Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Preconditioned calf sale today: Compared to last Friday sale (1-10). Feeder steers 450-599lbs 7.00-9.00 higher, 600-700lbs 9.00 lower, 750lbs 1.50 higher, 800lbs 4.00 lower. feeder heifers steady to 1.50 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $318.18/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −146.80 against this barn's trailing median of $464.97.

Average price

$318.18

52 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,741

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

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

$52.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.43

vs IA average

−24.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	324.20	1,773	46
Medium and Large 1-2	551	271.98	1,497	6thin

One grade step is worth $52.22/cwt here — about $275 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale52 hd

318.18

—

IA average8 barns · 1,956 hd

342.60

−24.43

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−24.27

This barn, trailing median5 sales

464.97

−146.80

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

31 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	802	232.08/cwt	231.00–239.00	1,861	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	320.94/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,528	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	289.98/cwt	265.00–299.00	1,644	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	305.86/cwt	284.00–312.50	1,600	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	253.29/cwt	246.00–259.00	1,811	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	270.19/cwt	260.00–293.00	1,699	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	250.86/cwt	241.00–252.00	2,318	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,271	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	249.98/cwt	247.00–253.00	1,945	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	264.01/cwt	257.50–275.00	1,365	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	296.08/cwt	288.00–309.50	1,853	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	248.54/cwt	210.00–273.00	1,683	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	314.93/cwt	309.00–340.00	1,817	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	276.51/cwt	252.50–280.00	1,695	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	279.95/cwt	275.00–282.50	1,635	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	235.62/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,951	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	274.92/cwt	267.00–283.00	2,142	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	284.61/cwt	271.00–288.25	2,061	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	382.60/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,653	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	241.60/cwt	241.00–247.50	1,662	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	359.84/cwt	355.00–374.00	1,716	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	267.80/cwt	259.00–273.00	2,209	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	286.47/cwt	275.00–293.50	1,945	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	247.37/cwt	245.50–250.00	2,202	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,361	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	332.70/cwt	322.50–340.00	1,727	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	276.48/cwt	272.50–282.50	1,438	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	243.96/cwt	232.00–248.50	1,871	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	254.57/cwt	237.50–256.00	1,604	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	263.08/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,765	73

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 Jan 17, 2025

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

Receipts 965Last week 1,541Year ago 1,707

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	476	300.00–340.00	320.94
40	500–550	523	284.00–312.50	305.86
35	550–600	567	265.00–299.00	289.98
50	600–650	629	260.00–293.00	270.19
73	650–700	671	250.00–280.00	263.08
40	700–750	715	246.00–259.00	253.29
52	750–800	767	232.00–248.50	243.96
15	800–850	802	231.00–239.00	232.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	520	272.50–282.50	276.48
19	600–650	630	237.50–256.00	254.57
14	650–700	688	241.00–247.50	241.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	432	365.00–390.00	382.60
19	450–500	477	355.00–374.00	359.84
24	500–550	519	322.50–340.00	332.70
22	550–600	577	309.00–340.00	314.93
56	600–650	626	288.00–309.50	296.08
57	650–700	679	275.00–293.50	286.47
96	700–750	724	271.00–288.25	284.61
78	750–800	779	267.00–283.00	274.92
111	800–850	825	259.00–273.00	267.80
12	850–900	890	245.50–250.00	247.37
29	900–950	924	241.00–252.00	250.86
3	950–1000	952	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	302.50	302.50
3	500–550	517	257.50–275.00	264.01
3	550–600	584	275.00–282.50	279.95
42	600–650	613	252.50–280.00	276.51
9	650–700	677	210.00–273.00	248.54
6	750–800	778	247.00–253.00	249.98
2	800–850	828	230.00–241.00	235.62
1	850–900	850	240.00	240.00

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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