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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-13

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Fri, Dec 13

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2144

← Dec 6Dec 13Jan 3 →

Receipts

574 head

▼ 1,331 vs last sale 1,905▼ 26 vs year ago 600 · −4.3%

Also sold hereFeeder CattleMon Sep 14, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Preconditioned feeder calf sale: Compared to last week. Feeder steers and heifers were steady today. 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 $317.01/cwt on 90 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −153.15 against this barn's trailing median of $470.16.

Average price

$317.01

90 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,795

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

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

$44.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.35

vs IA average

−7.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	321.42	1,824	81
Medium and Large 1-2	554	277.36	1,536	9thin

One grade step is worth $44.06/cwt here — about $288 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 sale90 hd

317.01

—

IA average8 barns · 1,512 hd

326.36

−9.35

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−7.34

This barn, trailing median1 sales

470.16

−153.15

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 Special - 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	396.87/cwt	392.50–405.00	1,460	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	352.70/cwt	325.00–367.50	1,316	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	354.68/cwt	345.00–357.50	1,522	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	284.26/cwt	282.50–290.00	1,245	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,632	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	325.12/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,710	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	285.18/cwt	255.00–292.50	1,520	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	321.01/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,836	73
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	267.58/cwt	247.50–290.00	1,552	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	297.47/cwt	294.00–299.50	1,898	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	298.71/cwt	275.00–305.75	2,028	79
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	270.14/cwt	257.50–286.00	1,945	41
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	263.62/cwt	250.00–267.50	2,083	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	246.10/cwt	245.00–260.00	2,055	27
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,279	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	446	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,383	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	299.02/cwt	275.00–312.50	1,447	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	285.90/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,510	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	253.20/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,441	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	283.28/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,643	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	268.64/cwt	260.00–283.00	1,690	91
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,606	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,570	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,721	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,777	29

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 Special - Tama, IA

Fri Dec 13, 2024

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

Receipts 574Last week 1,905Year ago 600

Special Preconditioned feeder calf sale: Compared to last week. Feeder steers and heifers were steady today. 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
8	400–450	446	310.00	310.00
26	450–500	484	275.00–312.50	299.02
20	500–550	528	270.00–295.00	285.90
20	550–600	580	275.00–290.00	283.28
91	600–650	629	260.00–283.00	268.64
2	700–750	723	238.00	238.00
29	750–800	776	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	287.50	287.50
8	550–600	569	250.00–257.50	253.20
2	600–650	645	249.00	249.00
3	650–700	668	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	368	392.50–405.00	396.87
13	400–450	429	345.00–357.50	354.68
3	450–500	473	345.00	345.00
8	500–550	526	305.00–335.00	325.12
73	550–600	572	300.00–340.00	321.01
15	600–650	638	294.00–299.50	297.47
79	650–700	679	275.00–305.75	298.71
41	700–750	720	257.50–286.00	270.14
15	750–800	790	250.00–267.50	263.62
27	800–850	835	245.00–260.00	246.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	325.00–367.50	352.70
4	400–450	438	282.50–290.00	284.26
5	500–550	533	255.00–292.50	285.18
4	550–600	580	247.50–290.00	267.58

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.