Sale reports / Iowa / Tama Livestock Auction / 2019-11-04

Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-04

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Mon, Nov 4

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2156

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Receipts

780 head

▲ 780 vs last sale 0▲ 780 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 $140.62/cwt on 320 head.

Average price

$140.62

320 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$830

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$193

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$38.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.34

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	589	144.35	851	245
Medium and Large 1-2	532	131.99	702	65
Medium 1	989	105.50	1,043	10thin

One grade step is worth $38.85/cwt here — about −$193 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 sale320 hd

140.62

—

IA average7 barns · 2,929 hd

140.28

+0.34

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

Every lot

39 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	354	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	478	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	571	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	574	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	151.00/cwt	150.00–152.00	663	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	149.37/cwt	144.00–150.00	730	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	494	135.24/cwt	131.00–137.50	668	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	650	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	144.57/cwt	141.00–145.00	758	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	738	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	140.28/cwt	135.00–145.50	814	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	145.41/cwt	136.25–151.00	893	105
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	128.52/cwt	125.00–130.00	797	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	831	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	137.45/cwt	134.50–141.75	921	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	708	140.17/cwt	140.00–140.25	992	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	126.99/cwt	121.00–130.00	917	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	788	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,024	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	882	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,155	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	905	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,136	2
Steers	—	Medium 1	989	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	1,043	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	137.03/cwt	131.00–142.50	511	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	124.97/cwt	122.00–129.00	481	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	529	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	436	138.78/cwt	130.00–140.00	605	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	134.95/cwt	133.00–136.75	630	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	494	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	618	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	132.24/cwt	126.00–135.00	684	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	124.74/cwt	120.00–126.00	645	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	131.58/cwt	124.00–136.50	754	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	696	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	128.16/cwt	128.00–128.50	820	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	694	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	888	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	962	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	893	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	126.00/cwt	124.00–127.00	973	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	912	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,113	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	350	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	459	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	426	125.59/cwt	121.00–140.00	535	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	460	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	598	2

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 Nov 4, 2019

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

Receipts 780Last 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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	912	122.00	122.00
6	—	640	128.00–128.50	128.16
6	—	772	124.00–127.00	126.00
7	—	694	128.00	128.00
12	—	740	130.00	130.00
13	—	373	131.00–142.50	137.03
15	—	436	130.00–140.00	138.78
39	—	467	133.00–136.75	134.95
54	—	573	124.00–136.50	131.58
55	—	517	126.00–135.00	132.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	129.00	129.00
1	—	750	119.00	119.00
2	—	578	120.50	120.50
4	—	494	125.00	125.00
10	—	385	122.00–129.00	124.97
11	—	517	120.00–126.00	124.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	614	136.25–151.00	145.41
2	—	788	130.00	130.00
2	—	905	125.50	125.50
3	—	373	153.00	153.00
3	—	882	131.00	131.00
6	—	708	140.00–140.25	140.17
10	—	439	150.00–152.00	151.00
15	—	580	135.00–145.50	140.28
19	—	524	141.00–145.00	144.57
35	—	670	134.50–141.75	137.45
45	—	489	144.00–150.00	149.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	130.00	130.00
1	—	665	125.00	125.00
2	—	438	131.00	131.00
6	—	722	121.00–130.00	126.99
7	—	620	125.00–130.00	128.52
8	—	354	135.00	135.00
17	—	568	130.00	130.00
23	—	494	131.00–137.50	135.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	989	105.50	105.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	426	121.00–140.00	125.59
2	—	460	130.00	130.00
2	—	350	131.00	131.00

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.