Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Preconditioned feeder calf sale: Compared to last Friday (1-17). Many load lots today with one consignment of 900 head. Feeder steers 500-699lbs 6.00-8.00 higher, 700-899lbs 9.00-12.00 higher, feeder heifers 500-599lbs 14.00-20.00 higher, 600-799lbs 6.00-12.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $334.01/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −130.96 against this barn's trailing median of $464.97.

Average price

$334.01

52 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,841

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$55.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.62

vs IA average

−6.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	338.30	1,854	48
Medium and Large 1-2	589	282.62	1,665	4thin

One grade step is worth $55.68/cwt here — about $189 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 sale52 hd

334.01

—

IA average9 barns · 1,647 hd

342.64

−8.62

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−6.93

This barn, trailing median5 sales

464.97

−130.96

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

29 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 1-2	650–700	684	254.41/cwt	249.00–269.00	1,740	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,485	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	290.25/cwt	280.00–291.00	1,901	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	258.82/cwt	251.00–280.00	1,488	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	287.38/cwt	272.00–291.00	1,828	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	260.15/cwt	232.50–262.00	1,670	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	269.54/cwt	263.00–279.00	2,067	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	262.16/cwt	261.00–263.50	1,974	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	357.44/cwt	340.00–359.00	1,769	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	299.03/cwt	282.00–300.00	2,189	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	277.75/cwt	257.00–283.75	2,289	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	804	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,135	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	275.80/cwt	272.50–276.00	1,685	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	230.51/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	320.59/cwt	308.00–333.00	1,821	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	260.82/cwt	251.00–274.00	1,946	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	369.28/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,492	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	272.72/cwt	250.00–279.00	2,373	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	307.36/cwt	281.00–319.75	2,105	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	282.62/cwt	272.50–286.00	1,665	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	332.57/cwt	291.00–334.00	2,045	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,880	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	272.02/cwt	250.00–277.50	1,874	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	320.50/cwt	305.00–321.00	1,795	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	319.20/cwt	299.00–326.00	1,660	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	255.42/cwt	251.00–263.00	1,847	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	321.12/cwt	303.00–340.00	1,557	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,560	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	235.00/cwt	231.00–243.00	2,068	3

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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 1,528Last week 965Year ago 1,739

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	521	285.00	285.00
19	550–600	575	251.00–280.00	258.82
15	600–650	642	232.50–262.00	260.15
17	650–700	684	249.00–269.00	254.41
2	700–750	733	230.00–231.00	230.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	449	347.50	347.50
6	450–500	485	303.00–340.00	321.12
43	500–550	520	299.00–326.00	319.20
94	550–600	560	305.00–321.00	320.50
108	600–650	636	272.00–291.00	287.38
176	650–700	655	280.00–291.00	290.25
26	700–750	723	251.00–263.00	255.42
101	750–800	753	261.00–263.50	262.16
3	850–900	880	231.00–243.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	800–850	804	265.50	265.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	404	345.00–380.00	369.28
23	450–500	495	340.00–359.00	357.44
24	500–550	528	356.00	356.00
24	550–600	568	308.00–333.00	320.59
186	600–650	615	291.00–334.00	332.57
51	650–700	685	281.00–319.75	307.36
280	700–750	732	282.00–300.00	299.03
31	750–800	767	263.00–279.00	269.54
71	800–850	824	257.00–283.75	277.75
64	850–900	870	250.00–279.00	272.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	589	272.50–286.00	282.62
18	600–650	611	272.50–276.00	275.80
34	650–700	689	250.00–277.50	272.02
7	700–750	746	251.00–274.00	260.82

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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