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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-05

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Fri, Sep 5

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2156

← Jun 9Sep 5Sep 8 →

Receipts

751 head

▲ 342 vs last sale 409▼ 201 vs year ago 952 · −21.1%

Also sold hereSpecialFri Mar 6, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Customer appreciation yearling sale today: No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $396.17/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 3 of 2 comparable sales and sits +19.57 against this barn's trailing median of $376.60.

Average price

$396.17

45 head · 675 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,673

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$590

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

$50.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.09

vs IA average

+6.47 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	681	400.67	2,729	41
Medium and Large 1-2	611	350.00	2,139	4thin

One grade step is worth $50.67/cwt here — about $590 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale45 hd

396.17

—

IA average3 barns · 197 hd

410.26

−14.09

National average144 barns · 6,046 hd

389.70

+6.47

This barn, trailing median2 sales

376.60

+19.57

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

Every lot

21 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	611	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,139	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,347	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	402.50/cwt	391.00–406.00	2,749	39
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	382.26/cwt	360.00–387.50	2,779	28
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	321.58/cwt	302.50–350.00	2,428	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	388.16/cwt	371.00–389.00	3,012	136
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	365.39/cwt	356.00–372.50	3,004	45
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	362.23/cwt	347.50–370.00	3,148	240
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	356.22/cwt	347.00–362.50	3,313	123
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,020	275.50/cwt	234.00–322.50	2,810	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,655	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	349.38/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,568	17
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	336.61/cwt	322.00–347.00	2,629	19
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	822	304.84/cwt	290.00–312.50	2,506	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	850	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,508	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	319.50/cwt	315.00–323.00	2,773	18
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	326.60/cwt	295.00–338.00	3,015	10
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	960	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,688	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	982	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,142	12
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,010	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	3,156	1
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,074	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,276	9

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

Fri Sep 5, 2025

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

Receipts 751Last week 409Year ago 952

Special Customer appreciation yearling sale today: No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	613	270.00	270.00
3	800–850	822	290.00–312.50	304.84
1	850–900	850	295.00	295.00
2	950–1000	960	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,010	312.50	312.50
9	1050–1100	1,074	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	700–750	735	340.00–360.00	349.38
19	750–800	781	322.00–347.00	336.61
18	850–900	868	315.00–323.00	319.50
10	900–950	923	295.00–338.00	326.60
12	950–1000	982	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,020	234.00–322.50	275.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	611	350.00	350.00
5	750–800	755	302.50–350.00	321.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	643	365.00	365.00
39	650–700	683	391.00–406.00	402.50
28	700–750	727	360.00–387.50	382.26
136	750–800	776	371.00–389.00	388.16
45	800–850	822	356.00–372.50	365.39
240	850–900	869	347.50–370.00	362.23
123	900–950	930	347.00–362.50	356.22

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.