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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-28

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Fri, Jan 28

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2144

← Jan 21Jan 28Feb 18 →

Receipts

1,583 head

▲ 145 vs last sale 1,438▲ 348 vs year ago 1,235 · +28.2%

Also sold hereFeeder CattleMon Sep 14, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special precondition calf sale: Compared to last Friday (Jan 21). Feeder steers 550-599lbs 1.25 higher, 600-699lbs steady to 1.75 lower, 700-849lbs 1.50-6.00 lower, feeder heifers 550-599lbs 4.00 lower, 600-649lbs 1.50 higher, 650-799lbs .75-3.00 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 $167.50/cwt on 750 head.

Average price

$167.50

750 head · 697 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,167

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$393

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

$25.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.88

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	701	168.15	1,178	731
Medium and Large 1-2	551	142.51	785	19thin

One grade step is worth $25.64/cwt here — about $393 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 sale750 hd

167.50

—

IA average12 barns · 11,516 hd

168.38

−0.88

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

Every lot

36 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 1-2	320	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	570	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	186.49/cwt	186.00–187.00	716	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	553	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	182.96/cwt	175.00–185.00	792	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	177.83/cwt	172.50–180.00	866	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	492	137.35/cwt	130.00–141.00	676	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	142.49/cwt	137.00–150.00	740	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	850	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	182.00/cwt	164.00–187.50	1,061	113
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	857	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	169.90/cwt	161.00–174.00	1,062	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	167.32/cwt	163.50–172.00	1,138	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	132.13/cwt	120.00–144.00	942	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	167.99/cwt	156.00–172.00	1,211	328
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	944	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	757	157.01/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,189	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	837	157.05/cwt	137.50–160.00	1,315	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	864	148.50/cwt	145.25–153.50	1,283	26
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	632	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	157.29/cwt	156.00–161.00	681	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	144.53/cwt	140.00–149.00	633	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	741	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	498	146.69/cwt	145.00–147.00	731	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	161.51/cwt	150.00–164.50	858	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	139.93/cwt	122.00–148.00	744	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	154.01/cwt	148.00–161.25	876	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	591	132.66/cwt	130.00–140.00	784	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	135.43/cwt	128.00–137.25	848	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	638	151.11/cwt	140.00–154.25	964	237
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	659	137.53/cwt	132.00–142.00	906	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	146.13/cwt	140.00–150.00	978	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	141.90/cwt	138.50–143.50	1,033	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	128.74/cwt	120.00–130.00	940	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	764	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,001	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	142.73/cwt	135.00–143.75	1,119	107
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	130.60/cwt	126.00–139.00	1,084	20

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 28, 2022

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

Receipts 1,583Last week 1,438Year ago 1,235

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	626	128.00–137.25	135.43
19	—	498	145.00–147.00	146.69
13	—	591	130.00–140.00	132.66
2	—	438	140.00–149.00	144.53
4	—	764	131.00	131.00
7	—	659	132.00–142.00	137.53
8	—	730	120.00–130.00	128.74
10	—	532	122.00–148.00	139.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	160.00	160.00
7	—	395	160.00	160.00
11	—	433	156.00–161.00	157.29
20	—	830	126.00–139.00	130.60
55	—	669	140.00–150.00	146.13
58	—	531	150.00–164.50	161.51
62	—	569	148.00–161.25	154.01
93	—	728	138.50–143.50	141.90
107	—	784	135.00–143.75	142.73
237	—	638	140.00–154.25	151.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	583	164.00–187.50	182.00
328	—	721	156.00–172.00	167.99
13	—	433	175.00–185.00	182.96
26	—	864	145.25–153.50	148.50
33	—	757	150.00–160.00	157.01
37	—	680	163.50–172.00	167.32
74	—	625	161.00–174.00	169.90
96	—	837	137.50–160.00	157.05
4	—	384	186.00–187.00	186.49
7	—	487	172.50–180.00	177.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	125.00	125.00
2	—	608	141.00	141.00
2	—	713	120.00–144.00	132.13
3	—	492	130.00–141.00	137.35
1	—	320	178.00	178.00
1	—	425	130.00	130.00
4	—	563	151.00	151.00
5	—	519	137.00–150.00	142.49

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.