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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-22

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Fri, Jan 22

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2144

← Jan 15Jan 22Jan 29 →

Receipts

1,433 head

▼ 623 vs last sale 2,056▼ 472 vs year ago 1,905 · −24.8%

Also sold hereFeeder CattleMon Sep 14, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special precondition calf sale today: Compared to last Friday (Jan 15). Feeder steers 450-599lbs 6.00-9.50 higher, 600-699lbs 12.00 16.00 higher, 700-799lbs 2.75-4.00 higher, and steers over 800lbs were steady, feeder heifers 4.00-7.00 higher, and heifers over 750lbs were steady. 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 $139.14/cwt on 729 head.

Average price

$139.14

729 head · 704 lb average

Value per head Derived

$980

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

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

$9.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.75

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	706	139.55	985	699
Medium and Large 1-2	657	129.78	853	30

One grade step is worth $9.76/cwt here — about $132 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 sale729 hd

139.14

—

IA average14 barns · 13,391 hd

139.89

−0.75

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	327	174.24/cwt	170.00–183.00	570	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	541	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	175.14/cwt	166.00–185.00	743	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	171.77/cwt	160.00–179.00	807	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	143.84/cwt	137.00–156.00	696	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	158.78/cwt	151.00–165.50	822	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	156.02/cwt	146.00–167.00	894	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	818	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	149.36/cwt	140.00–155.50	934	118
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	839	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	144.46/cwt	134.00–150.50	965	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	895	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	132.67/cwt	126.00–141.00	954	141
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	130.80/cwt	127.00–134.00	1,019	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	805	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	898	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	828	116.25/cwt	116.25–116.25	963	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	126.51/cwt	121.00–128.50	1,053	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	123.38/cwt	122.00–124.25	1,071	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	912	125.12/cwt	118.50–126.00	1,141	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	964	121.54/cwt	119.00–123.00	1,172	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	328	144.00/cwt	142.00–146.00	472	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	543	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	389	155.94/cwt	150.00–160.00	607	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	140.49/cwt	140.00–141.00	583	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	152.44/cwt	148.00–156.00	652	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	150.33/cwt	144.00–159.00	720	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	491	126.70/cwt	123.00–131.00	622	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	139.54/cwt	136.00–144.00	728	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	131.36/cwt	130.00–133.00	688	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	134.27/cwt	125.00–142.00	776	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	688	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	128.33/cwt	125.00–133.00	799	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	117.15/cwt	111.00–120.00	730	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	118.30/cwt	110.00–121.00	788	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	128.58/cwt	124.00–132.00	860	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	125.32/cwt	122.00–127.00	894	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	744	117.46/cwt	117.00–119.00	874	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	126.00/cwt	118.00–128.00	979	101
Heifers	—	Medium 1	802	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	882	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	819	121.90/cwt	119.00–124.50	998	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	886	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,063	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	908	116.52/cwt	113.00–119.50	1,058	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 22, 2021

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

Receipts 1,433Last week 2,056Year ago 1,905

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	802	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	908	113.00–119.50	116.52
5	—	886	120.00	120.00
6	—	389	150.00–160.00	155.94
13	—	428	148.00–156.00	152.44
93	—	669	124.00–132.00	128.58
59	—	623	125.00–133.00	128.33
24	—	819	119.00–124.50	121.90
101	—	777	118.00–128.00	126.00
34	—	522	136.00–144.00	139.54
44	—	479	144.00–159.00	150.33
62	—	713	122.00–127.00	125.32
83	—	578	125.00–142.00	134.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	623	111.00–120.00	117.15
13	—	524	130.00–133.00	131.36
13	—	744	117.00–119.00	117.46
2	—	593	116.00	116.00
4	—	666	110.00–121.00	118.30
6	—	328	142.00–146.00	144.00
6	—	415	140.00–141.00	140.49
6	—	491	123.00–131.00	126.70
3	—	385	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	805	111.50	111.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	327	170.00–183.00	174.24
75	—	668	134.00–150.50	144.46
141	—	719	126.00–141.00	132.67
8	—	964	119.00–123.00	121.54
16	—	424	166.00–185.00	175.14
21	—	470	160.00–179.00	171.77
24	—	868	122.00–124.25	123.38
30	—	573	146.00–167.00	156.02
49	—	832	121.00–128.50	126.51
54	—	912	118.50–126.00	125.12
116	—	779	127.00–134.00	130.80
118	—	625	140.00–155.50	149.36
38	—	518	151.00–165.50	158.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	484	137.00–156.00	143.84
13	—	828	116.25	116.25
2	—	645	130.00	130.00
1	—	395	137.00	137.00
1	—	580	141.00	141.00
2	—	683	131.00	131.00

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.