Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Customer appreciation yearling sale today: No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $396.17/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$396.17

45 head · 675 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,673

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$590

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

$50.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.09

vs IA average

+6.47 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	681	400.67	2,729	41
Medium and Large 1-2	611	350.00	2,139	4thin

One grade step is worth $50.67/cwt here — about $590 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale45 hd

396.17

—

IA average3 barns · 197 hd

410.26

−14.09

National average144 barns · 6,046 hd

389.70

+6.47

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

21 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 1-2	600–650	613	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,655	4
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	275.50/cwt	234.00–322.50	2,810	5
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	3,156	1
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,074	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,276	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	326.60/cwt	295.00–338.00	3,015	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	982	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,142	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	349.38/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,568	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	319.50/cwt	315.00–323.00	2,773	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,139	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	321.58/cwt	302.50–350.00	2,428	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,688	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	304.84/cwt	290.00–312.50	2,506	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,347	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	382.26/cwt	360.00–387.50	2,779	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	402.50/cwt	391.00–406.00	2,749	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	365.39/cwt	356.00–372.50	3,004	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	356.22/cwt	347.00–362.50	3,313	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	388.16/cwt	371.00–389.00	3,012	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	362.23/cwt	347.50–370.00	3,148	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	336.61/cwt	322.00–347.00	2,629	19

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

Fri Sep 5, 2025

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

Receipts 751Last week 409Year ago 952

Special Customer appreciation yearling 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 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	613	270.00	270.00
3	800–850	822	290.00–312.50	304.84
1	850–900	850	295.00	295.00
2	950–1000	960	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,010	312.50	312.50
9	1050–1100	1,074	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	700–750	735	340.00–360.00	349.38
19	750–800	781	322.00–347.00	336.61
18	850–900	868	315.00–323.00	319.50
10	900–950	923	295.00–338.00	326.60
12	950–1000	982	320.00	320.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,020	234.00–322.50	275.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	611	350.00	350.00
5	750–800	755	302.50–350.00	321.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	643	365.00	365.00
39	650–700	683	391.00–406.00	402.50
28	700–750	727	360.00–387.50	382.26
136	750–800	776	371.00–389.00	388.16
45	800–850	822	356.00–372.50	365.39
240	850–900	869	347.50–370.00	362.23
123	900–950	930	347.00–362.50	356.22

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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