Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder calf 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 $267.44/cwt on 89 head.

Average price

$267.44

89 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,493

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$295

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

$53.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−40.64

vs IA average

−41.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	271.60	1,517	82
Medium and Large 1-2	559	218.60	1,222	7thin

One grade step is worth $53.00/cwt here — about $295 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 sale89 hd

267.44

—

IA average7 barns · 1,272 hd

308.08

−40.64

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

−41.82

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

44 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	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,627	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	440	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,276	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	644	229.04/cwt	220.00–247.50	1,475	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,537	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,166	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,595	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	326.80/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,078	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	233.05/cwt	225.00–241.00	1,806	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	484	280.96/cwt	279.00–282.50	1,360	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	261.06/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,799	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	230.07/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,093	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	268.36/cwt	261.00–279.00	1,543	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	514	276.07/cwt	257.50–280.00	1,419	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	218.60/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,222	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	266.75/cwt	250.00–286.00	1,512	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,663	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	655	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,749	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	380	344.07/cwt	337.50–346.00	1,307	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	283.19/cwt	279.00–285.00	1,345	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	345.77/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,162	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	518	254.26/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,317	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	411	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,171	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,073	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	260.52/cwt	250.00–268.00	1,613	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,940	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	255.85/cwt	254.00–258.00	1,852	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	270.15/cwt	255.00–282.50	1,124	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	219.92/cwt	192.50–228.00	1,370	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,267	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	306.18/cwt	295.00–317.50	1,323	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	373	289.46/cwt	275.00–320.00	1,080	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	512	221.71/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,135	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	266.47/cwt	264.00–275.00	1,354	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,487	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	463	257.16/cwt	250.00–262.50	1,191	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	600	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,398	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	943	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	274.78/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,275	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	221.19/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,159	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	251.13/cwt	248.00–259.00	1,464	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	243.13/cwt	242.50–245.00	1,165	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	213.52/cwt	200.00–235.00	1,221	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	290.84/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,056	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,584	5

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 Nov 18, 2024

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

Receipts 586Last week 1,475Year ago 476

Feeder calf sale today: No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	245.00	245.00
7	450–500	475	220.00–240.00	230.07
7	550–600	559	215.00–220.00	218.60
7	650–700	675	241.00	241.00
2	750–800	775	225.00–241.00	233.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	380	337.50–346.00	344.07
21	450–500	484	279.00–282.50	280.96
17	500–550	514	257.50–280.00	276.07
44	550–600	575	261.00–279.00	268.36
21	650–700	655	267.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	336	345.00–350.00	345.77
11	350–400	391	324.00	324.00
12	400–450	432	295.00–317.50	306.18
10	450–500	475	279.00–285.00	283.19
3	500–550	515	323.00	323.00
18	550–600	567	250.00–286.00	266.75
36	600–650	619	250.00–268.00	260.52
12	650–700	689	250.00–262.00	261.06
15	700–750	724	254.00–258.00	255.85
3	800–850	847	229.00	229.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	290.00	290.00
3	600–650	644	220.00–247.50	229.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	225.00	225.00
3	700–750	742	215.00	215.00
3	800–850	840	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	310.00–335.00	326.80
4	350–400	363	275.00–300.00	290.84
9	400–450	416	255.00–282.50	270.15
6	450–500	464	250.00–280.00	274.78
28	500–550	508	264.00–275.00	266.47
24	550–600	583	248.00–259.00	251.13
9	600–650	617	241.00	241.00
5	650–700	660	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	275.00–320.00	289.46
6	400–450	411	285.00	285.00
8	450–500	463	250.00–262.50	257.16
51	500–550	518	240.00–258.00	254.26
20	600–650	600	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	245.00	245.00
8	450–500	479	242.50–245.00	243.13
4	500–550	524	220.00–225.00	221.19
7	550–600	572	200.00–235.00	213.52
15	600–650	623	192.50–228.00	219.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	512	220.00–225.00	221.71

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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