Sale reports / Iowa / Tama Livestock Auction / 2020-12-04

Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-04

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Fri, Dec 4

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2144

← Mar 6Dec 4Dec 11 →

Receipts

1,568 head

▲ 783 vs last sale 785▼ 595 vs year ago 2,163 · −27.5%

Also sold hereFeeder CattleMon Sep 14, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Preconditioned calf sale today: No comparison due to first precondition 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 $149.06/cwt on 895 head.

Average price

$149.06

895 head · 659 lb average

Value per head Derived

$982

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$256

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

$8.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.88

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	667	149.51	997	846
Medium and Large 1-2	525	141.23	741	49

One grade step is worth $8.28/cwt here — about $256 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 sale895 hd

149.06

—

IA average13 barns · 11,853 hd

146.18

+2.88

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

Every lot

42 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	300	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	480	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	606	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	369	182.38/cwt	177.50–187.50	673	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	371	143.11/cwt	140.00–147.50	531	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	166.86/cwt	161.00–175.00	723	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	446	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	656	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	146.18/cwt	145.00–149.00	702	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	155.64/cwt	150.00–162.00	753	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	158.14/cwt	150.00–166.00	825	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	137.18/cwt	136.00–146.00	741	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	745	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	153.00/cwt	149.00–160.50	894	133
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	872	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	151.73/cwt	145.00–156.00	957	106
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	888	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	149.04/cwt	141.00–152.00	1,019	133
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	711	132.22/cwt	125.00–134.00	940	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	148.12/cwt	141.00–150.50	1,064	185
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	142.16/cwt	139.00–146.25	1,103	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	127.50/cwt	125.00–130.00	995	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	138.46/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,140	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	859	134.46/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,155	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	328	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	467	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	158.30/cwt	153.00–160.00	530	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	359	160.73/cwt	154.00–167.00	577	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	146.74/cwt	145.00–155.00	555	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	157.08/cwt	151.00–162.50	675	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	613	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	462	143.25/cwt	141.00–145.00	662	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	154.85/cwt	144.00–166.00	739	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	144.40/cwt	132.00–153.00	767	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	120.51/cwt	120.00–121.00	675	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	134.68/cwt	129.00–146.50	777	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	129.99/cwt	122.00–134.50	806	107
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	719	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	787	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	128.60/cwt	124.50–132.00	869	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	126.60/cwt	122.50–129.75	901	104
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	845	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	124.26/cwt	118.00–131.50	947	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	782	112.99/cwt	111.00–114.00	884	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	943	1

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 4, 2020

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

Receipts 1,568Last week 785Year ago 2,163

Special Preconditioned calf sale today: No comparison due to first precondition sale. 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
32	—	484	150.00–162.00	155.64
43	—	433	161.00–175.00	166.86
72	—	823	135.00–141.00	138.46
89	—	776	139.00–146.25	142.16
133	—	584	149.00–160.50	153.00
2	—	333	182.00	182.00
4	—	369	177.50–187.50	182.38
20	—	859	130.00–140.00	134.46
27	—	522	150.00–166.00	158.14
185	—	718	141.00–150.50	148.12
106	—	631	145.00–156.00	151.73
133	—	684	141.00–152.00	149.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	371	140.00–147.50	143.11
4	—	446	147.00	147.00
3	—	683	130.00	130.00
1	—	610	143.00	143.00
1	—	560	133.00	133.00
1	—	300	160.00	160.00
19	—	480	145.00–149.00	146.18
8	—	540	136.00–146.00	137.18
5	—	711	125.00–134.00	132.22
2	—	780	125.00–130.00	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	477	144.00–166.00	154.85
56	—	531	132.00–153.00	144.40
1	—	820	115.00	115.00
4	—	335	153.00–160.00	158.30
8	—	359	154.00–167.00	160.73
15	—	430	151.00–162.50	157.08
59	—	762	118.00–131.50	124.26
63	—	577	129.00–146.50	134.68
78	—	676	124.50–132.00	128.60
104	—	712	122.50–129.75	126.60
107	—	620	122.00–134.50	129.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	116.00	116.00
4	—	735	115.00	115.00
3	—	782	111.00–114.00	112.99
3	—	667	118.00	118.00
3	—	328	142.50	142.50
2	—	560	120.00–121.00	120.51
2	—	438	140.00	140.00
11	—	462	141.00–145.00	143.25
6	—	378	145.00–155.00	146.74

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.