Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $377.84/cwt on 69 head.

Average price

$377.84

69 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,115

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$471

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

$65.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.09

vs IA average

−20.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	380.70	2,137	66
Medium and Large 1-2	529	314.95	1,666	3thin

One grade step is worth $65.75/cwt here — about $471 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 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale69 hd

377.84

—

IA average2 barns · 185 hd

398.93

−21.09

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−20.02

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

34 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	750–800	770	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,618	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	407.18/cwt	380.00–417.50	2,508	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,864	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	418.56/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,377	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	332.54/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,554	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	503.80/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,136	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	694	330.93/cwt	317.50–332.50	2,297	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	386.67/cwt	372.50–395.00	2,073	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	430.45/cwt	420.00–470.00	2,307	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	447.89/cwt	427.50–467.50	2,136	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	463.35/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,006	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	362.98/cwt	343.00–367.50	2,341	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	310.02/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,179	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,124	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	511.46/cwt	510.00–520.00	1,949	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	376.02/cwt	367.50–412.50	2,185	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,676	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	454.01/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,120	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,906	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	314.95/cwt	275.00–335.00	1,666	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	395.18/cwt	355.00–412.50	2,592	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	446.23/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,481	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	464.56/cwt	440.00–495.00	1,705	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	403.76/cwt	370.00–425.00	1,768	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	933	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,286	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	402.40/cwt	395.00–405.00	2,113	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	312.33/cwt	305.00–320.00	2,102	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	402.50/cwt	395.00–405.00	2,294	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	306.64/cwt	302.50–320.00	1,944	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	354.98/cwt	335.00–357.50	2,275	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,105	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	410.02/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,124	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,013	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 →

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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
3	300–350	332	440.00–460.00	446.23
8	350–400	367	440.00–495.00	464.56
25	400–450	433	450.00–475.00	463.35
21	450–500	467	430.00–470.00	454.01
29	500–550	536	372.50–395.00	386.67
37	550–600	581	367.50–412.50	376.02
38	600–650	645	343.00–367.50	362.98
9	650–700	694	317.50–332.50	330.93
2	750–800	770	340.00	340.00
12	950–1000	973	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	438	370.00–425.00	403.76
4	450–500	485	415.00	415.00
3	500–550	529	275.00–335.00	314.95
2	700–750	733	260.00	260.00
2	900–950	933	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	327	570.00	570.00
7	350–400	381	510.00–520.00	511.46
21	400–450	424	480.00–515.00	503.80
16	450–500	477	427.50–467.50	447.89
27	500–550	536	420.00–470.00	430.45
29	550–600	568	410.00–425.00	418.56
35	600–650	616	380.00–417.50	407.18
19	650–700	656	355.00–412.50	395.18
2	750–800	768	330.00–335.00	332.54
2	800–850	808	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	518	405.00–415.00	410.02
4	550–600	570	395.00–405.00	402.50
4	600–650	634	302.50–320.00	306.64
2	650–700	663	317.50	317.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	450.00	450.00
4	500–550	525	395.00–405.00	402.40
9	600–650	641	335.00–357.50	354.98
4	650–700	673	305.00–320.00	312.33
2	700–750	703	305.00–315.00	310.02

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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