Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Preconditioned calf sale: No comparison due to sale not reported last week. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $237.06/cwt on 865 head.

Average price

$237.06

865 head · 727 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,722

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$249

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

$18.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.05

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	729	237.91	1,734	825
Medium and Large 1-2	677	219.35	1,485	40

One grade step is worth $18.56/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 sale865 hd

237.06

—

IA average10 barns · 6,690 hd

248.10

−11.05

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

36 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 1-2	—	663	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	185.58/cwt	180.00–191.00	1,509	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,261	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	222.79/cwt	221.00–224.00	1,375	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	959	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,674	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	238.32/cwt	221.00–249.00	1,146	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	197.05/cwt	185.00–205.00	1,600	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	236.02/cwt	227.00–241.00	1,246	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,423	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	246.24/cwt	241.00–252.00	1,268	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	267.30/cwt	252.00–280.50	1,548	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	250.89/cwt	240.00–263.50	1,711	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,257	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	209.49/cwt	185.00–216.00	1,506	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	203.97/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,593	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	243.93/cwt	225.00–253.00	1,761	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	227.75/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,765	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	292.01/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,419	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	192.91/cwt	181.00–197.00	1,763	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	284.56/cwt	260.00–306.00	1,497	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	209.89/cwt	199.00–215.00	1,809	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,399	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	182.60/cwt	181.00–188.00	1,317	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	195.52/cwt	178.00–210.00	1,343	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	208.75/cwt	185.00–217.50	1,294	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	257.26/cwt	241.00–267.00	1,603	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	217.25/cwt	195.00–227.00	1,766	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	233.12/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,445	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	237.56/cwt	223.00–250.00	1,349	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	199.36/cwt	196.50–204.00	1,551	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	227.28/cwt	216.00–234.00	1,518	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	209.56/cwt	198.00–219.00	1,509	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,245	4

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 19, 2024

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

Receipts 1,707Last week 2,803Year ago 748

Special Preconditioned calf sale: No comparison due to sale not reported last week. Trade active. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	663	230.00	230.00
2	—	813	180.00–191.00	185.58
3	—	483	261.00	261.00
5	—	617	221.00–224.00	222.79
2	—	593	240.00	240.00
6	—	515	241.00–252.00	246.24
1	—	850	180.00	180.00
6	—	719	185.00–216.00	209.49
13	—	781	200.00–216.00	203.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	579	252.00–280.50	267.30
72	—	682	240.00–263.50	250.89
5	—	441	285.00	285.00
142	—	722	225.00–253.00	243.93
249	—	775	221.00–230.00	227.75
7	—	486	280.00–302.50	292.01
27	—	914	181.00–197.00	192.91
31	—	526	260.00–306.00	284.56
52	—	862	199.00–215.00	209.89
84	—	623	241.00–267.00	257.26
97	—	813	195.00–227.00	217.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	231.00	231.00
2	—	910	171.00	171.00
10	—	872	192.00	192.00
28	—	481	221.00–249.00	238.32
32	—	812	185.00–205.00	197.05
43	—	528	227.00–241.00	236.02
63	—	620	220.00–245.00	233.12
70	—	568	223.00–250.00	237.56
74	—	778	196.50–204.00	199.36
153	—	668	216.00–234.00	227.28
158	—	720	198.00–219.00	209.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	752	186.00	186.00
15	—	721	181.00–188.00	182.60
18	—	687	178.00–210.00	195.52
22	—	620	185.00–217.50	208.75
4	—	586	212.50	212.50

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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