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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-12

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Fri, Dec 12

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2156

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Receipts

799 head

▲ 69 vs last sale 730▲ 799 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialFri Mar 6, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the Special Preconditioned Calf Auction just one week ago, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 10.00 to 15.00 higher, 600 - 700 lb calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer trade saw new crop calves 500 - 600 lb as much as 20.00 higher. Available today were many packages of quality, home - raised, vaccinated and long time weaned feeder calves. Demand was very good for today's light supply.

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 $430.13/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 2 of 1 comparable sales and sits +11.66 against this barn's trailing median of $418.48.

Average price

$430.13

34 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,426

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−4.10

vs IA average

−0.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	430.13	2,426	34

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale34 hd

430.13

—

IA average10 barns · 1,581 hd

434.24

−4.10

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−0.50

This barn, trailing median1 sales

418.48

+11.66

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

Every lot

24 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	554.32/cwt	550.00–565.00	2,068	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	560.47/cwt	558.00–565.00	2,432	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	507.23/cwt	502.50–511.00	2,267	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	505.72/cwt	487.50–522.50	2,362	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,315	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,310	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	425.56/cwt	412.00–432.00	2,460	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	410.69/cwt	397.50–422.50	2,587	99
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	394.84/cwt	386.00–415.00	2,669	58
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	379.29/cwt	370.00–392.00	2,716	63
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,701	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	355.63/cwt	349.00–362.00	2,770	55
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,757	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,523	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	433.88/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,827	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	426.23/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,025	44
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	410.67/cwt	400.00–422.50	2,172	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	401.95/cwt	397.00–420.00	2,315	72
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	373.62/cwt	362.50–385.00	2,324	79
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,233	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	356.02/cwt	342.00–366.00	2,389	64
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,288	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	326.10/cwt	320.00–328.00	2,374	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,506	6

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 Dec 12, 2025

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	350	435.00	435.00
13	400–450	421	420.00–440.00	433.88
44	450–500	475	415.00–430.00	426.23
20	500–550	529	400.00–422.50	410.67
72	550–600	576	397.00–420.00	401.95
79	600–650	622	362.50–385.00	373.62
64	650–700	671	342.00–366.00	356.02
15	700–750	728	320.00–328.00	326.10
6	750–800	771	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	638	350.00	350.00
3	650–700	688	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	373	550.00–565.00	554.32
14	400–450	434	558.00–565.00	560.47
18	450–500	467	487.50–522.50	505.72
8	500–550	519	445.00	445.00
26	550–600	578	412.00–432.00	425.56
99	600–650	630	397.50–422.50	410.69
58	650–700	676	386.00–415.00	394.84
63	700–750	716	370.00–392.00	379.29
55	750–800	779	349.00–362.00	355.63
11	800–850	811	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	447	502.50–511.00	507.23
3	450–500	490	472.50	472.50
3	700–750	740	365.00	365.00

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.