Sale reports / Iowa / Tama Livestock Auction / 2021-06-14

Tama Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Mon, Jun 14
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2156
Receipts
795 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 796▲ 62 vs year ago 733 · +8.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.64/cwt on 358 head.
Average price
$144.64
358 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$897
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.93
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1619145.83903339
Medium and Large 1-2638123.3078719thin
One grade step is worth $22.54/cwt here — about $116 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 sale358 hd
144.64
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IA average7 barns · 1,709 hd
133.70
+10.93
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1317199.39/cwt197.50–202.506325
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2340165.00/cwt165.00–165.005611
Steers—Medium and Large 1370172.50/cwt172.50–172.506383
Steers—Medium and Large 1432181.92/cwt162.50–191.0078630
Steers—Medium and Large 1475168.91/cwt167.50–170.008029
Steers—Medium and Large 1534178.60/cwt165.00–183.0095475
Steers—Medium and Large 1556170.00/cwt170.00–170.009452
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575155.00/cwt155.00–155.008912
Steers—Medium and Large 1620161.49/cwt149.00–166.001,00139
Steers—Medium and Large 1672161.41/cwt149.00–164.001,08550
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2693141.00/cwt141.00–141.009772
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2702130.00/cwt130.00–130.009133
Steers—Medium and Large 1734153.49/cwt145.50–157.501,12753
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2825125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0311
Steers—Medium and Large 1828147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,21737
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2931115.25/cwt115.25–115.251,0736
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320120.00/cwt120.00–120.003841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328166.00/cwt166.00–166.005446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388159.59/cwt155.00–161.0061918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412153.57/cwt143.00–157.006339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433140.00/cwt140.00–140.006063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475154.07/cwt146.00–157.0073228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475123.00/cwt123.00–123.005841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2504133.67/cwt133.00–135.006743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513155.35/cwt151.00–156.0079749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571148.38/cwt140.00–150.5084745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620145.12/cwt134.00–150.2590057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1717143.45/cwt129.00–147.501,02973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2764117.36/cwt112.00–123.0089710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1785129.24/cwt125.50–141.001,0158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1834127.25/cwt127.25–127.251,06118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1853126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,07526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2880105.00/cwt105.00–105.009241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1953119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,1392
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1400125.00/cwt125.00–125.005001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1480137.50/cwt137.50–137.506601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1552114.00/cwt114.00–114.006295
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625132.00/cwt132.00–132.008251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1738116.33/cwt114.00–120.008599
Bulls—Medium and Large 1810111.00/cwt111.00–111.008992

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.