Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $384.44/cwt on 117 head.

Average price

$384.44

117 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,130

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$396

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

$69.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−38.64

vs IA average

−34.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	402.73	2,236	86
Medium and Large 1-2	551	333.69	1,840	31

One grade step is worth $69.03/cwt here — about $396 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale117 hd

384.44

—

IA average7 barns · 1,218 hd

423.07

−38.64

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−34.66

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	604	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,948	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	326.47/cwt	325.00–327.50	1,861	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	394.60/cwt	380.00–407.50	1,653	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	355.65/cwt	335.00–400.00	1,864	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	358.91/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,057	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	388.49/cwt	355.00–412.50	2,214	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	416.32/cwt	385.00–445.00	2,252	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	370.58/cwt	362.00–375.00	2,653	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	533.47/cwt	502.50–572.50	1,707	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	351.74/cwt	342.50–355.00	2,364	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	302.04/cwt	300.00–312.50	2,480	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,701	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	349.39/cwt	322.50–385.00	2,135	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	328.79/cwt	320.00–337.50	2,315	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	428.12/cwt	412.50–430.00	1,986	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	442.46/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,597	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	373.46/cwt	350.00–405.00	1,755	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	390.40/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,495	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,162	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	289.88/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,783	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	447.32/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,932	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	376.77/cwt	347.50–383.00	2,494	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	270.13/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,937	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	309.05/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,027	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	406.08/cwt	397.50–420.00	1,523	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	394.19/cwt	382.50–405.00	1,861	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	337.19/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,155	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	287.03/cwt	275.00–290.00	2,184	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	325.56/cwt	295.00–345.00	1,875	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	318.93/cwt	302.50–340.00	2,344	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	317.90/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,621	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	342.37/cwt	323.00–352.50	1,797	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	316.12/cwt	307.50–325.00	1,837	14

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 today, Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	570	325.00–327.50	326.47
4	600–650	604	322.50	322.50
3	700–750	717	265.00–280.00	270.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	440.00–450.00	442.46
15	400–450	419	380.00–407.50	394.60
38	450–500	470	350.00–405.00	373.46
27	500–550	524	335.00–400.00	355.65
29	550–600	573	350.00–370.00	358.91
52	600–650	611	322.50–385.00	349.39
31	650–700	672	342.50–355.00	351.74
6	700–750	704	320.00–337.50	328.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	510	315.00–325.00	317.90
14	550–600	581	307.50–325.00	316.12
11	600–650	615	275.00–310.00	289.88
5	650–700	656	300.00–315.00	309.05
8	700–750	709	305.00	305.00
5	750–800	761	275.00–290.00	287.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	320	502.50–572.50	533.47
2	350–400	355	500.00	500.00
17	400–450	432	430.00–460.00	447.32
9	450–500	464	412.50–430.00	428.12
44	500–550	541	385.00–445.00	416.32
42	550–600	570	355.00–412.50	388.49
53	600–650	639	375.00–400.00	390.40
46	650–700	662	347.50–383.00	376.77
60	700–750	716	362.00–375.00	370.58
6	750–800	783	345.00	345.00
6	800–850	821	300.00–312.50	302.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	397.50–420.00	406.08
6	450–500	472	382.50–405.00	394.19
15	500–550	525	323.00–352.50	342.37
16	550–600	576	295.00–345.00	325.56
9	600–650	639	335.00–355.00	337.19
19	700–750	735	302.50–340.00	318.93

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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