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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-12

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Feb 12

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

248 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 257▼ 99 vs year ago 347 · −28.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 lower, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts today. 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	1,812	156.92	2,844	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,484	141.49	2,100	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,222	133.24	1,628	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,051	93.58	984	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,370	215.30	2,950	77
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,254	207.11	2,597	16
Steers	Choice	Average	1,520	217.12	3,301	85
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,353	206.53	2,794	13

Every lot

18 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,353	206.53/cwt	205.00–208.00	2,794	13
Steers	—	ChoiceValue Added	1,467	221.09/cwt	218.00–222.25	3,243	36
Steers	—	Choice	1,517	214.36/cwt	210.00–217.00	3,252	41
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,776	213.35/cwt	206.00–219.50	3,789	8
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,254	207.11/cwt	200.00–210.00	2,597	16
Heifers	—	ChoiceValue Added	1,350	221.32/cwt	221.00–221.50	2,988	15
Heifers	—	Choice	1,375	213.84/cwt	211.00–219.00	2,940	62
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,155	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,502	1
Bulls	—	—	1,782	146.50/cwt	132.00–157.00	2,611	3
Bulls	—	—	1,999	171.46/cwt	167.00–184.00	3,427	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	818	112.73/cwt	112.50–113.00	922	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,019	81.97/cwt	65.00–90.00	835	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,085	164.07/cwt	137.00–183.00	1,780	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,268	122.96/cwt	116.00–128.00	1,559	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,282	107.92/cwt	105.50–112.50	1,384	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,313	147.55/cwt	138.00–161.00	1,937	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,500	134.10/cwt	129.00–137.00	2,012	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,635	145.29/cwt	142.00–150.50	2,375	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 Feb 12, 2025

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

Receipts 248Last week 257Year ago 347

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 lower, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts today. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,782	132.00–157.00	146.50
4	—	1,999	167.00–184.00	171.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,268	116.00–128.00	122.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,500	129.00–137.00	134.10
3	—	1,635	142.00–150.50	145.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,282	105.50–112.50	107.92
7	—	1,019	65.00–90.00	81.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	818	112.50–113.00	112.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,085	137.00–183.00	164.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,313	138.00–161.00	147.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,375	211.00–219.00	213.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,350	221.00–221.50	221.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,254	200.00–210.00	207.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,467	218.00–222.25	221.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,776	206.00–219.50	213.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,353	205.00–208.00	206.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,517	210.00–217.00	214.36

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.