Sale reports / Iowa / Tama Livestock Auction / 2022-12-02

Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-02

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Fri, Dec 2

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2144

← Mar 4Dec 2Dec 9 →

Receipts

1,479 head

▲ 765 vs last sale 714▼ 461 vs year ago 1,940 · −23.8%

Also sold hereFeeder CattleMon Sep 14, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Precondition 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 $182.70/cwt on 799 head.

Average price

$182.70

799 head · 674 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,231

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$291

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

$17.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.76

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	682	184.11	1,256	733
Medium and Large 1-2	578	167.05	965	66

One grade step is worth $17.06/cwt here — about $291 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 sale799 hd

182.70

—

IA average10 barns · 10,250 hd

190.46

−7.76

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

Every lot

38 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	761	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	224.99/cwt	222.00–227.00	965	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	459	185.89/cwt	140.00–196.00	853	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	212.05/cwt	200.00–228.00	1,007	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	512	193.34/cwt	190.00–195.00	990	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	888	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	196.62/cwt	186.00–205.00	1,133	122
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	167.18/cwt	122.50–179.00	963	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	607	160.04/cwt	140.00–164.00	971	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	187.78/cwt	165.00–194.50	1,172	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	654	150.84/cwt	150.00–151.00	986	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	181.27/cwt	165.00–192.00	1,233	135
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	714	156.46/cwt	145.00–160.50	1,117	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	180.96/cwt	168.00–186.00	1,297	159
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	173.87/cwt	160.00–181.50	1,342	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	788	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,206	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	819	172.69/cwt	160.00–176.50	1,414	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,079	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	869	159.01/cwt	150.00–160.50	1,382	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	903	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,318	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	969	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,463	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	157.22/cwt	140.00–161.00	652	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	177.35/cwt	168.00–185.00	752	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	178.11/cwt	170.00–180.00	837	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	161.45/cwt	160.00–163.00	764	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	508	146.95/cwt	140.00–150.00	747	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	171.54/cwt	160.00–183.00	883	112
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	173.94/cwt	163.00–176.00	997	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	927	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	614	149.32/cwt	135.00–155.00	917	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	177.31/cwt	167.00–185.00	1,098	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	917	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	164.87/cwt	157.00–171.00	1,101	159
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	158.00/cwt	150.00–163.00	1,141	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	761	151.83/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,155	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	764	140.66/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,075	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,280	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	915	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,208	2

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 2, 2022

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

Receipts 1,479Last week 714Year ago 1,940

Special Precondition calf sale today: No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	722	150.00–163.00	158.00
82	—	573	163.00–176.00	173.94
84	—	619	167.00–185.00	177.31
112	—	515	160.00–183.00	171.54
159	—	668	157.00–171.00	164.87
24	—	424	168.00–185.00	177.35
32	—	470	170.00–180.00	178.11
22	—	761	150.00–154.00	151.83
2	—	915	132.00	132.00
4	—	865	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	140.00	140.00
8	—	415	140.00–161.00	157.22
18	—	473	160.00–163.00	161.45
3	—	583	159.00	159.00
3	—	764	140.00–141.00	140.66
5	—	508	140.00–150.00	146.95
7	—	614	135.00–155.00	149.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	429	222.00–227.00	224.99
7	—	969	151.00	151.00
17	—	869	150.00–160.50	159.01
135	—	680	165.00–192.00	181.27
159	—	717	168.00–186.00	180.96
6	—	512	190.00–195.00	193.34
82	—	819	160.00–176.50	172.69
73	—	624	165.00–194.50	187.78
79	—	772	160.00–181.50	173.87
44	—	475	200.00–228.00	212.05
2	—	903	146.00	146.00
122	—	576	186.00–205.00	196.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	788	153.00	153.00
18	—	576	122.50–179.00	167.18
18	—	459	140.00–196.00	185.89
1	—	830	130.00	130.00
2	—	425	179.00	179.00
6	—	607	140.00–164.00	160.04
13	—	654	150.00–151.00	150.84
1	—	515	172.50	172.50
5	—	714	145.00–160.50	156.46

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.