.00
41	—	630	141.00–170.00	162.44
2	—	410	186.00–190.00	187.95
1	—	870	140.00	140.00
7	—	580	140.00–177.50	165.08
7	—	789	140.00	140.00
8	—	486	160.00–189.00	182.42

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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