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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-03

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Fri, Jan 3

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2144

← Dec 13Jan 3Jan 10 →

Receipts

2,025 head

▲ 1,451 vs last sale 574▼ 778 vs year ago 2,803 · −27.8%

Also sold hereFeeder CattleMon Sep 14, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Preconditioned calf sale today: No comparison due to first special sale of 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 $323.53/cwt on 101 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −146.64 against this barn's trailing median of $470.16.

Average price

$323.53

101 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,726

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$40.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.72

vs IA average

−9.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	334.07	1,779	75
Medium and Large 1-2	536	293.10	1,572	26

One grade step is worth $40.97/cwt here — about $207 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale101 hd

323.53

—

IA average6 barns · 1,055 hd

328.25

−4.72

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

−9.34

This barn, trailing median1 sales

470.16

−146.64

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

Every lot

37 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,339	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,736	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	350.83/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,649	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	299.57/cwt	263.00–310.00	1,552	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	340.93/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,786	61
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	304.19/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,734	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	275.55/cwt	272.50–290.00	1,615	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	299.83/cwt	280.00–309.00	1,871	135
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,693	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	296.62/cwt	284.50–305.50	2,008	162
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	250.88/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,711	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	231.22/cwt	230.00–232.50	1,653	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	291.15/cwt	278.00–296.00	2,096	133
Steers	750–800	Medium 1	768	250.12/cwt	230.00–259.00	1,921	32
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	272.41/cwt	260.00–282.00	2,106	210
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	242.37/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,895	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	268.22/cwt	263.00–274.00	2,197	114
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	266.18/cwt	253.00–270.00	2,340	146
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,005	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,432	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	729	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,330	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	333.07/cwt	307.50–340.00	1,446	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	284.82/cwt	240.00–300.00	1,253	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	288.41/cwt	245.00–300.00	1,350	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	330.38/cwt	317.50–333.00	1,576	49
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	241.98/cwt	220.00–255.00	1,270	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	306.05/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,628	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	292.58/cwt	275.00–297.00	1,682	86
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	249.38/cwt	232.50–260.00	1,456	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	282.49/cwt	259.00–295.00	1,754	154
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	267.51/cwt	254.50–281.00	1,798	138
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	228.04/cwt	212.50–241.00	1,558	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	252.89/cwt	242.00–259.00	1,821	107
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,646	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	248.82/cwt	244.75–253.00	1,921	158
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,083	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	865	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,998	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 Special - Tama, IA

Fri Jan 3, 2025

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

Receipts 2,025Last week 574Year ago 2,803

Special Preconditioned calf sale today: No comparison due to first special sale of 2025. Trade active. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	518	263.00–310.00	299.57
7	550–600	586	272.50–290.00	275.55
4	600–650	639	265.00	265.00
8	650–700	682	250.00–251.00	250.88
2	700–750	715	230.00–232.50	231.22
9	750–800	782	230.00–250.00	242.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	362	370.00	370.00
16	400–450	448	387.50	387.50
26	450–500	470	325.00–365.00	350.83
61	500–550	524	320.00–355.00	340.93
14	550–600	570	300.00–320.00	304.19
135	600–650	624	280.00–309.00	299.83
162	650–700	677	284.50–305.50	296.62
133	700–750	720	278.00–296.00	291.15
210	750–800	773	260.00–282.00	272.41
114	800–850	819	263.00–274.00	268.22
146	850–900	879	253.00–270.00	266.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	1000–1050	1,005	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	750–800	768	230.00–259.00	250.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	270	270.00	270.00
13	350–400	380	350.00	350.00
31	400–450	434	307.50–340.00	333.07
49	450–500	477	317.50–333.00	330.38
10	500–550	532	300.00–312.50	306.05
86	550–600	575	275.00–297.00	292.58
154	600–650	621	259.00–295.00	282.49
138	650–700	672	254.50–281.00	267.51
107	700–750	720	242.00–259.00	252.89
158	750–800	772	244.75–253.00	248.82
8	800–850	833	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	440	240.00–300.00	284.82
9	450–500	468	245.00–300.00	288.41
10	500–550	525	220.00–255.00	241.98
10	550–600	584	232.50–260.00	249.38
10	650–700	683	212.50–241.00	228.04
2	700–750	725	227.00	227.00
2	850–900	865	231.00	231.00

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.