Sale reports / Iowa / Tama Livestock Auction / 2019-09-09

Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-09

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Mon, Sep 9

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2156

← earliestSep 9Oct 14 →

Receipts

1,952 head

▲ 1,952 vs last sale 0▲ 1,952 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialFri Mar 6, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Customer appreciation BBQ. No comparison due to first sale of the season. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.46/cwt on 960 head.

Average price

$150.46

960 head · 617 lb average

Value per head Derived

$928

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

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

$18.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.44

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	617	151.48	934	906
Medium and Large 1-2	624	133.30	831	54

One grade step is worth $18.18/cwt here — about $103 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 sale960 hd

150.46

—

IA average6 barns · 3,502 hd

143.01

+7.44

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 lots · USDA AMS · Tama Livestock Feeder Cattle - Tama, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	324	166.00/cwt	165.00–168.00	538	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	360	166.28/cwt	155.00–171.00	599	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	611	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	442	161.93/cwt	150.50–166.75	716	114
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	155.92/cwt	150.00–162.00	738	88
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	665	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	142.51/cwt	139.00–145.00	744	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	159.90/cwt	150.00–164.00	846	178
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	153.94/cwt	145.00–172.00	881	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	131.23/cwt	129.50–140.00	757	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	136.39/cwt	136.00–137.00	854	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	149.22/cwt	144.00–154.00	943	105
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	146.39/cwt	140.00–148.50	981	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	916	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	145.18/cwt	141.00–148.00	1,057	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	753	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	956	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	143.57/cwt	134.50–146.75	1,111	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	123.92/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,010	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	141.64/cwt	140.25–144.50	1,178	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	883	133.59/cwt	129.50–135.00	1,180	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	928	126.01/cwt	124.00–128.00	1,169	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	982	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,232	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	334	155.19/cwt	150.00–166.00	518	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	341	140.20/cwt	135.00–141.00	478	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	350	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	490	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	154.62/cwt	150.00–157.00	572	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	139.06/cwt	130.00–141.25	590	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	136.37/cwt	133.00–141.00	642	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	484	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	726	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	126.90/cwt	120.00–127.50	619	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	139.68/cwt	131.00–143.25	726	92
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	676	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	701	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	134.07/cwt	131.00–134.50	784	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	131.73/cwt	129.50–132.75	827	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	787	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	822	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	126.16/cwt	123.00–130.00	925	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	757	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	871	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	125.29/cwt	122.00–126.00	974	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	811	112.99/cwt	111.00–115.00	916	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	903	112.89/cwt	111.50–114.00	1,019	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	992	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,042	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	312	154.50/cwt	153.00–155.00	482	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	473	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	641	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	554	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	745	15

This sale against other markets

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 - Tama, IA

Mon Sep 9, 2019

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

Receipts 1,952Last week 0Year ago 0

Customer appreciation BBQ. No comparison due to first sale of the season. Trade active. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	312	153.00–155.00	154.50
15	—	554	134.50	134.50
16	—	473	135.50	135.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	484	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	811	111.00–115.00	112.99
7	—	992	105.00	105.00
9	—	334	150.00–166.00	155.19
16	—	370	150.00–157.00	154.62
16	—	733	123.00–130.00	126.16
18	—	903	111.50–114.00	112.89
26	—	628	129.50–132.75	131.73
45	—	777	122.00–126.00	125.29
76	—	585	131.00–134.50	134.07
81	—	471	133.00–141.00	136.37
91	—	424	130.00–141.25	139.06
92	—	520	131.00–143.25	139.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	350	140.00	140.00
2	—	528	128.00	128.00
2	—	640	123.00	123.00
3	—	757	115.00	115.00
7	—	561	125.00	125.00
11	—	685	120.00	120.00
14	—	341	135.00–141.00	140.20
25	—	488	120.00–127.50	126.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	928	124.00–128.00	126.01
13	—	324	165.00–168.00	166.00
17	—	982	125.50	125.50
19	—	360	155.00–171.00	166.28
25	—	728	141.00–148.00	145.18
55	—	670	140.00–148.50	146.39
61	—	883	129.50–135.00	133.59
72	—	572	145.00–172.00	153.94
73	—	832	140.25–144.50	141.64
79	—	774	134.50–146.75	143.57
88	—	473	150.00–162.00	155.92
105	—	632	144.00–154.00	149.22
114	—	442	150.50–166.75	161.93
178	—	529	150.00–164.00	159.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	753	127.00	127.00
3	—	475	140.00	140.00
4	—	710	129.00	129.00
5	—	626	136.00–137.00	136.39
6	—	427	143.00	143.00
9	—	522	139.00–145.00	142.51
12	—	577	129.50–140.00	131.23
13	—	815	120.00–126.00	123.92

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.