Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special preconditioned 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 $269.29/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −144.35 against this barn's trailing median of $413.64.

Average price

$269.29

109 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,494

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$27.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IA average

+0.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	271.84	1,506	99
Medium and Large 1-2	564	244.01	1,376	10thin

One grade step is worth $27.83/cwt here — about $130 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.11, low $380.48, median $413.64 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale109 hd

269.29

—

IA average1 barns · 109 hd

269.29

+0.00

National average181 barns · 16,149 hd

268.88

+0.41

This barn, trailing median5 sales

413.64

−144.35

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

37 lots · USDA AMS · Tama Livestock Feeder Cattle Special - 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	650–700	664	238.13/cwt	221.00–252.00	1,581	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	331.99/cwt	331.00–333.00	1,610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	264.45/cwt	235.00–276.00	1,529	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	274.29/cwt	268.00–283.00	1,876	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	303.65/cwt	288.00–322.50	1,764	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	205.25/cwt	199.00–208.00	1,995	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	245.96/cwt	237.50–263.00	1,537	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	228.34/cwt	216.00–232.00	1,649	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,989	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	227.25/cwt	209.00–229.50	1,943	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	252.49/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,535	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	249.20/cwt	236.00–260.00	1,964	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	326.04/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,705	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	330.91/cwt	327.50–339.00	1,453	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	229.60/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,738	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	804	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,769	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,095	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	283.65/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,773	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	270.04/cwt	265.00–274.00	1,987	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	229.65/cwt	226.00–231.00	1,892	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,344	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,683	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	240.59/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,379	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	236.18/cwt	215.00–245.00	1,717	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	276.72/cwt	274.00–285.00	1,400	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	252.72/cwt	246.00–260.00	1,721	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	218.00/cwt	212.50–222.00	1,465	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,265	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,366	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,607	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	217.28/cwt	211.50–225.00	1,686	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	305.46/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,292	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	196.48/cwt	180.00–208.00	1,593	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	291.47/cwt	275.00–322.50	1,387	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	281.88/cwt	262.00–302.00	1,469	42

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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Special preconditioned 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
14	400–450	423	280.00–320.00	305.46
26	450–500	476	275.00–322.50	291.47
42	500–550	521	262.00–302.00	281.88
57	550–600	578	235.00–276.00	264.45
54	600–650	625	237.50–263.00	245.96
51	650–700	664	221.00–252.00	238.13
63	700–750	722	216.00–232.00	228.34
7	750–800	776	211.50–225.00	217.28
20	800–850	811	180.00–208.00	196.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	804	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	542	252.00	252.00
7	550–600	573	225.00–250.00	240.59
1	600–650	600	182.50	182.50
7	650–700	672	212.50–222.00	218.00
2	700–750	740	171.00	171.00
2	750–800	795	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	439	327.50–339.00	330.91
4	450–500	485	331.00–333.00	331.99
29	500–550	523	320.00–340.00	326.04
47	550–600	581	288.00–322.50	303.65
54	600–650	625	270.00–295.00	283.65
30	650–700	684	268.00–283.00	274.29
64	700–750	736	265.00–274.00	270.04
16	750–800	788	236.00–260.00	249.20
9	800–850	824	226.00–231.00	229.65
24	850–900	855	209.00–229.50	227.25
14	900–950	906	219.50	219.50
4	950–1000	972	199.00–208.00	205.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	280.00	280.00
4	500–550	506	274.00–285.00	276.72
1	550–600	570	282.00	282.00
2	600–650	608	250.00–255.00	252.49
11	650–700	681	246.00–260.00	252.72
6	700–750	727	215.00–245.00	236.18
8	750–800	757	225.00–232.00	229.60
2	900–950	935	180.00	180.00
1	950–1000	970	160.00	160.00

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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