Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Customer appreciation BBQ yearling sale today; No comparison . Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $284.26/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$284.26

39 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$227

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

$30.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.86

vs IA average

+14.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	299.84	1,709	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	550	269.47	1,482	20

One grade step is worth $30.37/cwt here — about $227 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale39 hd

284.26

—

IA average4 barns · 302 hd

295.12

−10.86

National average147 barns · 6,928 hd

269.40

+14.86

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

35 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,671	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,428	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	196.76/cwt	187.50–205.00	1,836	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,709	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,370	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,597	2
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,067	188.97/cwt	185.00–191.00	2,016	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,369	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	261.76/cwt	247.50–263.00	1,476	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,699	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,472	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	225.52/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,852	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	296.24/cwt	296.00–297.50	1,748	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	222.91/cwt	218.00–226.25	2,156	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	273.70/cwt	258.00–285.00	1,853	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	226.54/cwt	221.00–227.00	2,136	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	924	205.48/cwt	197.00–210.00	1,899	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	244.53/cwt	239.00–252.00	2,140	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	283.79/cwt	262.50–287.50	1,487	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	270.17/cwt	250.00–275.50	1,926	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	255.30/cwt	238.00–259.00	2,093	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,640	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	221.84/cwt	209.50–230.00	1,728	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	212.92/cwt	200.00–226.00	1,682	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	200.37/cwt	193.50–216.00	1,779	13
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,959	2
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,153	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,168	2
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,110	189.33/cwt	186.00–190.00	2,102	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,813	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	262.14/cwt	252.00–269.00	2,050	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	982	202.57/cwt	201.00–204.00	1,989	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	195.03/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,414	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	237.75/cwt	221.00–244.00	1,579	30

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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Customer appreciation BBQ yearling 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
6	500–550	507	270.00	270.00
2	600–650	628	220.00	220.00
30	650–700	664	221.00–244.00	237.75
8	700–750	711	235.00	235.00
26	750–800	779	209.50–230.00	221.84
7	800–850	824	220.00	220.00
13	850–900	888	193.50–216.00	200.37
6	900–950	933	187.50–205.00	196.76
9	950–1000	982	201.00–204.00	202.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	688	207.50	207.50
5	700–750	725	185.00–200.00	195.03
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,067	185.00–191.00	188.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	548	250.00	250.00
2	850–900	863	185.00	185.00
14	950–1000	955	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	524	262.50–287.50	283.79
13	550–600	564	247.50–263.00	261.76
2	600–650	640	230.00	230.00
3	650–700	688	247.00	247.00
2	700–750	732	230.00	230.00
2	750–800	790	200.00–226.00	212.92
4	800–850	821	215.00–235.00	225.52
4	900–950	924	197.00–210.00	205.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	536	306.00	306.00
12	550–600	590	296.00–297.50	296.24
35	650–700	677	258.00–285.00	273.70
119	700–750	713	250.00–275.50	270.17
85	750–800	782	252.00–269.00	262.14
148	800–850	820	238.00–259.00	255.30
142	850–900	875	239.00–252.00	244.53
128	900–950	943	221.00–227.00	226.54
41	950–1000	967	218.00–226.25	222.91
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1000–1050	1,015	193.00	193.00
6	1100–1150	1,110	186.00–190.00	189.33
2	1150–1200	1,153	188.00	188.00

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.

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