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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Customer appreciation feeder calf sale: No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $293.52/cwt on 412 head.

Average price

$293.52

412 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,625

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

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

$39.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.77

vs IA average

+25.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	293.71	1,625	410
Medium and Large 1-2	570	253.72	1,446	2thin

One grade step is worth $39.99/cwt here — about $179 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale412 hd

293.52

—

IA average5 barns · 1,354 hd

292.74

+0.77

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

+25.32

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

28 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,435	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,418	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	300.96/cwt	298.00–303.00	981	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	308.54/cwt	275.00–317.00	1,172	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	269.71/cwt	248.00–274.00	1,518	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	239.14/cwt	222.50–257.50	1,492	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	267.04/cwt	250.00–292.50	1,284	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	272.50/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,172	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	337.34/cwt	322.50–349.00	1,434	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	341.90/cwt	315.00–370.00	1,286	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	266.00/cwt	252.00–283.00	1,761	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	237.50/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,140	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	204.98/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,246	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	253.72/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,446	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	238.21/cwt	227.50–249.00	1,615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	279.71/cwt	264.00–292.00	1,731	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	296.34/cwt	286.00–316.00	1,556	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	300.03/cwt	265.00–307.00	1,308	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,310	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	318.76/cwt	300.00–332.00	1,524	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	292.18/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,665	259
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	281.77/cwt	260.00–292.00	1,330	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	283.68/cwt	255.00–292.00	1,467	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	239.01/cwt	232.50–245.00	1,025	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	238.47/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,276	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	234.51/cwt	222.50–239.00	1,379	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	346.44/cwt	327.50–360.00	1,136	12

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

Mon Sep 9, 2024

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

Receipts 1,475Last week 952Year ago 1,720

Customer appreciation feeder calf sale: No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	463	310.00	310.00
4	500–550	525	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	326	298.00–303.00	300.96
29	350–400	380	275.00–317.00	308.54
81	400–450	436	265.00–307.00	300.03
113	450–500	472	260.00–292.00	281.77
192	500–550	517	255.00–292.00	283.68
58	550–600	563	248.00–274.00	269.71
3	600–650	612	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	232.50–245.00	239.01
2	450–500	480	230.00–245.00	237.50
7	500–550	535	230.00–245.00	238.47
7	550–600	588	222.50–239.00	234.51
2	600–650	608	200.00–210.00	204.98
1	650–700	655	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	260.00–285.00	272.50
8	450–500	481	250.00–292.50	267.04
2	550–600	570	250.00–257.50	253.72
4	600–650	624	222.50–257.50	239.14
2	650–700	678	227.50–249.00	238.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	328	327.50–360.00	346.44
24	350–400	376	315.00–370.00	341.90
50	400–450	425	322.50–349.00	337.34
100	450–500	478	300.00–332.00	318.76
151	500–550	525	286.00–316.00	296.34
259	550–600	570	270.00–300.00	292.18
117	600–650	619	264.00–292.00	279.71
37	650–700	662	252.00–283.00	266.00

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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