Sale reports / Iowa / Tama Livestock Auction / 2025-01-17

Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-17

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Fri, Jan 17

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2144

← Jan 10Jan 17Jan 24 →

Receipts

965 head

▼ 576 vs last sale 1,541▼ 742 vs year ago 1,707 · −43.5%

Also sold hereFeeder CattleMon Sep 14, 2026

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Preconditioned calf sale today: Compared to last Friday sale (1-10). Feeder steers 450-599lbs 7.00-9.00 higher, 600-700lbs 9.00 lower, 750lbs 1.50 higher, 800lbs 4.00 lower. feeder heifers steady to 1.50 higher. 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 $318.18/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −151.99 against this barn's trailing median of $470.16.

Average price

$318.18

52 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,741

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

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

$52.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.43

vs IA average

−24.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	324.20	1,773	46
Medium and Large 1-2	551	271.98	1,497	6thin

One grade step is worth $52.22/cwt here — about $275 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 sale52 hd

318.18

—

IA average8 barns · 1,956 hd

342.60

−24.43

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−24.27

This barn, trailing median1 sales

470.16

−151.99

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

Every lot

31 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,271	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	382.60/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,653	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	359.84/cwt	355.00–374.00	1,716	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	264.01/cwt	257.50–275.00	1,365	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	332.70/cwt	322.50–340.00	1,727	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	314.93/cwt	309.00–340.00	1,817	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	279.95/cwt	275.00–282.50	1,635	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	276.51/cwt	252.50–280.00	1,695	42
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	296.08/cwt	288.00–309.50	1,853	56
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	248.54/cwt	210.00–273.00	1,683	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	286.47/cwt	275.00–293.50	1,945	57
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	284.61/cwt	271.00–288.25	2,061	96
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	249.98/cwt	247.00–253.00	1,945	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	274.92/cwt	267.00–283.00	2,142	78
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	267.80/cwt	259.00–273.00	2,209	111
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	828	235.62/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,951	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	850	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,040	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	247.37/cwt	245.50–250.00	2,202	12
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	250.86/cwt	241.00–252.00	2,318	29
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	952	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,361	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	320.94/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,528	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	276.48/cwt	272.50–282.50	1,438	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	305.86/cwt	284.00–312.50	1,600	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	289.98/cwt	265.00–299.00	1,644	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	270.19/cwt	260.00–293.00	1,699	50
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	254.57/cwt	237.50–256.00	1,604	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	263.08/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,765	73
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	241.60/cwt	241.00–247.50	1,662	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	253.29/cwt	246.00–259.00	1,811	40
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	243.96/cwt	232.00–248.50	1,871	52
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	802	232.08/cwt	231.00–239.00	1,861	15

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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 965Last week 1,541Year ago 1,707

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	476	300.00–340.00	320.94
40	500–550	523	284.00–312.50	305.86
35	550–600	567	265.00–299.00	289.98
50	600–650	629	260.00–293.00	270.19
73	650–700	671	250.00–280.00	263.08
40	700–750	715	246.00–259.00	253.29
52	750–800	767	232.00–248.50	243.96
15	800–850	802	231.00–239.00	232.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	520	272.50–282.50	276.48
19	600–650	630	237.50–256.00	254.57
14	650–700	688	241.00–247.50	241.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	432	365.00–390.00	382.60
19	450–500	477	355.00–374.00	359.84
24	500–550	519	322.50–340.00	332.70
22	550–600	577	309.00–340.00	314.93
56	600–650	626	288.00–309.50	296.08
57	650–700	679	275.00–293.50	286.47
96	700–750	724	271.00–288.25	284.61
78	750–800	779	267.00–283.00	274.92
111	800–850	825	259.00–273.00	267.80
12	850–900	890	245.50–250.00	247.37
29	900–950	924	241.00–252.00	250.86
3	950–1000	952	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	302.50	302.50
3	500–550	517	257.50–275.00	264.01
3	550–600	584	275.00–282.50	279.95
42	600–650	613	252.50–280.00	276.51
9	650–700	677	210.00–273.00	248.54
6	750–800	778	247.00–253.00	249.98
2	800–850	828	230.00–241.00	235.62
1	850–900	850	240.00	240.00

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.