Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special preconditioned feeder calf sale: Compared to last Friday sale. Feeder steers and heifers were sharply lower. Trade active. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $226.68/cwt on 321 head.

Average price

$226.68

321 head · 654 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,483

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$38.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.43

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	650	231.23	1,503	283
Medium and Large 1-2	683	192.78	1,317	38

One grade step is worth $38.44/cwt here — about $187 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 sale321 hd

226.68

—

IA average11 barns · 8,013 hd

232.11

−5.43

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

28 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	—	689	204.63/cwt	189.00–209.00	1,410	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	214.33/cwt	207.00–221.00	1,346	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	220.29/cwt	215.00–223.00	899	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	217.00/cwt	210.00–229.00	825	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	160.76/cwt	160.00–161.00	1,265	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	178.77/cwt	172.50–189.00	1,116	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	206.91/cwt	201.00–209.00	1,366	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	226.29/cwt	215.00–231.50	1,654	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	236.26/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,491	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	194.18/cwt	174.00–205.00	1,402	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	179.18/cwt	177.50–180.00	1,410	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	798	207.96/cwt	190.00–210.50	1,660	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	153.47/cwt	151.00–156.00	1,504	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	283.35/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,201	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	205.32/cwt	180.00–211.00	1,115	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	197.48/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,218	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	239.46/cwt	222.00–267.00	1,377	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	229.01/cwt	216.00–236.00	1,534	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	215.78/cwt	205.00–219.00	1,243	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	222.96/cwt	210.00–228.00	1,162	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	250.83/cwt	244.00–254.00	1,277	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	827	165.16/cwt	161.00–171.00	1,366	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	216.44/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,015	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	191.76/cwt	184.00–200.00	1,385	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	186.75/cwt	170.00–205.00	977	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	201.26/cwt	192.50–207.00	982	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	251.93/cwt	222.50–258.00	1,187	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	194.79/cwt	191.00–207.50	1,584	16

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 Dec 8, 2023

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

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Special preconditioned feeder calf sale: Compared to last Friday sale. Feeder steers and heifers were sharply lower. Trade active. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	689	189.00–209.00	204.63
56	—	628	207.00–221.00	214.33
3	—	408	215.00–223.00	220.29
4	—	380	210.00–229.00	217.00
4	—	787	160.00–161.00	160.76
27	—	576	205.00–219.00	215.78
30	—	521	210.00–228.00	222.96
26	—	469	210.00–227.00	216.44
17	—	722	184.00–200.00	191.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	624	172.50–189.00	178.77
2	—	523	170.00–205.00	186.75
5	—	488	192.50–207.00	201.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	660	201.00–209.00	206.91
6	—	722	174.00–205.00	194.18
3	—	787	177.50–180.00	179.18
6	—	543	180.00–211.00	205.32
8	—	617	190.00–200.00	197.48
7	—	827	161.00–171.00	165.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	731	215.00–231.50	226.29
24	—	631	225.00–240.00	236.26
24	—	798	190.00–210.50	207.96
2	—	980	151.00–156.00	153.47
9	—	424	280.00–288.00	283.35
44	—	575	222.00–267.00	239.46
94	—	670	216.00–236.00	229.01
22	—	509	244.00–254.00	250.83
14	—	471	222.50–258.00	251.93
16	—	813	191.00–207.50	194.79

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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