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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-11

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Mon, Sep 11

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2156

← Sep 8Sep 11Nov 6 →

Receipts

1,720 head

▲ 549 vs last sale 1,171▼ 1,250 vs year ago 2,970 · −42.1%

Also sold hereSpecialFri Mar 6, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Customer Appreciation Feeder Calf Auction. No comparison. Demand was good to very good for today's moderate supply. Trade was active.

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 $304.44/cwt on 767 head.

Average price

$304.44

767 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$24.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+37.26

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	305.53	1,617	733
Medium and Large 1-2	540	280.81	1,517	34

One grade step is worth $24.72/cwt here — about $100 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 sale767 hd

304.44

—

IA average7 barns · 7,856 hd

267.18

+37.26

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

Every lot

37 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 1Unweaned	330	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,155	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	339	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,187	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	367	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,165	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	322.96/cwt	312.50–337.00	1,218	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	412	313.06/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,290	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	436	320.81/cwt	305.00–337.50	1,399	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	465	313.84/cwt	303.00–324.00	1,459	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	470	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,401	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	321.41/cwt	300.00–334.00	1,520	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,338	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	296.83/cwt	296.00–297.50	1,538	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	318.45/cwt	297.50–331.00	1,665	125
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	523	297.83/cwt	277.00–310.00	1,558	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	564	289.74/cwt	282.50–299.00	1,634	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	302.91/cwt	290.00–312.50	1,742	183
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	270.66/cwt	250.00–286.50	1,573	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	637	274.50/cwt	266.00–287.50	1,749	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	641	266.75/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,710	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,865	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	703	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,863	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,056	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	329	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,036	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,188	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	391	304.95/cwt	297.50–307.50	1,192	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	423	314.18/cwt	308.00–315.00	1,329	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	310.34/cwt	300.00–319.00	1,331	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	432	279.79/cwt	275.00–282.00	1,209	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	283.01/cwt	267.50–289.00	1,310	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	488	274.01/cwt	265.00–277.00	1,337	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	284.01/cwt	266.00–289.00	1,477	110
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	524	266.79/cwt	258.00–277.00	1,398	133
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,341	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	559	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,453	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	270.84/cwt	269.00–272.00	1,544	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	585	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,360	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	638	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,582	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	398	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,055	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 Sep 11, 2023

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

Receipts 1,720Last week 1,171Year ago 2,970

Customer Appreciation Feeder Calf Auction. No comparison. Demand was good to very good for today's moderate supply. Trade was active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	398	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	325	325.00	325.00
6	—	638	248.00	248.00
7	—	377	315.00	315.00
30	—	463	267.50–289.00	283.01
58	—	429	300.00–319.00	310.34
110	—	520	266.00–289.00	284.01
81	—	570	269.00–272.00	270.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	423	308.00–315.00	314.18
4	—	329	315.00	315.00
45	—	488	265.00–277.00	274.01
133	—	524	258.00–277.00	266.79
12	—	391	297.50–307.50	304.95
9	—	559	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	432	275.00–282.00	279.79
5	—	585	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	526	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	330	350.00	350.00
37	—	465	303.00–324.00	313.84
83	—	523	277.00–310.00	297.83
12	—	412	310.00–317.50	313.06
25	—	641	265.00–280.00	266.75
3	—	367	317.50	317.50
76	—	564	282.50–299.00	289.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	683	273.00	273.00
183	—	575	290.00–312.50	302.91
125	—	523	297.50–331.00	318.45
5	—	339	350.00	350.00
30	—	637	266.00–287.50	274.50
66	—	473	300.00–334.00	321.41
22	—	377	312.50–337.00	322.96
50	—	436	305.00–337.50	320.81
4	—	703	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	470	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	483	277.00	277.00
7	—	518	296.00–297.50	296.83
18	—	581	250.00–286.50	270.66

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.