Sale reports / Iowa / Tama Livestock Auction / 2020-11-02

Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-02

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Mon, Nov 2

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2156

← Sep 14Nov 2Nov 16 →

Receipts

1,037 head

▼ 963 vs last sale 2,000▲ 257 vs year ago 780 · +32.9%

Also sold hereSpecialFri Mar 6, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Calf and yearling sale today. No comparison due to last sale reported was over one month. 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 $144.02/cwt on 479 head.

Average price

$144.02

479 head · 611 lb average

Value per head Derived

$880

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$14.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.09

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	614	145.17	891	441
Medium and Large 1-2	583	130.63	761	38

One grade step is worth $14.55/cwt here — about $130 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 sale479 hd

144.02

—

IA average8 barns · 3,252 hd

130.93

+13.09

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

Every lot

43 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	193.93/cwt	187.50–200.00	626	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	751	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	180.32/cwt	180.00–181.00	770	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	705	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	162.69/cwt	153.50–179.00	784	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	156.05/cwt	151.00–158.00	810	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	132.55/cwt	125.00–138.50	696	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	129.06/cwt	125.00–131.00	742	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	147.63/cwt	135.00–155.00	850	88
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	141.49/cwt	137.00–144.00	877	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	814	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	139.92/cwt	132.00–148.00	936	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	126.60/cwt	121.00–130.00	857	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	875	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	134.31/cwt	129.35–140.00	960	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	126.01/cwt	124.50–128.50	964	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	120.29/cwt	116.00–126.00	973	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	900	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,031	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	338	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	490	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	345	157.77/cwt	154.00–159.00	544	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	368	139.92/cwt	130.00–144.00	515	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	157.80/cwt	151.00–161.00	600	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	152.80/cwt	146.00–155.50	645	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	582	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	143.08/cwt	135.00–149.00	681	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	111.51/cwt	111.00–112.50	574	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	133.20/cwt	126.00–143.00	698	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	118.02/cwt	116.00–120.00	661	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	132.26/cwt	124.00–137.00	746	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	129.96/cwt	122.50–136.00	795	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	644	118.85/cwt	118.50–121.00	765	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	124.69/cwt	120.00–127.00	837	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	789	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	126.30/cwt	123.50–127.00	925	18
Heifers	—	Medium 1	743	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	888	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	947	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	837	112.60/cwt	111.50–116.00	942	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	395	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	683	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	570	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	488	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	703	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	547	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	602	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	554	133.02/cwt	130.00–135.00	737	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	110.32/cwt	110.00–111.00	628	3

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 2, 2020

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

Receipts 1,037Last week 2,000Year ago 780

Calf and yearling sale today. No comparison due to last sale reported was over one month. Trade active. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	743	119.50	119.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	524	126.00–143.00	133.20
88	—	612	122.50–136.00	129.96
4	—	345	154.00–159.00	157.77
4	—	837	111.50–116.00	112.60
3	—	380	151.00–161.00	157.80
2	—	773	122.50	122.50
15	—	671	120.00–127.00	124.69
12	—	422	146.00–155.50	152.80
68	—	476	135.00–149.00	143.08
18	—	732	123.50–127.00	126.30
77	—	564	124.00–137.00	132.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	111.00–112.50	111.51
10	—	368	130.00–144.00	139.92
2	—	560	116.00–120.00	118.02
2	—	338	145.00	145.00
4	—	428	136.00	136.00
7	—	644	118.50–121.00	118.85
1	—	680	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	173.00	173.00
2	—	488	144.00	144.00
5	—	554	130.00–135.00	133.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	128.00	128.00
3	—	569	110.00–111.00	110.32
3	—	547	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	900	114.50	114.50
46	—	482	153.50–179.00	162.69
70	—	669	132.00–148.00	139.92
40	—	519	151.00–158.00	156.05
1	—	395	190.00	190.00
6	—	323	187.50–200.00	193.93
6	—	427	180.00–181.00	180.32
7	—	809	116.00–126.00	120.29
11	—	765	124.50–128.50	126.01
78	—	715	129.35–140.00	134.31
88	—	576	135.00–155.00	147.63
85	—	620	137.00–144.00	141.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	125.00	125.00
2	—	475	148.50	148.50
5	—	677	121.00–130.00	126.60
6	—	626	130.00	130.00
15	—	575	125.00–131.00	129.06
9	—	525	125.00–138.50	132.55

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.