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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-07

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Fri, Jan 7

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2144

← Dec 10Jan 7Jan 14 →

Receipts

2,874 head

▲ 2,119 vs last sale 755▲ 46 vs year ago 2,828 · +1.6%

Also sold hereFeeder CattleMon Sep 14, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special preconditioned feeder calf 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 $170.08/cwt on 1,546 head.

Average price

$170.08

1,546 head · 715 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,216

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$13.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.13

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	716	170.44	1,220	1,505
Medium and Large 1-2	685	157.10	1,076	41

One grade step is worth $13.34/cwt here — about $144 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 sale1,546 hd

170.08

—

IA average13 barns · 16,627 hd

171.21

−1.13

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

Every lot

35 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	199.10/cwt	187.50–220.00	743	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	199.68/cwt	189.00–207.00	855	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	441	172.07/cwt	150.00–178.00	759	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	188.01/cwt	181.00–202.50	876	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	705	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	166.34/cwt	166.00–167.00	868	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	192.97/cwt	179.00–204.00	1,025	100
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	182.78/cwt	175.00–193.00	1,053	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	178.73/cwt	162.00–181.00	1,115	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	968	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	651	148.74/cwt	145.00–150.00	968	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	173.89/cwt	160.00–187.00	1,174	296
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	171.14/cwt	164.00–176.00	1,224	221
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	155.16/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,133	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	166.15/cwt	160.00–172.00	1,288	460
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,217	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	156.83/cwt	145.00–163.00	1,289	140
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	880	151.67/cwt	145.00–154.50	1,335	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	974	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,315	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	171.64/cwt	170.00–177.00	741	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	665	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	161.00/cwt	137.00–168.00	758	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	146.20/cwt	141.00–150.00	769	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	164.14/cwt	154.00–169.25	867	118
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	159.78/cwt	150.00–173.50	922	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	143.36/cwt	120.00–149.00	837	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	732	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	157.19/cwt	147.50–163.00	992	224
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	155.22/cwt	147.50–158.50	1,042	304
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	695	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	938	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	152.30/cwt	142.00–156.50	1,100	273
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	737	139.72/cwt	139.00–140.00	1,030	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	146.81/cwt	142.50–150.00	1,142	98
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	144.85/cwt	142.50–148.25	1,189	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	887	135.34/cwt	132.50–137.00	1,200	24

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 7, 2022

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

Receipts 2,874Last week 755Year ago 2,828

Special preconditioned feeder calf 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
296	—	675	160.00–187.00	173.89
65	—	880	145.00–154.50	151.67
100	—	531	179.00–204.00	192.97
15	—	466	181.00–202.50	188.01
24	—	974	135.00	135.00
221	—	715	164.00–176.00	171.14
19	—	428	189.00–207.00	199.68
460	—	775	160.00–172.00	166.15
3	—	373	187.50–220.00	199.10
140	—	822	145.00–163.00	156.83
66	—	576	175.00–193.00	182.78
96	—	624	162.00–181.00	178.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	651	145.00–150.00	148.74
11	—	730	150.00–157.00	155.16
1	—	470	150.00	150.00
5	—	441	150.00–178.00	172.07
3	—	522	166.00–167.00	166.34
16	—	785	155.00	155.00
1	—	645	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	821	142.50–148.25	144.85
24	—	887	132.50–137.00	135.34
30	—	471	137.00–168.00	161.00
31	—	432	170.00–177.00	171.64
91	—	577	150.00–173.50	159.78
98	—	778	142.50–150.00	146.81
224	—	631	147.50–163.00	157.19
273	—	722	142.00–156.50	152.30
304	—	671	147.50–158.50	155.22
118	—	528	154.00–169.25	164.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	737	139.00–140.00	139.72
17	—	584	120.00–149.00	143.36
13	—	526	141.00–150.00	146.20
1	—	610	120.00	120.00
1	—	695	135.00	135.00
2	—	465	143.00	143.00

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.