Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Preconditioned feeder calf sale. No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $313.29/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −100.36 against this barn's trailing median of $413.64.

Average price

$313.29

75 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$25.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.76

vs IA average

+8.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	317.03	1,724	64
Medium and Large 1-2	539	291.51	1,571	11thin

One grade step is worth $25.51/cwt here — about $153 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.11, low $380.48, median $413.64 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 sale75 hd

313.29

—

IA average5 barns · 294 hd

305.53

+7.76

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

+8.27

This barn, trailing median5 sales

413.64

−100.36

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	400–450	435	338.57/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,473	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,336	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	248.03/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,897	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,116	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	372.70/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,789	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	281.48/cwt	262.00–286.00	1,900	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,738	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	373.71/cwt	372.50–375.00	1,570	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,327	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	251.40/cwt	235.00–259.50	2,212	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	421.74/cwt	407.50–435.00	1,603	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	251.63/cwt	215.00–271.00	1,553	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	288.69/cwt	271.00–290.00	2,208	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,031	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	352.02/cwt	330.00–366.00	2,017	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	356.62/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,854	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,661	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	283.72/cwt	275.00–289.00	2,074	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	282.21/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,214	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	297.52/cwt	252.50–307.50	1,514	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	279.22/cwt	257.00–288.00	1,901	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	244.33/cwt	244.00–245.00	2,004	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	261.29/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,879	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	323.89/cwt	295.00–326.00	2,024	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	327.43/cwt	317.50–333.00	1,712	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	281.28/cwt	268.00–288.50	1,758	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	300.80/cwt	296.00–304.00	1,733	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	239.77/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,628	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,305	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	246.36/cwt	245.00–249.00	1,550	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,027	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,941	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	394.12/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,301	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	322.83/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,530	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	246.65/cwt	236.00–248.00	2,050	18

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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Special Preconditioned feeder calf sale. No comparison. 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
11	300–350	330	390.00–400.00	394.12
24	400–450	435	325.00–355.00	338.57
15	450–500	474	310.00–330.00	322.83
39	500–550	523	317.50–333.00	327.43
25	550–600	576	296.00–304.00	300.80
60	600–650	625	268.00–288.50	281.28
49	650–700	681	257.00–288.00	279.22
38	700–750	719	250.00–270.00	261.29
5	750–800	786	247.00	247.00
18	800–850	831	236.00–248.00	246.65
3	950–1000	965	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	430	270.00–300.00	282.21
7	450–500	454	287.50	287.50
7	500–550	509	252.50–307.50	297.52
4	550–600	591	281.00	281.00
6	600–650	629	245.00–249.00	246.36
3	650–700	679	235.00–242.00	239.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	320	417.50	417.50
10	350–400	380	407.50–435.00	421.74
2	400–450	420	372.50–375.00	373.71
40	450–500	480	355.00–380.00	372.70
20	500–550	520	345.00–365.00	356.62
44	550–600	573	330.00–366.00	352.02
30	600–650	625	295.00–326.00	323.89
30	650–700	675	262.00–286.00	281.48
40	700–750	731	275.00–289.00	283.72
40	750–800	765	271.00–290.00	288.69
6	800–850	820	244.00–245.00	244.33
28	850–900	880	235.00–259.50	251.40
2	900–950	913	222.50	222.50
4	950–1000	984	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	305.00	305.00
3	600–650	617	215.00–271.00	251.63
2	650–700	675	257.50	257.50
5	750–800	765	240.00–255.00	248.03

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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