Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

ANNUAL CUSTOMER APPRECIATION BBQ YEARLING SALE: No comparison. Available today were reputation yearling steers and heifers coming off grass in load lots and smaller packages. Trade was active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $386.08/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 2 of 2 comparable sales and sits +9.48 against this barn's trailing median of $376.60.

Average price

$386.08

13 head · 640 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,471

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+8.98

vs IA average

+33.40 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	640	386.08	2,471	13thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale13 hd

386.08

—

IA average3 barns · 188 hd

377.10

+8.98

National average129 barns · 4,750 hd

352.68

+33.40

This barn, trailing median2 sales

376.60

+9.48

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

Every lot, as filed

23 lots · USDA AMS · Tama Livestock Feeder Cattle - Tama, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,019	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	3,011	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	310.28/cwt	294.00–315.00	2,988	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,214	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	329.25/cwt	329.00–330.00	2,170	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	301.22/cwt	297.50–305.00	2,660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	824	299.17/cwt	297.50–300.00	2,465	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	353.27/cwt	347.50–362.00	2,752	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	319.98/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,649	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	341.17/cwt	326.00–352.50	2,678	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	306.67/cwt	270.00–328.00	1,911	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	923	268.78/cwt	265.00–272.50	2,481	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	311.17/cwt	292.50–323.00	2,726	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	352.71/cwt	335.00–362.00	2,868	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	386.08/cwt	375.00–387.00	2,471	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	358.97/cwt	350.00–362.00	2,592	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	349.19/cwt	340.00–351.00	3,055	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	325.86/cwt	310.00–331.00	2,956	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	286.85/cwt	268.00–290.00	2,748	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	336.99/cwt	335.00–339.00	2,773	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,137	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	338.39/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,457	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,768	2
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	256.46/cwt	239.00–265.00	2,626	6

How this sale compares

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 - Tama, IA

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	1000–1050	1,019	295.50	295.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	640	375.00–387.00	386.08
35	700–750	722	350.00–362.00	358.97
45	750–800	779	347.50–362.00	353.27
81	800–850	813	335.00–362.00	352.71
161	850–900	875	340.00–351.00	349.19
67	900–950	907	310.00–331.00	325.86
49	950–1000	963	294.00–315.00	310.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	770	287.50	287.50
2	800–850	828	315.00–325.00	319.98
2	850–900	883	297.50–305.00	301.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	623	270.00–328.00	306.67
12	650–700	659	329.00–330.00	329.25
3	800–850	824	297.50–300.00	299.17
2	900–950	923	265.00–272.50	268.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	592	361.00	361.00
8	700–750	726	330.00–345.00	338.39
19	750–800	785	326.00–352.50	341.17
10	800–850	823	335.00–339.00	336.99
15	850–900	876	292.50–323.00	311.17
2	900–950	915	302.50	302.50
11	950–1000	958	268.00–290.00	286.85
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,024	239.00–265.00	256.46

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.

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