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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-05

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Mar 5

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

163 head

▼ 292 vs last sale 455▼ 123 vs year ago 286 · −43.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 3.25- 4.50 lower, No comparison on slaughter cow 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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,453	195.06	2,834	6thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,728	202.50	3,499	2thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,812	167.56	3,036	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,412	145.71	2,057	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,086	143.16	1,555	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,000	102.33	1,023	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,368	207.34	2,836	48
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,278	193.81	2,477	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,513	207.28	3,136	29
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,396	199.73	2,788	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,165	185.00	2,155	1thin

Every lot

15 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	1,165	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,155	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,396	199.73/cwt	199.00–200.50	2,788	8
Steers	—	Choice	1,513	207.28/cwt	202.50–209.00	3,136	29
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,278	193.81/cwt	191.00–198.00	2,477	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,368	207.34/cwt	201.00–209.75	2,836	48
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,812	167.56/cwt	145.00–179.00	3,036	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	940	156.55/cwt	115.00–177.50	1,472	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	102.33/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,023	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,107	147.14/cwt	125.00–185.00	1,629	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,205	118.76/cwt	113.00–124.00	1,431	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,408	164.08/cwt	155.00–173.00	2,310	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,408	144.69/cwt	131.00–162.00	2,037	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,440	134.01/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,930	2
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,453	195.06/cwt	194.50–196.00	2,834	6
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,728	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	3,499	2

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 Mar 5, 2025

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

Receipts 163Last week 455Year ago 286

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 3.25- 4.50 lower, No comparison on slaughter cow due to low receipts. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,453	194.50–196.00	195.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,728	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,513	202.50–209.00	207.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,396	199.00–200.50	199.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,368	201.00–209.75	207.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,278	191.00–198.00	193.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	940	115.00–177.50	156.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,000	100.00–105.00	102.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,408	131.00–162.00	144.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,107	125.00–185.00	147.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,440	130.00–138.00	134.01
2	—	1,408	155.00–173.00	164.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,205	113.00–124.00	118.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,812	145.00–179.00	167.56

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.