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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-22

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Jan 22

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

199 head

▼ 176 vs last sale 375▼ 253 vs year ago 452 · −56.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Choice steers and heifers were 8.00-9.00 higher, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts. 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,736	153.60	2,666	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,472	131.35	1,933	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,225	130.98	1,604	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,310	84.21	1,103	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,347	218.92	2,949	66
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,329	203.74	2,708	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,553	219.30	3,406	70
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,371	206.62	2,833	9thin

Every lot

14 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	—	Select and Choice	1,371	206.62/cwt	201.00–210.00	2,833	9
Steers	—	Choice	1,548	219.74/cwt	215.50–225.25	3,402	68
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,728	204.49/cwt	204.00–205.00	3,534	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,329	203.74/cwt	201.00–210.00	2,708	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,347	218.92/cwt	214.00–223.00	2,949	66
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,621	151.05/cwt	141.00–155.00	2,449	7
Bulls	—	—	2,138	162.53/cwt	160.00–164.50	3,475	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,078	163.38/cwt	155.00–172.50	1,761	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,235	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,371	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,298	114.78/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,490	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,348	70.82/cwt	65.00–80.00	955	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,383	138.77/cwt	132.00–158.00	1,919	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,506	123.88/cwt	121.00–131.00	1,866	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,570	133.94/cwt	133.00–135.50	2,103	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.

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Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Wed Jan 22, 2025

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

Receipts 199Last week 375Year ago 452

Slaughter cattle sale today: Choice steers and heifers were 8.00-9.00 higher, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,621	141.00–155.00	151.05
2	—	2,138	160.00–164.50	162.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,298	112.00–119.00	114.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,506	121.00–131.00	123.88
3	—	1,570	133.00–135.50	133.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,078	155.00–172.50	163.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	65.00–80.00	70.82
1	—	1,235	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,383	132.00–158.00	138.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,329	201.00–210.00	203.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,347	214.00–223.00	218.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,371	201.00–210.00	206.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,548	215.50–225.25	219.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,728	204.00–205.00	204.49

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.