Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Precondition feeder calf sale : No comparison due to first special sale. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $322.48/cwt on 197 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −142.49 against this barn's trailing median of $464.97.

Average price

$322.48

197 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,803

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

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

$46.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.10

vs IA average

−2.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	335.19	1,863	143
Medium and Large 1-2	568	288.83	1,640	54

One grade step is worth $46.36/cwt here — about $224 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.58, low $417.02, median $464.97 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 sale197 hd

322.48

—

IA average8 barns · 2,195 hd

323.58

−1.10

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−2.89

This barn, trailing median5 sales

464.97

−142.49

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 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	800–850	825	220.09/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,816	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	305.92/cwt	270.00–312.50	1,297	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	241.57/cwt	225.00–251.00	1,763	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	310.66/cwt	304.00–315.00	1,510	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	230.86/cwt	229.50–239.00	1,771	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	277.62/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,594	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	299.32/cwt	272.00–311.00	1,631	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	282.66/cwt	250.00–300.00	1,642	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	335.33/cwt	317.50–350.00	1,777	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	239.93/cwt	220.00–251.00	1,603	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	296.57/cwt	275.00–320.00	1,275	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	262.15/cwt	249.00–270.00	2,019	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	244.91/cwt	226.00–249.50	2,001	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	330.65/cwt	317.50–350.00	1,581	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	288.73/cwt	270.00–311.00	1,833	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,689	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	271.18/cwt	243.00–283.00	1,971	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	288.00/cwt	265.00–297.00	1,961	338
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	213.94/cwt	200.00–221.00	1,536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	267.83/cwt	220.00–277.50	1,267	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	249.29/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,556	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	292.03/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,367	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	272.65/cwt	252.00–282.00	1,690	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	352.81/cwt	342.00–367.50	1,457	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	231.19/cwt	200.00–242.50	1,177	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,708	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	227.38/cwt	220.00–253.00	1,978	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	335.13/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,900	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	221.20/cwt	212.50–230.00	1,480	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	224.56/cwt	202.50–250.00	1,287	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	297.25/cwt	277.50–305.00	1,555	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	257.85/cwt	247.50–262.50	1,735	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	698	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,885	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	231.19/cwt	200.00–240.00	1,452	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 Special - Tama, IA

Fri Dec 6, 2024

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

Receipts 1,905Last week 793Year ago 600

Special Precondition feeder calf sale : No comparison due to first special sale. 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
18	400–450	424	270.00–312.50	305.92
35	450–500	486	304.00–315.00	310.66
91	500–550	523	277.50–305.00	297.25
79	550–600	574	265.00–285.00	277.62
284	600–650	620	252.00–282.00	272.65
101	650–700	673	247.50–262.50	257.85
33	700–750	730	225.00–251.00	241.57
56	750–800	767	229.50–239.00	230.86
2	800–850	825	215.00–225.00	220.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	473	220.00–277.50	267.83
4	500–550	509	200.00–242.50	231.19
4	550–600	573	202.50–250.00	224.56
6	600–650	628	200.00–240.00	231.19
11	650–700	669	212.50–230.00	221.20
3	700–750	718	200.00–221.00	213.94
6	750–800	773	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	698	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	430	275.00–320.00	296.57
2	450–500	468	275.00–310.00	292.03
20	500–550	545	272.00–311.00	299.32
34	550–600	581	250.00–300.00	282.66
5	600–650	624	240.00–255.00	249.29
3	650–700	668	220.00–251.00	239.93
13	700–750	701	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	413	342.00–367.50	352.81
49	450–500	478	317.50–350.00	330.65
43	500–550	530	317.50–350.00	335.33
100	550–600	567	330.00–345.00	335.13
85	600–650	635	270.00–311.00	288.73
338	650–700	681	265.00–297.00	288.00
157	700–750	727	243.00–283.00	271.18
67	750–800	770	249.00–270.00	262.15
45	800–850	817	226.00–249.50	244.91
58	850–900	870	220.00–253.00	227.38

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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