Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $357.60/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$357.60

49 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,922

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$55.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.97

vs IA average

+16.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	364.43	1,938	43
Medium and Large 1-2	577	308.58	1,781	6thin

One grade step is worth $55.85/cwt here — about $158 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 sale49 hd

357.60

—

IA average6 barns · 1,256 hd

368.57

−10.97

National average161 barns · 10,769 hd

340.92

+16.68

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	550–600	588	356.93/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,099	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	320.65/cwt	316.00–352.50	2,190	55
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,094	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,363	7
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,019	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,471	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	269.03/cwt	262.50–282.50	1,797	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	293.14/cwt	282.50–304.00	2,251	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,633	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	424.73/cwt	402.50–447.50	1,754	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	342.38/cwt	340.00–342.50	2,071	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	337.88/cwt	330.00–341.00	2,399	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	380.97/cwt	350.00–388.00	2,362	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	447.64/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,077	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	307.69/cwt	289.00–315.00	2,560	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,077	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,579	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	425.06/cwt	275.00–435.00	1,934	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	308.18/cwt	295.00–315.00	2,182	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	328.60/cwt	295.00–365.00	1,521	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,038	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	308.58/cwt	275.00–330.00	1,781	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,346	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	366.15/cwt	357.50–367.50	1,900	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	306.80/cwt	297.50–312.50	2,197	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	275.61/cwt	262.50–278.00	2,230	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,652	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,083	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,552	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	394.82/cwt	394.00–402.50	2,302	10

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. Trade active. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	319	495.00	495.00
3	350–400	367	445.00	445.00
4	400–450	413	402.50–447.50	424.73
17	450–500	455	275.00–435.00	425.06
35	500–550	519	357.50–367.50	366.15
8	550–600	588	345.00–365.00	356.93
20	600–650	605	340.00–342.50	342.38
55	650–700	683	316.00–352.50	320.65
7	700–750	716	297.50–312.50	306.80
2	750–800	768	282.50–304.00	293.14
12	800–850	809	262.50–278.00	275.61
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1050–1100	1,094	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	577	275.00–330.00	308.58
2	650–700	670	310.00	310.00
2	700–750	748	272.50	272.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,019	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	306	540.00	540.00
13	450–500	464	420.00–450.00	447.64
22	500–550	534	390.00	390.00
10	550–600	583	394.00–402.50	394.82
22	600–650	620	350.00–388.00	380.97
7	650–700	695	337.50	337.50
42	700–750	710	330.00–341.00	337.88
23	800–850	832	289.00–315.00	307.69
2	850–900	865	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	463	295.00–365.00	328.60
3	700–750	708	295.00–315.00	308.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	668	262.50–282.50	269.03

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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