Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the Special Preconditioned Calf Auction just one week ago, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 10.00 to 15.00 higher, 600 - 700 lb calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer trade saw new crop calves 500 - 600 lb as much as 20.00 higher. Available today were many packages of quality, home - raised, vaccinated and long time weaned feeder calves. Demand was very good for today's light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $430.13/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$430.13

34 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,426

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−4.10

vs IA average

−0.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	430.13	2,426	34

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale34 hd

430.13

—

IA average10 barns · 1,581 hd

434.24

−4.10

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−0.50

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

24 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	350–400	350	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,523	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,506	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	433.88/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,827	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	326.10/cwt	320.00–328.00	2,374	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	410.67/cwt	400.00–422.50	2,172	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	426.23/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,025	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,310	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	505.72/cwt	487.50–522.50	2,362	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	425.56/cwt	412.00–432.00	2,460	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	355.63/cwt	349.00–362.00	2,770	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	356.02/cwt	342.00–366.00	2,389	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	401.95/cwt	397.00–420.00	2,315	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	373.62/cwt	362.50–385.00	2,324	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	394.84/cwt	386.00–415.00	2,669	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	379.29/cwt	370.00–392.00	2,716	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	410.69/cwt	397.50–422.50	2,587	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	554.32/cwt	550.00–565.00	2,068	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,757	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	560.47/cwt	558.00–565.00	2,432	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,315	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,701	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	507.23/cwt	502.50–511.00	2,267	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,288	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,233	6

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	350	435.00	435.00
13	400–450	421	420.00–440.00	433.88
44	450–500	475	415.00–430.00	426.23
20	500–550	529	400.00–422.50	410.67
72	550–600	576	397.00–420.00	401.95
79	600–650	622	362.50–385.00	373.62
64	650–700	671	342.00–366.00	356.02
15	700–750	728	320.00–328.00	326.10
6	750–800	771	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	638	350.00	350.00
3	650–700	688	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	373	550.00–565.00	554.32
14	400–450	434	558.00–565.00	560.47
18	450–500	467	487.50–522.50	505.72
8	500–550	519	445.00	445.00
26	550–600	578	412.00–432.00	425.56
99	600–650	630	397.50–422.50	410.69
58	650–700	676	386.00–415.00	394.84
63	700–750	716	370.00–392.00	379.29
55	750–800	779	349.00–362.00	355.63
11	800–850	811	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	447	502.50–511.00	507.23
3	450–500	490	472.50	472.50
3	700–750	740	365.00	365.00

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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