Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Customer Appreciation calf sale today: No comparison. Many lots of calves were right off the cows with one round of vaccinations. Some lots were weaned 30-45 days with one round of vaccinations. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $469.43/cwt on 233 head.

Average price

$469.43

233 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$441

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

$78.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.48

vs IA average

+55.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	476.18	2,647	213
Medium and Large 1-2	555	397.59	2,206	20

One grade step is worth $78.59/cwt here — about $441 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 sale233 hd

469.43

—

IA average4 barns · 1,293 hd

452.95

+16.48

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+55.91

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

40 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	400–450	428	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,215	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,673	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	476.46/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,049	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	563	441.49/cwt	427.50–465.00	2,486	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	513	479.07/cwt	455.00–487.50	2,458	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	440	500.53/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,202	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	364	588.33/cwt	585.00–590.00	2,142	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,416	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,767	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,048	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,970	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	669	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,492	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	419	460.31/cwt	425.00–490.00	1,929	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,694	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	320	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,840	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	406.69/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,269	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,715	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	473	477.69/cwt	435.00–530.00	2,259	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	728	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,504	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	361.18/cwt	229.00–405.00	1,958	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,718	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	434.81/cwt	395.00–442.50	2,635	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	656	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,181	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,698	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	480.84/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,741	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	444.94/cwt	425.00–460.00	2,136	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	573	399.63/cwt	360.00–417.50	2,290	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	361.69/cwt	357.50–370.00	2,268	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,172	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	512	421.81/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,160	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	383	504.28/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,931	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,358	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	617.43/cwt	600.00–635.00	1,920	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,682	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,510	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	541.19/cwt	495.00–550.00	2,121	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	461.26/cwt	430.00–467.50	2,329	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,418	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,315	2

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 Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	311	600.00–635.00	617.43
19	350–400	392	495.00–550.00	541.19
3	400–450	428	517.50	517.50
15	450–500	493	490.00	490.00
19	500–550	537	467.50	467.50
137	550–600	570	445.00–485.00	480.84
5	600–650	629	425.00	425.00
7	650–700	679	395.00	395.00
5	700–750	714	387.50	387.50
4	750–800	759	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	364	585.00–590.00	588.33
9	400–450	440	500.00–505.00	500.53
57	450–500	473	435.00–530.00	477.69
40	500–550	513	455.00–487.50	479.07
17	550–600	563	427.50–465.00	441.49
147	600–650	606	395.00–442.50	434.81
16	650–700	669	372.50	372.50
4	700–750	728	344.00	344.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	355.00	355.00
4	500–550	542	229.00–405.00	361.18
16	550–600	558	390.00–415.00	406.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	430	475.00–480.00	476.46
71	500–550	505	430.00–467.50	461.26
3	550–600	587	370.00	370.00
3	600–650	627	357.50–370.00	361.69
9	650–700	669	352.50	352.50
2	700–750	735	315.00	315.00
2	750–800	780	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	495.00	495.00
2	400–450	435	395.00	395.00
3	550–600	588	335.00	335.00
1	700–750	725	282.50	282.50
2	750–800	758	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	575.00	575.00
26	350–400	383	500.00–510.00	504.28
10	400–450	419	425.00–490.00	460.31
84	450–500	480	425.00–460.00	444.94
27	500–550	512	410.00–430.00	421.81
51	550–600	573	360.00–417.50	399.63
5	650–700	656	332.50	332.50

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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