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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-09

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Mon, Sep 9

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2156

← Sep 6Sep 9Nov 18 →

Receipts

1,475 head

▲ 523 vs last sale 952▼ 245 vs year ago 1,720 · −14.2%

Also sold hereSpecialFri Mar 6, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Customer appreciation feeder calf sale: No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $293.52/cwt on 412 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −124.96 against this barn's trailing median of $418.48.

Average price

$293.52

412 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,625

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

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

$39.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.77

vs IA average

+25.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	293.71	1,625	410
Medium and Large 1-2	570	253.72	1,446	2thin

One grade step is worth $39.99/cwt here — about $179 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale412 hd

293.52

—

IA average5 barns · 1,354 hd

292.74

+0.77

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

+25.32

This barn, trailing median1 sales

418.48

−124.96

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

28 lots · USDA AMS · Tama Livestock Feeder Cattle - Tama, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	346.44/cwt	327.50–360.00	1,136	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	341.90/cwt	315.00–370.00	1,286	24
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	337.34/cwt	322.50–349.00	1,434	50
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	272.50/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,172	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	318.76/cwt	300.00–332.00	1,524	100
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	267.04/cwt	250.00–292.50	1,284	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	296.34/cwt	286.00–316.00	1,556	151
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	292.18/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,665	259
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	253.72/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,446	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	279.71/cwt	264.00–292.00	1,731	117
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	239.14/cwt	222.50–257.50	1,492	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	266.00/cwt	252.00–283.00	1,761	37
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	238.21/cwt	227.50–249.00	1,615	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	300.96/cwt	298.00–303.00	981	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	308.54/cwt	275.00–317.00	1,172	29
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	239.01/cwt	232.50–245.00	1,025	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	300.03/cwt	265.00–307.00	1,308	81
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	281.77/cwt	260.00–292.00	1,330	113
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	237.50/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,140	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	283.68/cwt	255.00–292.00	1,467	192
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	238.47/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,276	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	269.71/cwt	248.00–274.00	1,518	58
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	234.51/cwt	222.50–239.00	1,379	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	608	204.98/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,246	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,499	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,310	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,435	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,418	4

This sale against other markets

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 - Tama, IA

Mon Sep 9, 2024

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

Receipts 1,475Last week 952Year ago 1,720

Customer appreciation feeder calf sale: No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	463	310.00	310.00
4	500–550	525	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	326	298.00–303.00	300.96
29	350–400	380	275.00–317.00	308.54
81	400–450	436	265.00–307.00	300.03
113	450–500	472	260.00–292.00	281.77
192	500–550	517	255.00–292.00	283.68
58	550–600	563	248.00–274.00	269.71
3	600–650	612	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	232.50–245.00	239.01
2	450–500	480	230.00–245.00	237.50
7	500–550	535	230.00–245.00	238.47
7	550–600	588	222.50–239.00	234.51
2	600–650	608	200.00–210.00	204.98
1	650–700	655	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	260.00–285.00	272.50
8	450–500	481	250.00–292.50	267.04
2	550–600	570	250.00–257.50	253.72
4	600–650	624	222.50–257.50	239.14
2	650–700	678	227.50–249.00	238.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	328	327.50–360.00	346.44
24	350–400	376	315.00–370.00	341.90
50	400–450	425	322.50–349.00	337.34
100	450–500	478	300.00–332.00	318.76
151	500–550	525	286.00–316.00	296.34
259	550–600	570	270.00–300.00	292.18
117	600–650	619	264.00–292.00	279.71
37	650–700	662	252.00–283.00	266.00

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.