Sale reports / Iowa / Tama Livestock Auction / 2020-01-03

Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-03

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Fri, Jan 3

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2144

← Dec 13Jan 3Jan 10 →

Receipts

1,822 head

▲ 1,037 vs last sale 785▲ 1,822 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

Special preconditioned 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 $146.40/cwt on 879 head.

Average price

$146.40

879 head · 712 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,043

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$259

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

$5.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.58

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	720	146.70	1,057	833
Medium and Large 1-2	566	140.83	798	46

One grade step is worth $5.87/cwt here — about $259 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 sale879 hd

146.40

—

IA average8 barns · 7,113 hd

152.98

−6.58

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

Every lot

32 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	160.39/cwt	157.00–167.00	606	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	443	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	656	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	161.17/cwt	155.50–167.00	774	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	148.05/cwt	140.00–151.00	714	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	508	161.87/cwt	161.50–162.50	822	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	140.37/cwt	140.00–144.00	720	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	156.72/cwt	154.00–158.00	901	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	135.03/cwt	133.00–137.00	834	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	148.77/cwt	143.75–156.00	939	132
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	147.62/cwt	144.00–152.50	992	112
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	135.96/cwt	120.00–138.00	931	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	146.03/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,063	145
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	143.55/cwt	132.00–147.00	1,120	165
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	819	145.63/cwt	133.50–150.25	1,193	117
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	896	136.58/cwt	131.00–137.00	1,224	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	900	133.25/cwt	133.25–133.25	1,199	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	347	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	524	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	357	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	536	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	358	141.45/cwt	139.00–144.00	506	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	133.77/cwt	133.00–134.50	579	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	135.48/cwt	130.00–143.00	648	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	507	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	629	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	137.99/cwt	130.00–146.00	722	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	131.00/cwt	130.00–133.25	749	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	127.38/cwt	125.00–128.00	734	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	797	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	137.36/cwt	132.25–144.25	859	201
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	803	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	134.97/cwt	128.00–136.50	914	152
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	132.06/cwt	123.00–134.50	956	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	761	131.44/cwt	129.50–133.50	1,000	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	801	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,029	18

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 Jan 3, 2020

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

Receipts 1,822Last week 785Year ago 0

Special preconditioned 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$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	819	133.50–150.25	145.63
15	—	480	155.50–167.00	161.17
42	—	896	131.00–137.00	136.58
165	—	780	132.00–147.00	143.55
3	—	378	157.00–167.00	160.39
24	—	900	133.25	133.25
112	—	672	144.00–152.50	147.62
145	—	728	140.00–148.00	146.03
15	—	508	161.50–162.50	161.87
63	—	575	154.00–158.00	156.72
132	—	631	143.75–156.00	148.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	513	140.00–144.00	140.37
6	—	618	133.00–137.00	135.03
14	—	685	120.00–138.00	135.96
3	—	443	148.00	148.00
12	—	482	140.00–151.00	148.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	523	130.00–146.00	137.99
6	—	433	133.00–134.50	133.77
55	—	572	130.00–133.25	131.00
3	—	357	150.00	150.00
35	—	478	130.00–143.00	135.48
73	—	724	123.00–134.50	132.06
201	—	625	132.25–144.25	137.36
3	—	347	151.00	151.00
18	—	801	128.50	128.50
63	—	761	129.50–133.50	131.44
152	—	677	128.00–136.50	134.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	139.00–144.00	141.45
9	—	623	128.00	128.00
7	—	653	123.00	123.00
3	—	507	124.00	124.00
14	—	576	125.00–128.00	127.38

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.