Sale reports / Iowa / Tama Livestock Auction / 2019-12-06

Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-06

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Fri, Dec 6

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2144

← earliestDec 6Dec 13 →

Receipts

2,163 head

▲ 2,163 vs last sale 0▲ 2,163 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereFeeder CattleMon Sep 14, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to first special preconditioned feeder calf sale. 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 $146.68/cwt on 1,119 head.

Average price

$146.68

1,119 head · 646 lb average

Value per head Derived

$947

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$10.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.64

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	648	147.01	953	1,083
Medium and Large 1-2	568	136.80	777	36

One grade step is worth $10.20/cwt here — about $176 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 sale1,119 hd

146.68

—

IA average11 barns · 11,862 hd

148.32

−1.64

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

Every lot

30 lots · USDA AMS · Tama Livestock Feeder Cattle Special - 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	384	154.23/cwt	152.00–160.00	592	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	158.12/cwt	151.00–160.00	686	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	627	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	140.59/cwt	135.00–146.00	661	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	162.83/cwt	154.00–165.50	775	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	154.64/cwt	147.75–157.00	801	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	138.67/cwt	136.00–140.00	731	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	152.81/cwt	145.00–161.00	866	150
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	140.01/cwt	135.00–144.50	794	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	148.35/cwt	144.00–152.25	929	241
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	129.84/cwt	129.00–130.00	824	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	145.02/cwt	140.50–146.50	969	251
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	870	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	141.88/cwt	135.00–146.75	1,014	165
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	143.05/cwt	140.50–145.50	1,106	107
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	778	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,019	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	130.91/cwt	124.50–138.00	1,076	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	125.08/cwt	125.00–126.00	1,082	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	130.46/cwt	125.00–134.00	626	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	128.68/cwt	125.00–130.50	678	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	118.93/cwt	117.50–119.75	695	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	125.39/cwt	123.50–129.00	736	177
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	116.75/cwt	115.00–118.00	724	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	123.92/cwt	120.00–128.00	773	238
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	653	126.42/cwt	125.00–127.25	826	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	118.33/cwt	115.00–119.00	811	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	826	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	122.15/cwt	122.00–124.00	884	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	117.04/cwt	115.00–120.00	887	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	782	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	868	13

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 Special - Tama, IA

Fri Dec 6, 2019

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

Receipts 2,163Last week 0Year ago 0

No comparison due to first special preconditioned feeder calf sale. 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
6	—	635	129.00–130.00	129.84
2	—	778	131.00	131.00
8	—	470	135.00–146.00	140.59
3	—	527	136.00–140.00	138.67
12	—	567	135.00–144.50	140.01
3	—	685	127.00	127.00
2	—	445	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
241	—	626	144.00–152.25	148.35
107	—	773	140.50–145.50	143.05
35	—	822	124.50–138.00	130.91
9	—	384	152.00–160.00	154.23
251	—	668	140.50–146.50	145.02
150	—	567	145.00–161.00	152.81
41	—	518	147.75–157.00	154.64
13	—	865	125.00–126.00	125.08
165	—	715	135.00–146.75	141.88
54	—	476	154.00–165.50	162.83
17	—	434	151.00–160.00	158.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	782	111.00	111.00
44	—	584	117.50–119.75	118.93
3	—	718	115.00	115.00
61	—	685	115.00–119.00	118.33
7	—	620	115.00–118.00	116.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
238	—	624	120.00–128.00	123.92
85	—	480	125.00–134.00	130.46
38	—	653	125.00–127.25	126.42
85	—	527	125.00–130.50	128.68
52	—	724	122.00–124.00	122.15
177	—	587	123.50–129.00	125.39
52	—	758	115.00–120.00	117.04

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.