Sale reports / Iowa / Tama Livestock Auction / 2020-06-15

Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-15

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Mon, Jun 15

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2156

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Receipts

733 head

▲ 733 vs last sale 0▲ 733 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialFri Mar 6, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder calf and yearling sale today: 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 $151.90/cwt on 348 head.

Average price

$151.90

348 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$941

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$307

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

$0.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.37

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	436	152.13	663	33
Medium and Large 1	638	151.88	970	315

One grade step is worth $0.25/cwt here — about −$307 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 sale348 hd

151.90

—

IA average5 barns · 1,176 hd

136.53

+15.37

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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	339	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	539	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	635	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	411	169.35/cwt	167.50–172.50	696	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	647	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	452	172.50/cwt	161.00–173.00	780	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	491	151.28/cwt	140.00–155.50	743	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	168.68/cwt	156.00–169.75	901	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	763	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	558	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	826	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	160.87/cwt	155.00–165.00	906	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	159.57/cwt	145.00–169.00	996	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	148.14/cwt	144.50–149.00	976	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	137.65/cwt	132.75–144.00	990	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	740	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	918	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	130.47/cwt	126.50–138.00	1,005	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	893	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	979	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	884	114.33/cwt	113.00–115.00	1,011	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	927	113.75/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,054	35
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	149.35/cwt	141.00–153.00	574	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	397	126.18/cwt	122.50–128.00	501	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	405	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	531	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	516	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	131.59/cwt	126.00–138.00	611	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	483	163.75/cwt	163.75–163.75	791	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	143.07/cwt	134.00–150.00	750	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	659	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	139.40/cwt	133.00–144.00	806	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	598	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	759	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	732	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	609	131.28/cwt	129.00–136.00	799	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	125.75/cwt	125.00–127.00	836	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	737	122.95/cwt	120.00–125.00	906	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	106.52/cwt	105.00–108.00	831	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	110.83/cwt	110.00–111.00	898	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	812	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,003	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	854	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	902	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	857	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	311	183.33/cwt	168.00–193.00	570	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	393	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	678	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	427	159.33/cwt	159.00–160.00	680	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	543	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	749	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	689	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	813	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	859	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	919	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	906	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	997	9

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 Jun 15, 2020

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

Receipts 733Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder calf and yearling sale today: No comparison. Trade active. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	534	156.00–169.75	168.68
1	—	380	167.00	167.00
60	—	624	145.00–169.00	159.57
8	—	411	167.50–172.50	169.35
4	—	816	120.00	120.00
35	—	927	111.00–115.00	113.75
34	—	452	161.00–173.00	172.50
32	—	563	155.00–165.00	160.87
18	—	770	126.50–138.00	130.47
11	—	659	144.50–149.00	148.14
20	—	719	132.75–144.00	137.65
18	—	884	113.00–115.00	114.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	148.00	148.00
1	—	740	124.00	124.00
1	—	545	140.00	140.00
18	—	339	159.00	159.00
8	—	491	140.00–155.50	151.28
2	—	770	116.00	116.00
1	—	415	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	138.00	138.00
9	—	859	107.00	107.00
6	—	427	159.00–160.00	159.33
4	—	689	118.00	118.00
4	—	311	168.00–193.00	183.33
3	—	393	172.50	172.50
9	—	906	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	483	163.75	163.75
24	—	812	123.50	123.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	384	141.00–153.00	149.35
15	—	737	120.00–125.00	122.95
6	—	464	126.00–138.00	131.59
3	—	902	95.00	95.00
3	—	405	131.00	131.00
8	—	665	125.00–127.00	125.75
38	—	524	134.00–150.00	143.07
6	—	810	110.00–111.00	110.83
43	—	578	133.00–144.00	139.40
10	—	609	129.00–136.00	131.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	850	100.50	100.50
1	—	600	122.00	122.00
1	—	545	121.00	121.00
6	—	780	105.00–108.00	106.52
3	—	397	122.50–128.00	126.18
2	—	598	127.00	127.00
2	—	430	120.00	120.00

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.