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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-17

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Mon, May 17

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2156

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Receipts

796 head

▲ 796 vs last sale 0▲ 796 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 $137.41/cwt on 376 head.

Average price

$137.41

376 head · 787 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,081

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$246

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

$3.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.54

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	797	137.64	1,097	352
Medium and Large 1-2	635	134.09	851	24

One grade step is worth $3.55/cwt here — about $246 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 sale376 hd

137.41

—

IA average6 barns · 2,051 hd

141.95

−4.54

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

Every lot

47 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	405	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	648	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	701	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	176.43/cwt	169.00–179.00	845	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	513	177.84/cwt	165.00–184.00	912	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	140.40/cwt	137.50–145.00	737	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	172.69/cwt	155.00–174.00	984	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	141.01/cwt	135.00–145.00	807	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	993	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	139.64/cwt	137.50–145.00	866	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	654	127.23/cwt	120.00–130.00	832	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	151.54/cwt	144.00–155.00	1,015	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	705	122.00/cwt	120.00–124.00	860	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	141.67/cwt	139.00–145.00	1,027	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	135.47/cwt	135.25–136.00	1,047	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	904	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	130.89/cwt	123.00–133.00	1,086	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	130.81/cwt	121.00–132.00	1,135	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	878	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,018	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	907	124.25/cwt	121.00–125.75	1,127	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	992	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,185	42
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	362	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	588	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	405	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	510	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	445	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	699	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	148.44/cwt	146.00–151.00	695	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	146.82/cwt	146.00–147.00	777	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	124.08/cwt	120.00–126.00	660	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	143.67/cwt	129.00–150.00	815	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	124.40/cwt	121.00–131.00	718	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	137.94/cwt	128.00–140.00	859	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	125.97/cwt	124.00–129.00	785	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	132.77/cwt	127.00–137.50	909	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	131.54/cwt	131.00–133.00	947	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	763	116.73/cwt	114.00–119.25	891	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	124.43/cwt	121.00–132.00	969	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	805	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	845	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	858	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	952	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,020	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	408	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	600	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	484	131.07/cwt	128.00–136.00	634	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	503	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	729	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	560	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	773	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	699	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	688	118.83/cwt	115.00–121.00	818	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	728	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	874	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	742	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	810	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	871	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	830	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,008	5

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 May 17, 2021

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

Receipts 796Last 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
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	137.50–145.00	140.40
1	—	445	157.50	157.50
4	—	654	120.00–130.00	127.23
2	—	878	116.00	116.00
2	—	705	120.00–124.00	122.00
4	—	572	135.00–145.00	141.01
7	—	620	137.50–145.00	139.64
1	—	800	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	613	162.00	162.00
8	—	479	169.00–179.00	176.43
30	—	670	144.00–155.00	151.54
15	—	513	165.00–184.00	177.84
37	—	830	123.00–133.00	130.89
39	—	907	121.00–125.75	124.25
41	—	725	139.00–145.00	141.67
42	—	992	119.50	119.50
41	—	773	135.25–136.00	135.47
1	—	405	160.00	160.00
78	—	868	121.00–132.00	130.81
14	—	570	155.00–174.00	172.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	120.00–126.00	124.08
2	—	805	105.00	105.00
1	—	405	126.00	126.00
12	—	577	121.00–131.00	124.40
12	—	763	114.00–119.25	116.73
5	—	623	124.00–129.00	125.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	468	146.00–151.00	148.44
6	—	858	111.00	111.00
18	—	623	128.00–140.00	137.94
7	—	445	157.00	157.00
24	—	720	131.00–133.00	131.54
39	—	685	127.00–137.50	132.77
13	—	923	110.50	110.50
34	—	779	121.00–132.00	124.43
3	—	362	162.50	162.50
11	—	529	146.00–147.00	146.82
28	—	567	129.00–150.00	143.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	138.00	138.00
2	—	408	147.00	147.00
2	—	503	145.00	145.00
4	—	484	128.00–136.00	131.07
5	—	830	121.50	121.50
6	—	688	115.00–121.00	118.83
7	—	728	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	107.50	107.50
1	—	735	101.00	101.00
2	—	653	107.00	107.00

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.