Sale reports / Iowa / Tama Livestock Auction / 2019-11-18

Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-18

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Mon, Nov 18

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2156

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Receipts

997 head

▲ 997 vs last sale 0▲ 997 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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 $148.14/cwt on 428 head.

Average price

$148.14

428 head · 621 lb average

Value per head Derived

$920

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

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

$15.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.33

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	628	149.88	941	379
Medium and Large 1-2	566	134.64	762	49

One grade step is worth $15.24/cwt here — about $179 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 sale428 hd

148.14

—

IA average11 barns · 7,282 hd

148.47

−0.33

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

Every lot

42 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	397	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	151.85/cwt	148.00–154.00	559	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	387	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	519	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	150.99/cwt	150.00–152.00	636	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	130.80/cwt	130.00–132.50	621	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	161.68/cwt	151.50–164.00	783	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	695	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	149.52/cwt	145.00–157.00	785	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	149.73/cwt	148.00–153.50	840	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	121.66/cwt	120.00–125.00	702	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	157.92/cwt	151.00–165.50	981	102
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	137.14/cwt	132.00–140.25	863	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	147.52/cwt	140.00–153.00	997	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	142.36/cwt	131.50–150.75	1,025	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	793	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,055	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	840	131.31/cwt	130.50–131.50	1,103	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	123.69/cwt	123.50–125.00	1,067	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	958	122.24/cwt	121.00–123.50	1,171	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	326	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	391	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	350	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	431	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	358	140.67/cwt	140.50–141.00	504	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	139.25/cwt	135.00–141.00	589	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	550	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	131.30/cwt	125.00–136.00	622	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	497	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	606	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	508	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	627	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	130.88/cwt	126.00–135.25	699	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	128.59/cwt	124.00–134.25	743	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	717	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	125.75/cwt	122.50–128.00	788	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	810	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	127.27/cwt	123.00–132.50	862	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	122.31/cwt	120.50–124.00	877	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	117.34/cwt	116.00–118.00	913	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	788	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	867	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	802	123.40/cwt	123.00–123.75	990	15
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	461	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	585	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	505	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	606	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	603	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	742	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	722	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	722	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	813	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	732	6

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 18, 2019

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

Receipts 997Last week 0Year ago 0

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
3	—	603	123.00	123.00
4	—	461	127.00	127.00
4	—	505	120.00	120.00
5	—	722	100.00	100.00
6	—	813	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	778	116.00–118.00	117.34
6	—	358	140.50–141.00	140.67
14	—	423	135.00–141.00	139.25
14	—	717	120.50–124.00	122.31
15	—	802	123.00–123.75	123.40
39	—	474	125.00–136.00	131.30
39	—	627	122.50–128.00	125.75
54	—	677	123.00–132.50	127.27
55	—	534	126.00–135.25	130.88
77	—	578	124.00–134.25	128.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	125.00	125.00
2	—	350	123.00	123.00
2	—	508	123.50	123.50
2	—	788	110.00	110.00
3	—	497	122.00	122.00
4	—	326	120.00	120.00
5	—	588	122.00	122.00
5	—	675	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	958	121.00–123.50	122.24
7	—	793	133.00	133.00
8	—	863	123.50–125.00	123.69
10	—	368	148.00–154.00	151.85
10	—	421	150.00–152.00	150.99
21	—	840	130.50–131.50	131.31
26	—	525	145.00–157.00	149.52
29	—	561	148.00–153.50	149.73
49	—	484	151.50–164.00	161.68
52	—	720	131.50–150.75	142.36
59	—	676	140.00–153.00	147.52
102	—	621	151.00–165.50	157.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	135.00	135.00
2	—	323	123.00	123.00
3	—	387	134.00	134.00
3	—	475	130.00–132.50	130.80
3	—	577	120.00–125.00	121.66
8	—	515	135.00	135.00
29	—	629	132.00–140.25	137.14

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.