Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder calf sale today: No comparison due to last sale reported 4-7-2025. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $369.62/cwt on 55 head.

Average price

$369.62

55 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,999

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$410

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

$89.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.90

vs IA average

−4.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	374.51	2,020	52
Medium and Large 1-2	565	284.94	1,610	3thin

One grade step is worth $89.57/cwt here — about $410 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale55 hd

369.62

—

IA average6 barns · 768 hd

382.53

−12.90

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

−4.81

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

25 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	350–400	385	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,129	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	272.49/cwt	265.00–275.00	2,052	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	399.11/cwt	380.00–407.50	1,676	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	294.90/cwt	293.00–297.50	2,008	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	340.67/cwt	290.00–355.00	1,765	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	375.07/cwt	365.00–387.50	1,980	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,807	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	331.00/cwt	316.00–344.00	2,231	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	372.41/cwt	350.00–400.00	2,167	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	295.32/cwt	270.00–317.50	2,286	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	286.86/cwt	285.00–289.00	2,106	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	283.25/cwt	283.25–283.25	2,626	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	260.24/cwt	240.00–280.00	1,621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,344	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	284.94/cwt	265.00–305.00	1,610	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	290.04/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,662	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	399.12/cwt	370.00–430.00	1,708	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	316.44/cwt	292.50–327.50	2,278	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,525	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	389.80/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,855	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	279.08/cwt	255.00–305.00	1,334	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	333.63/cwt	324.00–347.50	2,062	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	402.60/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,562	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	285.37/cwt	275.00–299.00	1,795	43

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 calf sale today: No comparison due to last sale reported 4-7-2025. 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
1	350–400	385	380.00	380.00
6	400–450	420	380.00–407.50	399.11
20	450–500	495	365.00	365.00
10	500–550	518	290.00–355.00	340.67
13	550–600	573	280.00–315.00	290.04
43	600–650	629	275.00–299.00	285.37
7	650–700	681	293.00–297.50	294.90
13	700–750	734	285.00–289.00	286.86
4	750–800	753	265.00–275.00	272.49
2	850–900	860	247.50	247.50
37	900–950	905	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	255.00–305.00	279.08
4	600–650	610	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	388	400.00–405.00	402.60
2	400–450	428	370.00–430.00	399.12
5	450–500	476	370.00–395.00	389.80
41	500–550	528	365.00–387.50	375.07
11	550–600	582	350.00–400.00	372.41
20	600–650	618	324.00–347.50	333.63
49	650–700	674	316.00–344.00	331.00
30	700–750	720	292.50–327.50	316.44
6	750–800	774	270.00–317.50	295.32
44	900–950	927	283.25	283.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	565	265.00–305.00	284.94
2	600–650	623	240.00–280.00	260.24

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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