Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Preconditioned feeder calf sale today: No comparison due to last sale was two weeks ago. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $338.59/cwt on 123 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −126.38 against this barn's trailing median of $464.97.

Average price

$338.59

123 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,882

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$16.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.73

vs IA average

−0.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	338.86	1,884	121
Medium and Large 1-2	543	322.50	1,751	2thin

One grade step is worth $16.36/cwt here — about $133 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 sale123 hd

338.59

—

IA average4 barns · 314 hd

342.32

−3.73

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

−0.08

This barn, trailing median5 sales

464.97

−126.38

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	950–1000	978	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,064	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	333.64/cwt	312.50–342.50	1,615	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	240.60/cwt	232.00–243.50	1,954	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	357.79/cwt	327.50–360.00	1,567	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	248.15/cwt	247.00–249.00	1,911	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	274.71/cwt	262.00–282.50	1,838	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	367.47/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,742	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	318.33/cwt	312.50–321.50	2,009	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	277.55/cwt	276.00–282.00	1,843	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	279.69/cwt	264.00–286.00	2,145	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,751	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,070	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,865	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	371.83/cwt	358.00–390.00	1,580	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	260.88/cwt	259.00–264.00	2,241	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	234.10/cwt	220.00–241.00	1,924	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	268.48/cwt	255.00–275.00	2,188	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,225	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	330.97/cwt	310.00–347.50	1,900	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	252.36/cwt	227.50–280.00	1,484	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	854	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,114	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	260.20/cwt	256.00–275.00	1,881	83
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,107	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	347.71/cwt	342.50–360.00	1,864	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	301.98/cwt	296.00–314.00	2,053	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	302.20/cwt	297.00–307.50	1,738	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	292.16/cwt	281.00–297.50	2,095	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	311.52/cwt	302.50–318.00	1,651	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	258.06/cwt	240.00–267.00	1,388	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	287.93/cwt	266.00–295.50	1,800	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	274.69/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,319	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 Feb 14, 2025

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

Receipts 1,287Last week 1,528Year ago 0

Special Preconditioned feeder calf sale today: No comparison due to last sale was two weeks ago. 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
28	400–450	438	327.50–360.00	357.79
18	450–500	484	312.50–342.50	333.64
37	500–550	530	302.50–318.00	311.52
63	550–600	575	297.00–307.50	302.20
79	600–650	625	266.00–295.50	287.93
116	650–700	669	262.00–282.50	274.71
83	700–750	723	256.00–275.00	260.20
31	750–800	770	247.00–249.00	248.15
20	800–850	812	232.00–243.50	240.60
10	950–1000	978	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	480	270.00–285.00	274.69
3	500–550	538	240.00–267.00	258.06
7	550–600	588	227.50–280.00	252.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	425	358.00–390.00	371.83
40	450–500	474	350.00–377.50	367.47
57	500–550	536	342.50–360.00	347.71
64	550–600	574	310.00–347.50	330.97
83	600–650	631	312.50–321.50	318.33
73	650–700	680	296.00–314.00	301.98
138	700–750	717	281.00–297.50	292.16
81	750–800	767	264.00–286.00	279.69
131	800–850	815	255.00–275.00	268.48
29	850–900	859	259.00–264.00	260.88
3	900–950	900	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	252.50	252.50
2	500–550	543	322.50	322.50
4	650–700	664	276.00–282.00	277.55
3	750–800	777	240.00	240.00
3	800–850	822	220.00–241.00	234.10
7	850–900	854	247.50	247.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,023	206.00	206.00

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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