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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-15

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Jan 15

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

375 head

▼ 356 vs last sale 731▲ 132 vs year ago 243 · +54.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 2.75-3.75 higher, slaughter cows .75 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,403	191.00	2,680	6thin
Bulls	—	High	1,934	146.74	2,837	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,478	132.42	1,957	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,322	124.15	1,641	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,105	81.73	903	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,391	210.06	2,922	116
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,326	198.32	2,630	14
Heifers	Select	Average	1,128	171.54	1,935	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,490	209.49	3,121	111
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,368	198.27	2,712	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,161	180.97	2,101	4thin

Every lot

16 lots · USDA AMS · Tama Livestock Slaughter 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
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,161	180.97/cwt	174.00–185.00	2,101	4
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,368	198.27/cwt	190.00–203.00	2,712	10
Steers	—	Choice	1,490	209.49/cwt	205.00–214.00	3,121	111
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,128	171.54/cwt	161.00–182.00	1,935	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,326	198.32/cwt	190.00–203.50	2,630	14
Heifers	—	Choice	1,391	210.06/cwt	204.00–213.50	2,922	116
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,873	160.31/cwt	158.50–162.00	3,003	2
Bulls	—	—	1,951	142.86/cwt	124.00–156.00	2,787	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	800	61.36/cwt	60.00–62.50	491	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,207	132.47/cwt	120.00–181.00	1,599	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,308	95.31/cwt	90.00–105.00	1,247	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,364	138.60/cwt	129.00–155.00	1,891	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,456	114.44/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,666	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,485	137.66/cwt	132.00–147.00	2,044	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,514	125.73/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,904	19
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,403	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,680	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.

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Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Wed Jan 15, 2025

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

Receipts 375Last week 731Year ago 243

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 2.75-3.75 higher, slaughter cows .75 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,368	190.00–203.00	198.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,161	174.00–185.00	180.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	1,490	205.00–214.00	209.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	1,391	204.00–213.50	210.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,128	161.00–182.00	171.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,326	190.00–203.50	198.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,308	90.00–105.00	95.31
2	—	800	60.00–62.50	61.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,364	129.00–155.00	138.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,207	120.00–181.00	132.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,485	132.00–147.00	137.66
19	—	1,514	120.00–131.00	125.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,456	110.00–120.00	114.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,403	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,873	158.50–162.00	160.31
7	—	1,951	124.00–156.00	142.86

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.