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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-05

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Fri, Jan 5

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2144

← Dec 8Jan 5Jan 19 →

Receipts

2,803 head

▲ 2,203 vs last sale 600▲ 100 vs year ago 2,703 · +3.7%

Also sold hereFeeder CattleMon Sep 14, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special preconditioned 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 $235.62/cwt on 1,583 head.

Average price

$235.62

1,583 head · 747 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,760

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$483

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$33.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.45

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	753	235.91	1,777	1,490
Medium and Large 1-2	650	233.94	1,520	84
Medium 1	639	202.50	1,294	9thin

One grade step is worth $33.41/cwt here — about $483 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 sale1,583 hd

235.62

—

IA average12 barns · 11,585 hd

248.06

−12.45

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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	335.04/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,243	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	269.24/cwt	220.00–285.00	1,117	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	332.67/cwt	330.00–338.00	1,467	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	457	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,382	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	276.24/cwt	260.00–292.00	1,461	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	270.63/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,553	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	252.00/cwt	245.00–253.00	1,477	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	237.41/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,472	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	259.85/cwt	244.00–272.50	1,634	182
Steers	—	Medium 1	639	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,294	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	251.00/cwt	238.00–258.00	1,679	101
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	240.43/cwt	230.00–250.50	1,726	203
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	723	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,576	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,575	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	231.26/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,797	350
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	803	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,610	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	224.49/cwt	211.50–232.50	1,827	279
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	871	215.81/cwt	201.00–221.00	1,880	206
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	871	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,703	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	944	194.16/cwt	191.00–205.00	1,833	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	993	171.85/cwt	171.00–183.00	1,706	28
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	355	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	973	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	258.32/cwt	240.00–263.00	1,111	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,207	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	234.95/cwt	221.00–244.00	1,252	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	217.52/cwt	217.00–224.00	1,268	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	234.19/cwt	221.00–239.00	1,370	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	180.43/cwt	174.00–200.00	1,119	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	231.26/cwt	226.00–234.50	1,448	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	184.18/cwt	171.00–200.00	1,230	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	220.28/cwt	217.00–222.50	1,480	182
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	702	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,580	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	211.90/cwt	205.00–218.00	1,513	215
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	195.97/cwt	182.00–200.00	1,427	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	199.32/cwt	194.00–203.00	1,527	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	772	188.65/cwt	186.50–195.00	1,456	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	798	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,660	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	809	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,480	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	817	199.78/cwt	193.00–203.00	1,632	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	858	192.58/cwt	189.00–195.00	1,652	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	892	175.36/cwt	150.00–179.00	1,564	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	927	175.00/cwt	174.50–184.00	1,622	19

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 5, 2024

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

Receipts 2,803Last week 600Year ago 2,703

Special preconditioned 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
10	—	858	189.00–195.00	192.58
11	—	468	258.00	258.00
17	—	430	240.00–263.00	258.32
19	—	927	174.50–184.00	175.00
68	—	766	194.00–203.00	199.32
2	—	355	274.00	274.00
45	—	533	221.00–244.00	234.95
77	—	585	221.00–239.00	234.19
83	—	626	226.00–234.50	231.26
91	—	817	193.00–203.00	199.78
182	—	672	217.00–222.50	220.28
215	—	714	205.00–218.00	211.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	772	186.50–195.00	188.65
4	—	809	183.00	183.00
8	—	892	150.00–179.00	175.36
10	—	620	174.00–200.00	180.43
13	—	583	217.00–224.00	217.52
14	—	668	171.00–200.00	184.18
30	—	728	182.00–200.00	195.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	702	225.00	225.00
50	—	798	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	586	245.00–253.00	252.00
2	—	750	210.00	210.00
3	—	803	200.50	200.50
9	—	871	195.50	195.50
10	—	415	220.00–285.00	269.24
11	—	620	230.00–240.00	237.41
23	—	723	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
206	—	871	201.00–221.00	215.81
3	—	457	302.50	302.50
5	—	371	320.00–340.00	335.04
17	—	441	330.00–338.00	332.67
35	—	944	191.00–205.00	194.16
28	—	993	171.00–183.00	171.85
35	—	574	260.00–275.00	270.63
46	—	529	260.00–292.00	276.24
101	—	669	238.00–258.00	251.00
182	—	629	244.00–272.50	259.85
203	—	718	230.00–250.50	240.43
279	—	814	211.50–232.50	224.49
350	—	777	220.00–236.00	231.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	639	202.50	202.50

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.