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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-24

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Fri, Jan 24

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2144

← Jan 17Jan 24Feb 14 →

Receipts

1,528 head

▲ 563 vs last sale 965▼ 211 vs year ago 1,739 · −12.1%

Also sold hereFeeder CattleMon Sep 14, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Preconditioned feeder calf sale: Compared to last Friday (1-17). Many load lots today with one consignment of 900 head. Feeder steers 500-699lbs 6.00-8.00 higher, 700-899lbs 9.00-12.00 higher, feeder heifers 500-599lbs 14.00-20.00 higher, 600-799lbs 6.00-12.00 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 $334.01/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −136.15 against this barn's trailing median of $470.16.

Average price

$334.01

52 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,841

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$55.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.62

vs IA average

−6.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	338.30	1,854	48
Medium and Large 1-2	589	282.62	1,665	4thin

One grade step is worth $55.68/cwt here — about $189 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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

334.01

—

IA average9 barns · 1,647 hd

342.64

−8.62

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−6.93

This barn, trailing median1 sales

470.16

−136.15

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

Every lot

29 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1	404	369.28/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,492	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	357.44/cwt	340.00–359.00	1,769	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,880	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	320.59/cwt	308.00–333.00	1,821	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	282.62/cwt	272.50–286.00	1,665	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	611	275.80/cwt	272.50–276.00	1,685	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	332.57/cwt	291.00–334.00	2,045	186
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	307.36/cwt	281.00–319.75	2,105	51
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	272.02/cwt	250.00–277.50	1,874	34
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	299.03/cwt	282.00–300.00	2,189	280
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	746	260.82/cwt	251.00–274.00	1,946	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	269.54/cwt	263.00–279.00	2,067	31
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	277.75/cwt	257.00–283.75	2,289	71
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	272.72/cwt	250.00–279.00	2,373	64
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	449	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,560	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	321.12/cwt	303.00–340.00	1,557	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	319.20/cwt	299.00–326.00	1,660	43
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,485	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	320.50/cwt	305.00–321.00	1,795	94
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	258.82/cwt	251.00–280.00	1,488	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	287.38/cwt	272.00–291.00	1,828	108
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	260.15/cwt	232.50–262.00	1,670	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	290.25/cwt	280.00–291.00	1,901	176
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	254.41/cwt	249.00–269.00	1,740	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	255.42/cwt	251.00–263.00	1,847	26
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	230.51/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,690	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	262.16/cwt	261.00–263.50	1,974	101
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	804	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,135	21
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	235.00/cwt	231.00–243.00	2,068	3

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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 1,528Last week 965Year ago 1,739

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	521	285.00	285.00
19	550–600	575	251.00–280.00	258.82
15	600–650	642	232.50–262.00	260.15
17	650–700	684	249.00–269.00	254.41
2	700–750	733	230.00–231.00	230.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	449	347.50	347.50
6	450–500	485	303.00–340.00	321.12
43	500–550	520	299.00–326.00	319.20
94	550–600	560	305.00–321.00	320.50
108	600–650	636	272.00–291.00	287.38
176	650–700	655	280.00–291.00	290.25
26	700–750	723	251.00–263.00	255.42
101	750–800	753	261.00–263.50	262.16
3	850–900	880	231.00–243.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	800–850	804	265.50	265.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	404	345.00–380.00	369.28
23	450–500	495	340.00–359.00	357.44
24	500–550	528	356.00	356.00
24	550–600	568	308.00–333.00	320.59
186	600–650	615	291.00–334.00	332.57
51	650–700	685	281.00–319.75	307.36
280	700–750	732	282.00–300.00	299.03
31	750–800	767	263.00–279.00	269.54
71	800–850	824	257.00–283.75	277.75
64	850–900	870	250.00–279.00	272.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	589	272.50–286.00	282.62
18	600–650	611	272.50–276.00	275.80
34	650–700	689	250.00–277.50	272.02
7	700–750	746	251.00–274.00	260.82

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.