Sale reports / Iowa / Tama Livestock Auction / 2020-01-06

Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-06

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Mon, Jan 6

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2156

← Nov 18Jan 6Jun 15 →

Receipts

687 head

▲ 687 vs last sale 0▲ 687 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialFri Mar 6, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Trade active. Demand good

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.48/cwt on 294 head.

Average price

$135.48

294 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$786

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$3.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.68

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	598	135.94	812	251
Medium and Large 1-2	478	132.77	635	43

One grade step is worth $3.17/cwt here — about $177 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 sale294 hd

135.48

—

IA average12 barns · 8,307 hd

142.16

−6.68

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

Every lot

45 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	338	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	642	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	554	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	368	163.64/cwt	163.00–164.00	602	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	191.99/cwt	187.00–195.00	718	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	141.48/cwt	136.00–145.00	604	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	753	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	492	140.21/cwt	133.00–142.50	690	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	499	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	838	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	826	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	145.50/cwt	141.00–147.00	767	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	557	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	780	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	592	155.37/cwt	150.00–155.75	920	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	153.56/cwt	145.00–157.50	951	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	135.36/cwt	130.00–140.00	843	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	146.61/cwt	135.00–154.00	1,000	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	696	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	905	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	706	146.38/cwt	144.50–148.00	1,033	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	748	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	905	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	150.20/cwt	130.00–155.00	1,146	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	131.98/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,069	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	890	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,175	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	416	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	337	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	566	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	160.22/cwt	153.00–162.00	602	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	381	129.17/cwt	128.00–130.00	492	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	147.18/cwt	140.00–152.00	633	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	128.64/cwt	126.00–130.00	553	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	136.94/cwt	136.00–138.00	649	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	599	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	135.73/cwt	121.00–142.50	713	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	135.54/cwt	128.00–139.00	717	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	133.84/cwt	131.50–139.00	763	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	804	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	129.02/cwt	126.00–130.50	796	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	666	134.20/cwt	126.00–139.00	894	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	130.96/cwt	124.00–133.50	936	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	941	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,070	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	435	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	700	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	465	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	651	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	531	126.91/cwt	125.00–131.00	674	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	582	131.92/cwt	131.00–132.00	768	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	605	125.81/cwt	125.00–129.00	761	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	674	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	944	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	730	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	876	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 Jan 6, 2020

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

Receipts 687Last week 0Year ago 0

No comparison. 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
3	—	557	140.00	140.00
6	—	427	136.00–145.00	141.48
2	—	748	121.00	121.00
4	—	492	133.00–142.50	140.21
8	—	696	130.00	130.00
1	—	340	163.00	163.00
3	—	368	163.00–164.00	163.64
4	—	527	141.00–147.00	145.50
10	—	623	130.00–140.00	135.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	592	150.00–155.75	155.37
22	—	619	145.00–157.50	153.56
2	—	338	190.00	190.00
6	—	438	172.00	172.00
10	—	523	158.00	158.00
19	—	682	135.00–154.00	146.61
2	—	810	130.00–134.00	131.98
6	—	499	168.00	168.00
2	—	890	132.00	132.00
8	—	374	187.00–195.00	191.99
15	—	706	144.50–148.00	146.38
36	—	763	130.00–155.00	150.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	863	124.00	124.00
12	—	376	153.00–162.00	160.22
23	—	529	128.00–139.00	135.54
61	—	715	124.00–133.50	130.96
2	—	765	123.00	123.00
6	—	617	126.00–130.50	129.02
19	—	430	140.00–152.00	147.18
59	—	570	131.50–139.00	133.84
3	—	337	168.00	168.00
14	—	474	136.00–138.00	136.94
50	—	666	126.00–139.00	134.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	479	125.00	125.00
17	—	525	121.00–142.50	135.73
3	—	430	126.00–130.00	128.64
11	—	381	128.00–130.00	129.17
1	—	320	130.00	130.00
6	—	574	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	730	120.00	120.00
10	—	674	140.00	140.00
2	—	435	161.00	161.00
6	—	531	125.00–131.00	126.91
1	—	465	140.00	140.00
5	—	605	125.00–129.00	125.81
13	—	582	131.00–132.00	131.92

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.