Sale reports / Iowa / Tama Livestock Auction / 2020-01-24

Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-24

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Fri, Jan 24

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2144

← Jan 17Jan 24Feb 7 →

Receipts

1,905 head

▲ 562 vs last sale 1,343▲ 1,905 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 calf sale today: Compared to last Friday (Jan 17). Feeder steers 500-699 lbs 8.00-11.75 higher, 700-900 lbs 2.25-6.25 higher. Feeder heifers 500-649 lbs 10.00-11.00 higher, 650-799 lbs 2.00-7.50 higher. 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 $153.76/cwt on 969 head.

Average price

$153.76

969 head · 683 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,050

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$10.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.55

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	685	154.26	1,056	922
Medium and Large 1-2	650	143.85	934	47

One grade step is worth $10.41/cwt here — about $122 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 sale969 hd

153.76

—

IA average10 barns · 6,420 hd

154.31

−0.55

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 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	161.31/cwt	160.00–162.00	597	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	171.24/cwt	168.50–174.50	646	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	630	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	167.73/cwt	164.00–170.00	725	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	167.21/cwt	163.00–170.00	781	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	163.72/cwt	155.50–168.00	869	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	810	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	161.62/cwt	156.50–166.00	942	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	597	152.02/cwt	145.00–153.00	908	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	162.78/cwt	158.00–167.00	1,027	208
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	144.58/cwt	142.00–148.00	914	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	150.49/cwt	145.00–153.50	1,013	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	138.68/cwt	136.00–140.00	950	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	712	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	975	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	147.65/cwt	140.00–150.50	1,085	158
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	148.01/cwt	142.75–155.50	1,134	201
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	767	138.11/cwt	131.00–139.00	1,059	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	140.67/cwt	135.00–143.50	1,163	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	141.68/cwt	138.00–146.50	1,240	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	903	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,106	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	908	144.31/cwt	130.00–147.75	1,310	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,140	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	991	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,234	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	148.33/cwt	145.00–152.00	651	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	446	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	598	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	143.83/cwt	140.00–146.00	696	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	492	135.31/cwt	130.00–137.00	666	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	138.14/cwt	137.00–139.00	727	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	146.16/cwt	140.00–150.50	776	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	134.49/cwt	133.00–136.00	753	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	141.80/cwt	139.00–147.25	815	132
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	142.10/cwt	140.00–147.00	875	122
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	131.99/cwt	129.00–133.00	820	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	138.14/cwt	135.25–141.00	928	96
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	709	142.63/cwt	141.00–147.00	1,011	172
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	130.70/cwt	126.00–132.00	954	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	789	125.53/cwt	121.00–126.50	990	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	131.86/cwt	127.00–134.25	1,096	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	854	129.45/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,106	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	970	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,208	4

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 24, 2020

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

Receipts 1,905Last week 1,343Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	970	124.50	124.50
7	—	789	121.00–126.50	125.53
14	—	439	145.00–152.00	148.33
16	—	484	140.00–146.00	143.83
23	—	831	127.00–134.25	131.86
28	—	854	125.00–130.00	129.45
122	—	616	140.00–147.00	142.10
132	—	575	139.00–147.25	141.80
43	—	531	140.00–150.50	146.16
65	—	730	126.00–132.00	130.70
96	—	672	135.25–141.00	138.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	492	130.00–137.00	135.31
7	—	526	137.00–139.00	138.14
2	—	560	133.00–136.00	134.49
4	—	446	134.00	134.00
21	—	621	129.00–133.00	131.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
172	—	709	141.00–147.00	142.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	991	124.50	124.50
27	—	467	163.00–170.00	167.21
28	—	875	138.00–146.50	141.68
30	—	827	135.00–143.50	140.67
36	—	908	130.00–147.75	144.31
86	—	583	156.50–166.00	161.62
158	—	735	140.00–150.50	147.65
201	—	766	142.75–155.50	148.01
208	—	631	158.00–167.00	162.78
10	—	377	168.50–174.50	171.24
12	—	432	164.00–170.00	167.73
50	—	673	145.00–153.50	150.49
71	—	531	155.50–168.00	163.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	160.00–162.00	161.31
3	—	685	136.00–140.00	138.68
4	—	540	150.00	150.00
9	—	632	142.00–148.00	144.58
1	—	950	120.00	120.00
2	—	423	149.00	149.00
3	—	712	137.00	137.00
3	—	903	122.50	122.50
9	—	767	131.00–139.00	138.11
10	—	597	145.00–153.00	152.02

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.