Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Preconditioned calf sale today: Compared to two weeks ago (Jan 27). Feeder steers were 4.00-10.00 higher, feeder heifers 500-599lbs 7.00-18.00 higher, over 600lbs 2.50-5.50 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $186.19/cwt on 754 head.

Average price

$186.19

754 head · 737 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,372

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$316

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

$15.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.24

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	744	187.18	1,393	706
Medium and Large 1-2	628	171.69	1,078	48

One grade step is worth $15.49/cwt here — about $316 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 sale754 hd

186.19

—

IA average10 barns · 10,007 hd

196.43

−10.24

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

37 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	—	419	193.41/cwt	190.00–195.00	810	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	152.74/cwt	140.00–157.00	1,379	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	165.40/cwt	157.00–168.00	1,383	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	192.67/cwt	175.00–202.50	929	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	194.32/cwt	186.00–204.00	1,010	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	145.30/cwt	130.00–154.00	963	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	166.31/cwt	140.00–176.00	1,114	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	940	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	901	177.27/cwt	160.00–179.00	1,597	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	982	163.50/cwt	151.00–168.00	1,606	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	202.04/cwt	195.00–225.00	1,170	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	215.30/cwt	205.00–223.00	1,029	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	185.07/cwt	175.00–192.25	1,360	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	178.43/cwt	165.00–183.00	1,119	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	222.47/cwt	217.50–227.50	961	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	179.68/cwt	155.00–189.00	1,019	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	219.78/cwt	207.00–232.50	1,156	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	180.52/cwt	168.00–186.00	1,401	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	177.56/cwt	167.50–181.00	914	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	175.49/cwt	166.00–188.50	1,088	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	198.16/cwt	187.00–208.00	1,229	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	189.23/cwt	180.00–197.50	1,272	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	144.95/cwt	132.50–161.00	1,055	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	856	183.18/cwt	167.00–185.75	1,568	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	978	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	158.99/cwt	150.00–165.00	976	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	181.67/cwt	168.00–185.75	1,502	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	141.27/cwt	140.00–142.50	791	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	186.20/cwt	177.50–188.50	1,065	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	171.83/cwt	161.00–177.25	1,174	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	166.38/cwt	160.50–169.25	1,276	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	160.59/cwt	157.00–162.00	1,415	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,091	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	167.70/cwt	161.00–173.00	882	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	168.17/cwt	160.00–173.00	1,211	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	152.46/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,110	2

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 Feb 10, 2023

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

Receipts 1,401Last week 1,840Year ago 1,583

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	419	190.00–195.00	193.41
4	—	903	140.00–157.00	152.74
8	—	836	157.00–168.00	165.40
21	—	482	175.00–202.50	192.67
27	—	520	186.00–204.00	194.32
72	—	620	166.00–188.50	175.49
56	—	572	177.50–188.50	186.20
192	—	683	161.00–177.25	171.83
38	—	767	160.50–169.25	166.38
27	—	881	157.00–162.00	160.59
78	—	720	160.00–173.00	168.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	663	130.00–154.00	145.30
5	—	614	150.00–165.00	158.99
2	—	560	140.00–142.50	141.27
3	—	427	172.00	172.00
2	—	763	143.00	143.00
9	—	526	161.00–173.00	167.70
2	—	728	150.00–155.00	152.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	670	140.00–176.00	166.31
1	—	470	200.00	200.00
14	—	627	165.00–183.00	178.43
9	—	567	155.00–189.00	179.68
4	—	515	167.50–181.00	177.56
3	—	728	132.50–161.00	144.95
1	—	815	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	901	160.00–179.00	177.27
17	—	982	151.00–168.00	163.50
9	—	579	195.00–225.00	202.04
19	—	478	205.00–223.00	215.30
105	—	735	175.00–192.25	185.07
5	—	432	217.50–227.50	222.47
17	—	526	207.00–232.50	219.78
113	—	776	168.00–186.00	180.52
101	—	620	187.00–208.00	198.16
75	—	672	180.00–197.50	189.23
74	—	856	167.00–185.75	183.18
160	—	827	168.00–185.75	181.67

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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