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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-08

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Mon, Sep 8

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2156

← Sep 5Sep 8Oct 13 →

Receipts

976 head

▲ 225 vs last sale 751▼ 499 vs year ago 1,475 · −33.8%

Also sold hereSpecialFri Mar 6, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Customer Appreciation calf sale today: No comparison. Many lots of calves were right off the cows with one round of vaccinations. Some lots were weaned 30-45 days with one round of vaccinations. 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 $469.43/cwt on 233 head. That ranks 2 of 1 comparable sales and sits +50.95 against this barn's trailing median of $418.48.

Average price

$469.43

233 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$441

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

$78.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.48

vs IA average

+55.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	476.18	2,647	213
Medium and Large 1-2	555	397.59	2,206	20

One grade step is worth $78.59/cwt here — about $441 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 sale233 hd

469.43

—

IA average4 barns · 1,293 hd

452.95

+16.48

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+55.91

This barn, trailing median1 sales

418.48

+50.95

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

Every lot

40 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	311	617.43/cwt	600.00–635.00	1,920	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	364	588.33/cwt	585.00–590.00	2,142	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	541.19/cwt	495.00–550.00	2,121	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,215	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	440	500.53/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,202	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	477.69/cwt	435.00–530.00	2,259	57
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,715	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,416	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	513	479.07/cwt	455.00–487.50	2,458	40
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,510	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	361.18/cwt	229.00–405.00	1,958	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	558	406.69/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,269	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	563	441.49/cwt	427.50–465.00	2,486	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	480.84/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,741	137
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	606	434.81/cwt	395.00–442.50	2,635	147
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,673	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	669	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,492	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,682	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,767	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	728	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,504	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,694	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	320	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,840	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	343	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,698	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	383	504.28/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,931	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	419	460.31/cwt	425.00–490.00	1,929	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	476.46/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,049	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,718	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	480	444.94/cwt	425.00–460.00	2,136	84
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	461.26/cwt	430.00–467.50	2,329	71
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	512	421.81/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,160	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	573	399.63/cwt	360.00–417.50	2,290	51
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,172	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,970	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	361.69/cwt	357.50–370.00	2,268	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	656	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,181	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,358	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,048	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,315	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,876	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,418	2

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 8, 2025

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Receipts 976Last week 751Year ago 1,475

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	311	600.00–635.00	617.43
19	350–400	392	495.00–550.00	541.19
3	400–450	428	517.50	517.50
15	450–500	493	490.00	490.00
19	500–550	537	467.50	467.50
137	550–600	570	445.00–485.00	480.84
5	600–650	629	425.00	425.00
7	650–700	679	395.00	395.00
5	700–750	714	387.50	387.50
4	750–800	759	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	364	585.00–590.00	588.33
9	400–450	440	500.00–505.00	500.53
57	450–500	473	435.00–530.00	477.69
40	500–550	513	455.00–487.50	479.07
17	550–600	563	427.50–465.00	441.49
147	600–650	606	395.00–442.50	434.81
16	650–700	669	372.50	372.50
4	700–750	728	344.00	344.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	355.00	355.00
4	500–550	542	229.00–405.00	361.18
16	550–600	558	390.00–415.00	406.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	430	475.00–480.00	476.46
71	500–550	505	430.00–467.50	461.26
3	550–600	587	370.00	370.00
3	600–650	627	357.50–370.00	361.69
9	650–700	669	352.50	352.50
2	700–750	735	315.00	315.00
2	750–800	780	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	495.00	495.00
2	400–450	435	395.00	395.00
3	550–600	588	335.00	335.00
1	700–750	725	282.50	282.50
2	750–800	758	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	575.00	575.00
26	350–400	383	500.00–510.00	504.28
10	400–450	419	425.00–490.00	460.31
84	450–500	480	425.00–460.00	444.94
27	500–550	512	410.00–430.00	421.81
51	550–600	573	360.00–417.50	399.63
5	650–700	656	332.50	332.50

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.