Sale reports / Iowa / Tama Livestock Auction / 2020-12-11

Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-11

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Fri, Dec 11

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2144

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Receipts

730 head

▼ 838 vs last sale 1,568▼ 55 vs year ago 785 · −7.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special precondition calf sale today: Compared to last week (12-4). feeder steers 3.00-6.00 lower, feeder heifers 550-649lbs steady to 1.25 higher, over 650lbs 2.75-4.75 lower. 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 $145.91/cwt on 405 head.

Average price

$145.91

405 head · 656 lb average

Value per head Derived

$957

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$11.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.60

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	657	146.69	964	378
Medium and Large 1-2	638	135.09	862	27

One grade step is worth $11.60/cwt here — about $102 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 sale405 hd

145.91

—

IA average11 barns · 8,155 hd

142.32

+3.60

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

Every lot

31 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	315	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	583	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	184.03/cwt	181.00–186.00	694	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	170.40/cwt	170.00–171.00	751	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	163.95/cwt	154.00–172.00	779	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	160.54/cwt	151.00–164.00	840	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	145.18/cwt	135.00–149.00	767	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	149.00/cwt	146.00–151.00	875	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	814	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	148.87/cwt	144.00–151.75	917	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	634	137.50/cwt	130.00–141.00	872	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	144.99/cwt	136.00–149.50	967	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	130.43/cwt	130.00–131.00	893	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	142.11/cwt	135.00–147.00	1,020	112
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	126.04/cwt	120.00–131.00	910	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	137.62/cwt	136.00–139.00	1,062	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	790	123.50/cwt	120.00–127.00	976	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	133.88/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,114	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	857	129.19/cwt	127.00–131.00	1,107	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	156.47/cwt	150.00–161.00	574	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	566	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	146.60/cwt	146.00–147.00	633	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	144.54/cwt	135.00–147.00	692	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	141.55/cwt	132.00–146.00	745	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	134.67/cwt	129.00–139.00	788	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	124.82/cwt	115.00–126.00	736	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	131.23/cwt	125.00–134.00	823	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	125.82/cwt	120.00–130.50	833	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	697	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	802	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	711	121.78/cwt	120.00–123.50	866	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	919	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	817	116.68/cwt	115.00–117.00	953	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 11, 2020

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

Receipts 730Last week 1,568Year ago 785

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	367	150.00–161.00	156.47
5	—	432	146.00–147.00	146.60
5	—	479	135.00–147.00	144.54
13	—	817	115.00–117.00	116.68
16	—	766	120.00	120.00
20	—	711	120.00–123.50	121.78
32	—	585	129.00–139.00	134.67
65	—	627	125.00–134.00	131.23
63	—	662	120.00–130.50	125.82
56	—	526	132.00–146.00	141.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	590	115.00–126.00	124.82
1	—	410	138.00	138.00
3	—	697	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	857	127.00–131.00	129.19
2	—	315	185.00	185.00
14	—	523	151.00–164.00	160.54
22	—	832	130.00–135.00	133.88
48	—	587	146.00–151.00	149.00
78	—	616	144.00–151.75	148.87
7	—	377	181.00–186.00	184.03
5	—	441	170.00–171.00	170.40
13	—	772	136.00–139.00	137.62
51	—	667	136.00–149.50	144.99
112	—	718	135.00–147.00	142.11
15	—	475	154.00–172.00	163.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	528	135.00–149.00	145.18
3	—	634	130.00–141.00	137.50
7	—	685	130.00–131.00	130.43
1	—	590	138.00	138.00
2	—	790	120.00–127.00	123.50
5	—	722	120.00–131.00	126.04

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.