Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Preconditioned calf sale today: No comparison due to first special sale. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $437.13/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits −27.85 against this barn's trailing median of $464.97.

Average price

$437.13

52 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,371

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.87

vs IA average

+7.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	437.13	2,371	52

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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

437.13

—

IA average7 barns · 1,293 hd

432.26

+4.87

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+7.98

This barn, trailing median5 sales

464.97

−27.85

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

30 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	363	369.82/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,342	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,251	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	292.13/cwt	272.50–302.50	2,235	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	406.91/cwt	387.50–435.00	1,676	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	389.34/cwt	355.00–410.00	1,826	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	371.43/cwt	359.00–378.00	1,954	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	454.08/cwt	440.00–461.00	2,166	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	316.96/cwt	295.00–336.00	2,773	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	448.80/cwt	427.50–456.00	2,370	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	405.50/cwt	374.00–421.00	2,506	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	356.18/cwt	323.00–374.00	2,746	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	408.33/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,360	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,922	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	439.79/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,407	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	344.49/cwt	344.00–345.00	2,484	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	416.05/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,976	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	385.30/cwt	350.00–399.00	2,605	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	375.68/cwt	348.00–381.00	2,735	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	313.37/cwt	295.00–332.50	1,921	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	324.74/cwt	315.00–333.50	2,341	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	355.34/cwt	332.50–371.00	2,200	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	358.67/cwt	341.00–369.00	2,087	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	332.91/cwt	310.00–351.00	2,240	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	332.99/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,721	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	346.34/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,465	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	304.53/cwt	295.00–307.50	2,089	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	340.91/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,824	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	288.05/cwt	285.00–305.00	2,137	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	320.16/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	312.55/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,807	2

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 Dec 5, 2025

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

Receipts 1,312Last week 664Year ago 1,905

Special Preconditioned calf sale today: No comparison due to first special sale. 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
3	350–400	363	365.00–380.00	369.82
18	400–450	412	387.50–435.00	406.91
20	450–500	469	355.00–410.00	389.34
36	500–550	526	359.00–378.00	371.43
69	550–600	582	341.00–369.00	358.67
143	600–650	619	332.50–371.00	355.34
111	650–700	673	310.00–351.00	332.91
130	700–750	721	315.00–333.50	324.74
12	750–800	765	272.50–302.50	292.13
4	800–850	804	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	330.00–360.00	346.34
2	450–500	468	310.00–330.00	320.16
7	500–550	535	315.00–345.00	340.91
2	550–600	578	310.00–315.00	312.55
2	600–650	613	295.00–332.50	313.37
5	650–700	686	295.00–307.50	304.53
11	700–750	742	285.00–305.00	288.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	477	440.00–461.00	454.08
37	500–550	528	427.50–456.00	448.80
15	550–600	578	395.00–415.00	408.33
72	600–650	618	374.00–421.00	405.50
140	650–700	676	350.00–399.00	385.30
199	700–750	728	348.00–381.00	375.68
72	750–800	771	323.00–374.00	356.18
45	800–850	817	325.00–340.00	332.99
29	850–900	875	295.00–336.00	316.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	320	430.00–460.00	439.79
3	400–450	447	430.00	430.00
16	450–500	475	400.00–425.00	416.05
10	700–750	721	344.00–345.00	344.49

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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