Sale reports / Iowa / Tama Livestock Auction / 2019-10-14

Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-14

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Mon, Oct 14

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2156

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Receipts

720 head

▲ 720 vs last sale 0▲ 720 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Trade active. Demand moderate to 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 $144.34/cwt on 374 head.

Average price

$144.34

374 head · 595 lb average

Value per head Derived

$858

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

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

$17.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.57

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	597	144.95	865	361
Medium and Large 1-2	526	127.48	670	13thin

One grade step is worth $17.46/cwt here — about $195 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 sale374 hd

144.34

—

IA average8 barns · 3,670 hd

143.77

+0.57

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

Every lot

30 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	315	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	545	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	369	163.64/cwt	156.00–166.00	604	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	164.17/cwt	159.00–165.50	681	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	135.05/cwt	130.00–137.00	567	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	154.66/cwt	150.00–163.00	732	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	637	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	123.35/cwt	122.00–126.00	657	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	801	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	141.82/cwt	137.00–145.00	807	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	708	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	138.67/cwt	135.00–140.00	861	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	135.07/cwt	130.00–140.00	905	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	733	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	887	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	989	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	139.47/cwt	135.00–139.75	1,068	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,046	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	328	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	426	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	542	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	137.49/cwt	133.00–144.00	575	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	127.61/cwt	124.00–130.00	550	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	130.99/cwt	127.00–135.00	622	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	504	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	663	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	123.47/cwt	120.50–125.00	699	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	774	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	840	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	930	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	861	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	458	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	664	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	534	128.04/cwt	125.00–138.00	684	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	620	104.11/cwt	93.00–110.00	645	3

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 Oct 14, 2019

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

Receipts 720Last week 0Year ago 0

No comparison. Trade active. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	145.00	145.00
3	—	620	93.00–110.00	104.11
4	—	534	125.00–138.00	128.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	126.50	126.50
5	—	732	127.00	127.00
12	—	504	131.50	131.50
13	—	418	133.00–144.00	137.49
18	—	388	139.75	139.75
20	—	566	120.50–125.00	123.47
59	—	475	127.00–135.00	130.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	755	114.00	114.00
5	—	328	130.00	130.00
11	—	715	117.50	117.50
22	—	431	124.00–130.00	127.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	173.00	173.00
2	—	830	126.00	126.00
6	—	534	150.00	150.00
10	—	415	159.00–165.50	164.17
11	—	735	134.50	134.50
23	—	621	135.00–140.00	138.67
29	—	369	156.00–166.00	163.64
60	—	670	130.00–140.00	135.07
66	—	569	137.00–145.00	141.82
73	—	473	150.00–163.00	154.66
79	—	766	135.00–139.75	139.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	130.00	130.00
2	—	590	120.00	120.00
2	—	733	121.00	121.00
3	—	533	122.00–126.00	123.35
5	—	420	130.00–137.00	135.05

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.