Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Precondition feeder calf sale today: No comparison. Trade active online and in the stands. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $480.58/cwt on 59 head, up $15.61 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 5 comparable sales and sits +15.61 against this barn's trailing median of $464.97.

Average price

$480.58

▲ 15.61 vs prior sale

59 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$370

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

$80.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.41

vs IA average

+2.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	490.18	2,674	52
Medium and Large 1-2	563	409.33	2,304	7thin

One grade step is worth $80.85/cwt here — about $370 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 sale59 hd

480.58

—

IA average9 barns · 1,075 hd

486.00

−5.41

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

+2.19

This barn, trailing median5 sales

464.97

+15.61

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

32 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 1	700–750	723	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,735	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,704	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	497.25/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,069	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	296.04/cwt	275.00–313.00	2,590	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	334.11/cwt	320.00–360.00	2,071	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	414.10/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,938	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	339.27/cwt	334.00–340.00	3,081	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	472.98/cwt	450.00–490.00	2,720	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	499.28/cwt	487.50–515.00	2,646	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	412.61/cwt	405.00–428.00	2,785	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	568.00/cwt	550.00–570.00	2,210	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	426.84/cwt	409.00–449.00	2,663	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	370.06/cwt	355.00–385.00	2,361	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,005	10
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	300.34/cwt	300.00–301.00	3,036	9
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	743	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,415	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	371.35/cwt	358.00–380.00	3,056	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	536.90/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,260	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,323	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	523.43/cwt	490.00–540.00	2,502	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	330.66/cwt	317.50–338.00	2,569	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	471.98/cwt	435.00–490.00	2,209	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	395.20/cwt	371.00–401.00	2,881	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	377.52/cwt	360.00–383.00	2,960	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	355.36/cwt	339.00–367.00	2,544	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	398.97/cwt	390.00–419.00	2,494	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	423.52/cwt	412.50–437.50	2,397	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	376.17/cwt	362.50–395.00	2,513	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	420.07/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,285	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	322.02/cwt	300.00–345.00	2,666	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	389.24/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,051	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	448.87/cwt	420.00–472.50	2,357	36

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 13, 2026

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

Receipts 1,030Last week 1,595Year ago 1,287

Special Precondition feeder calf sale today: No comparison. Trade active online and in the stands. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	723	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	416	480.00–515.00	497.25
11	450–500	468	435.00–490.00	471.98
36	500–550	525	420.00–472.50	448.87
29	550–600	566	412.50–437.50	423.52
79	600–650	625	390.00–419.00	398.97
54	650–700	668	362.50–395.00	376.17
60	700–750	716	339.00–367.00	355.36
108	750–800	777	317.50–338.00	330.66
9	850–900	875	275.00–313.00	296.04
2	900–950	923	293.00	293.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	468	390.00–420.00	414.10
5	500–550	527	380.00–415.00	389.24
4	600–650	620	320.00–360.00	334.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	389	550.00–570.00	568.00
5	400–450	421	520.00–550.00	536.90
23	450–500	478	490.00–540.00	523.43
34	500–550	530	487.50–515.00	499.28
18	550–600	575	450.00–490.00	472.98
53	600–650	624	409.00–449.00	426.84
84	650–700	675	405.00–428.00	412.61
84	700–750	729	371.00–401.00	395.20
89	750–800	784	360.00–383.00	377.52
131	800–850	823	358.00–380.00	371.35
10	850–900	871	345.00	345.00
17	900–950	908	334.00–340.00	339.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	544	410.00–430.00	420.07
3	550–600	588	395.00	395.00
2	600–650	638	355.00–385.00	370.06
2	800–850	828	300.00–345.00	322.02
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1000–1050	1,011	300.00–301.00	300.34
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	743	325.00	325.00

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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