Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Precondition calf sale: Compared to last Friday sale; Feeder steers 600-899 lbs steady with a higher undertone, 900-949 lbs were 15.00 higher, Feeder heifers 600-749 lbs 4.00-10.00 higher,750-849 lbs steady, 850-899lbs 8.00 higher. The auction consisted of 10 load lots, 4 half loads and many smaller strings. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $464.97/cwt on 164 head, up $47.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 5 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $464.97.

Average price

$464.97

▲ 47.95 vs prior sale

164 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,726

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$364

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

$59.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.75

vs IA average

−0.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	586	466.05	2,733	161
Medium and Large 1-2	582	407.00	2,369	3thin

One grade step is worth $59.05/cwt here — about $364 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 sale164 hd

464.97

—

IA average8 barns · 1,277 hd

465.73

−0.75

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

−0.36

This barn, trailing median5 sales

464.97

+0.00

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	550–600	582	392.49/cwt	390.00–396.00	2,284	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	424.84/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,069	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	360.64/cwt	352.00–368.00	2,413	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	331.64/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,922	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,435	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	359.66/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,741	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,369	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	404.89/cwt	385.00–434.00	2,539	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	416.04/cwt	415.00–417.50	2,380	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	383.95/cwt	369.00–390.00	2,580	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,362	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	691	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,643	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,718	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	592	468.10/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,771	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	386.72/cwt	361.00–389.75	2,835	432
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	461.78/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,397	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	482.86/cwt	440.00–487.50	1,680	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,305	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	342.60/cwt	325.00–350.50	3,090	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	343.96/cwt	329.00–347.00	2,463	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	313.93/cwt	313.50–314.00	2,442	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	433.23/cwt	425.00–439.00	2,270	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	376.69/cwt	372.00–389.00	2,369	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	308.10/cwt	305.00–312.00	2,628	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	714	400.68/cwt	400.00–401.00	2,861	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	313.88/cwt	310.00–317.00	2,536	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,575	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	569	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,435	91

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 23, 2026

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

Receipts 1,595Last week 1,965Year ago 1,528

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	356	442.50	442.50
13	450–500	487	410.00–435.00	424.84
40	500–550	524	425.00–439.00	433.23
12	550–600	582	390.00–396.00	392.49
42	600–650	629	372.00–389.00	376.69
175	650–700	669	352.00–368.00	360.64
165	700–750	716	329.00–347.00	343.96
14	750–800	778	313.50–314.00	313.93
10	800–850	808	310.00–317.00	313.88
62	850–900	853	305.00–312.00	308.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
27	650–700	691	382.50	382.50
108	700–750	714	400.00–401.00	400.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	688	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
91	550–600	569	428.00	428.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	492	495.00	495.00
11	500–550	519	440.00–480.00	461.78
5	550–600	572	415.00–417.50	416.04
32	600–650	627	385.00–434.00	404.89
7	650–700	672	369.00–390.00	383.95
432	700–750	733	361.00–389.75	386.72
53	750–800	762	340.00–365.00	359.66
5	800–850	809	336.00	336.00
22	850–900	881	325.00–340.00	331.64
76	900–950	902	325.00–350.50	342.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	348	440.00–487.50	482.86
3	550–600	582	407.00	407.00
4	650–700	670	352.50	352.50
2	850–900	850	311.00	311.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
145	550–600	592	465.00–470.00	468.10

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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