Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Preconditioned calf sale today: Compared to last Friday sale (1-3). Feeder steers 600-849lbs were 4.00-8.50 higher, 850-899lbs steady, feeder heifers were steady to 2.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $304.94/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −160.03 against this barn's trailing median of $464.97.

Average price

$304.94

49 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

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

$44.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.22

vs IA average

−37.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	316.82	1,749	36
Medium and Large 1-2	551	272.03	1,498	13thin

One grade step is worth $44.79/cwt here — about $251 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale49 hd

304.94

—

IA average11 barns · 2,182 hd

334.16

−29.22

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−37.14

This barn, trailing median5 sales

464.97

−160.03

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

35 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	350–400	387	375.13/cwt	360.00–382.50	1,452	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	333.57/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,421	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	307.89/cwt	280.00–342.50	1,656	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	288.47/cwt	271.00–313.00	1,667	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	242.63/cwt	234.50–250.00	1,893	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	331.06/cwt	317.50–342.50	1,569	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	305.28/cwt	275.00–317.50	2,039	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	267.74/cwt	232.00–300.00	1,430	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	260.87/cwt	242.50–271.00	1,787	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,381	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	334.11/cwt	317.50–352.50	1,707	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	352.03/cwt	315.00–365.00	1,732	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	238.33/cwt	222.50–257.50	1,835	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	278.90/cwt	262.50–287.50	1,609	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	274.12/cwt	260.00–277.00	2,251	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	406.81/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,294	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	238.40/cwt	236.00–240.00	2,086	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	386.78/cwt	350.00–402.50	1,702	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	308.41/cwt	287.50–321.00	1,897	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	265.96/cwt	253.00–270.50	2,324	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	259.38/cwt	245.00–274.00	1,569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,816	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,956	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	268.97/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,805	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	305.82/cwt	290.00–318.00	1,768	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	298.46/cwt	280.00–315.00	2,146	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	276.41/cwt	264.00–287.00	2,162	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	234.31/cwt	215.00–244.00	1,450	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	374.38/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,344	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	220.34/cwt	192.50–240.00	1,580	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	253.36/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,860	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	288.47/cwt	275.00–291.00	1,425	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	280.33/cwt	261.00–289.50	1,769	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,020	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	229.85/cwt	210.00–241.00	1,526	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

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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
9	350–400	387	360.00–382.50	375.13
21	400–450	426	315.00–350.00	333.57
51	450–500	474	317.50–342.50	331.06
40	500–550	538	280.00–342.50	307.89
43	550–600	578	271.00–313.00	288.47
139	600–650	631	261.00–289.50	280.33
103	650–700	671	260.00–279.00	268.97
132	700–750	734	245.00–265.00	253.36
43	750–800	780	234.50–250.00	242.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	240.00	240.00
12	450–500	494	275.00–291.00	288.47
3	600–650	619	215.00–244.00	234.31
6	650–700	664	210.00–241.00	229.85
7	700–750	717	192.50–240.00	220.34
3	750–800	760	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	400.00–420.00	406.81
5	350–400	359	365.00–400.00	374.38
20	400–450	440	350.00–402.50	386.78
20	450–500	492	315.00–365.00	352.03
14	500–550	511	317.50–352.50	334.11
22	550–600	578	290.00–318.00	305.82
110	600–650	615	287.50–321.00	308.41
126	650–700	668	275.00–317.50	305.28
96	700–750	719	280.00–315.00	298.46
225	750–800	782	264.00–287.00	276.41
48	800–850	821	260.00–277.00	274.12
133	850–900	874	253.00–270.50	265.96
4	950–1000	984	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	534	232.00–300.00	267.74
5	550–600	577	262.50–287.50	278.90
2	600–650	605	245.00–274.00	259.38
10	650–700	685	242.50–271.00	260.87
3	750–800	770	222.50–257.50	238.33
2	800–850	815	240.00	240.00
5	850–900	875	236.00–240.00	238.40

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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