Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-07

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 $363.31/cwt on 91 head.

Average price

$363.31

91 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,032

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$278

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

$48.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.13

vs IA average

+9.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	376.55	2,109	66
Medium and Large 1-2	557	328.37	1,830	25

One grade step is worth $48.18/cwt here — about $278 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale91 hd

363.31

—

IA average8 barns · 1,586 hd

366.45

−3.13

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

+9.01

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,154	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,720	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	393.32/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,530	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	304.89/cwt	285.00–325.00	1,738	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	335.08/cwt	310.00–360.00	1,639	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	286.89/cwt	274.00–302.50	1,767	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	388.02/cwt	360.00–410.00	2,053	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	267.75/cwt	267.75–267.75	2,549	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,376	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,858	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	288.35/cwt	285.00–295.00	2,140	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	399.13/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,908	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	257.58/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,983	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	283.15/cwt	265.00–289.00	2,155	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	339.96/cwt	320.00–357.50	2,108	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,254	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	269.95/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,830	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	369.55/cwt	330.00–380.00	2,140	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	275.38/cwt	230.00–290.00	1,490	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	270.16/cwt	257.50–282.50	1,583	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,204	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	417.39/cwt	390.00–437.50	1,611	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,217	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	252.51/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	248.88/cwt	230.00–265.00	1,715	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	332.30/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,738	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	340.84/cwt	330.00–352.50	1,766	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	293.69/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,847	4

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 Apr 7, 2025

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

Receipts 526Last week 586Year ago 1,184

Feeder 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
11	350–400	389	390.00–410.00	393.32
7	400–450	400	430.00	430.00
19	450–500	489	310.00–360.00	335.08
41	500–550	523	310.00–345.00	332.30
15	550–600	570	285.00–325.00	304.89
32	600–650	616	274.00–302.50	286.89
43	750–800	770	255.00–260.00	257.58
2	950–1000	968	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	360.00	360.00
8	500–550	541	230.00–290.00	275.38
11	550–600	586	257.50–282.50	270.16
4	600–650	614	240.00–270.00	252.51
15	650–700	689	230.00–265.00	248.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	386	390.00–437.50	417.39
18	450–500	478	390.00–405.00	399.13
25	500–550	529	360.00–410.00	388.02
41	550–600	579	330.00–380.00	369.55
30	600–650	620	320.00–357.50	339.96
8	650–700	663	332.50	332.50
6	700–750	742	285.00–295.00	288.35
8	750–800	761	265.00–289.00	283.15
34	800–850	802	281.00	281.00
5	850–900	861	276.00	276.00
37	950–1000	952	267.75	267.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	518	330.00–352.50	340.84
17	550–600	576	322.50	322.50
4	600–650	629	275.00–300.00	293.69
4	650–700	678	260.00–290.00	269.95

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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