Sale reports / Iowa / Tama Livestock Auction / 2020-09-14

Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-14

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Mon, Sep 14

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2156

← Jun 15Sep 14Nov 2 →

Receipts

2,000 head

▲ 2,000 vs last sale 0▲ 2,000 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialFri Mar 6, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special calf and yearling sale today: No comparison. 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 $157.78/cwt on 996 head.

Average price

$157.78

996 head · 648 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,023

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$12.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.93

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	657	159.17	1,046	888
Medium and Large 1-2	576	146.39	843	108

One grade step is worth $12.78/cwt here — about $203 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 sale996 hd

157.78

—

IA average6 barns · 4,856 hd

149.85

+7.93

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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	311	192.89/cwt	184.00–204.00	600	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	568	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	186.99/cwt	172.00–198.00	701	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	593	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	400	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	572	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	409	184.88/cwt	170.00–189.00	756	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	462	154.66/cwt	145.00–159.00	715	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	172.91/cwt	168.00–178.00	816	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	175.39/cwt	159.50–180.00	909	146
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	147.85/cwt	136.00–155.00	769	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	165.21/cwt	161.00–170.00	957	193
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	146.71/cwt	134.00–150.00	851	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	148.96/cwt	137.00–153.00	922	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	162.10/cwt	152.50–172.00	1,013	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	157.92/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,053	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	686	138.33/cwt	135.00–150.00	949	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	148.73/cwt	140.50–152.00	1,071	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	740	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	955	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	146.63/cwt	145.00–149.00	1,123	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	133.58/cwt	126.00–134.50	1,042	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	143.06/cwt	139.00–145.00	1,185	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	871	142.18/cwt	141.00–143.50	1,238	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	927	137.77/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,277	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	969	133.82/cwt	133.00–137.50	1,297	27
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	331	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	536	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	348	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	512	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	154.82/cwt	154.00–156.00	588	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	533	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	163.76/cwt	151.00–170.00	686	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	140.47/cwt	131.00–146.00	669	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	162.56/cwt	153.00–165.50	782	140
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	155.77/cwt	147.00–158.00	816	131
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	144.73/cwt	136.00–154.00	844	125
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	126.96/cwt	121.00–133.00	744	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	139.88/cwt	134.00–141.00	887	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	132.85/cwt	125.00–133.75	886	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	724	121.49/cwt	121.00–122.00	880	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	130.24/cwt	127.25–135.00	947	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,045	116
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	121.35/cwt	119.50–124.00	1,052	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	919	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	1,151	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	999	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,149	7

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 Sep 14, 2020

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

Receipts 2,000Last week 0Year ago 0

Special calf and yearling sale today: No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	586	121.00–133.00	126.96
6	—	724	121.00–122.00	121.49
5	—	476	131.00–146.00	140.47
2	—	348	147.00	147.00
1	—	410	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	481	153.00–165.50	162.56
131	—	524	147.00–158.00	155.77
125	—	583	136.00–154.00	144.73
116	—	777	134.50	134.50
65	—	634	134.00–141.00	139.88
59	—	667	125.00–133.75	132.85
30	—	727	127.25–135.00	130.24
21	—	419	151.00–170.00	163.76
14	—	380	154.00–156.00	154.82
9	—	867	119.50–124.00	121.35
7	—	999	115.00	115.00
7	—	331	162.00	162.00
6	—	919	125.25	125.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	580	134.00–150.00	146.71
17	—	520	136.00–155.00	147.85
15	—	619	137.00–153.00	148.96
15	—	462	145.00–159.00	154.66
11	—	686	135.00–150.00	138.33
9	—	780	126.00–134.50	133.58
6	—	395	150.00	150.00
5	—	740	129.00	129.00
3	—	330	172.00	172.00
1	—	400	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
193	—	579	161.00–170.00	165.21
146	—	518	159.50–180.00	175.39
84	—	828	139.00–145.00	143.06
81	—	766	145.00–149.00	146.63
80	—	720	140.50–152.00	148.73
79	—	625	152.50–172.00	162.10
48	—	871	141.00–143.50	142.18
40	—	472	168.00–178.00	172.91
38	—	927	135.00–140.00	137.77
28	—	667	150.00–160.00	157.92
27	—	969	133.00–137.50	133.82
20	—	409	170.00–189.00	184.88
15	—	375	172.00–198.00	186.99
9	—	311	184.00–204.00	192.89

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.