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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-28

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Mon, Apr 28

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2156

← Apr 7Apr 28Jun 9 →

Receipts

436 head

▼ 90 vs last sale 526▲ 436 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialFri Mar 6, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder calf sale today: No comparison due to last sale reported 4-7-2025. 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 $369.62/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −48.85 against this barn's trailing median of $418.48.

Average price

$369.62

55 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,999

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$410

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

$89.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.90

vs IA average

−4.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	374.51	2,020	52
Medium and Large 1-2	565	284.94	1,610	3thin

One grade step is worth $89.57/cwt here — about $410 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale55 hd

369.62

—

IA average6 barns · 768 hd

382.53

−12.90

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

−4.81

This barn, trailing median1 sales

418.48

−48.85

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

Every lot

25 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	402.60/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,562	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	399.12/cwt	370.00–430.00	1,708	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	389.80/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,855	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	375.07/cwt	365.00–387.50	1,980	41
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	284.94/cwt	265.00–305.00	1,610	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	372.41/cwt	350.00–400.00	2,167	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	333.63/cwt	324.00–347.50	2,062	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	260.24/cwt	240.00–280.00	1,621	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	331.00/cwt	316.00–344.00	2,231	49
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	316.44/cwt	292.50–327.50	2,278	30
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	295.32/cwt	270.00–317.50	2,286	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	283.25/cwt	283.25–283.25	2,626	44
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,463	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	399.11/cwt	380.00–407.50	1,676	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	279.08/cwt	255.00–305.00	1,334	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,807	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	340.67/cwt	290.00–355.00	1,765	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	290.04/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,662	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,525	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	285.37/cwt	275.00–299.00	1,795	43
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	294.90/cwt	293.00–297.50	2,008	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	286.86/cwt	285.00–289.00	2,106	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	272.49/cwt	265.00–275.00	2,052	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,129	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,344	37

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 Apr 28, 2025

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

Receipts 436Last week 526Year ago 0

Feeder calf sale today: No comparison due to last sale reported 4-7-2025. 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
1	350–400	385	380.00	380.00
6	400–450	420	380.00–407.50	399.11
20	450–500	495	365.00	365.00
10	500–550	518	290.00–355.00	340.67
13	550–600	573	280.00–315.00	290.04
43	600–650	629	275.00–299.00	285.37
7	650–700	681	293.00–297.50	294.90
13	700–750	734	285.00–289.00	286.86
4	750–800	753	265.00–275.00	272.49
2	850–900	860	247.50	247.50
37	900–950	905	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	255.00–305.00	279.08
4	600–650	610	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	388	400.00–405.00	402.60
2	400–450	428	370.00–430.00	399.12
5	450–500	476	370.00–395.00	389.80
41	500–550	528	365.00–387.50	375.07
11	550–600	582	350.00–400.00	372.41
20	600–650	618	324.00–347.50	333.63
49	650–700	674	316.00–344.00	331.00
30	700–750	720	292.50–327.50	316.44
6	750–800	774	270.00–317.50	295.32
44	900–950	927	283.25	283.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	565	265.00–305.00	284.94
2	600–650	623	240.00–280.00	260.24

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.