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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Apr 2

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

155 head

▼ 134 vs last sale 289▲ 22 vs year ago 133 · +16.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady, 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	1,585	174.95	2,773	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,164	160.98	1,874	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,518	149.83	2,275	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,258	105.01	1,321	6thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,354	220.00	2,979	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,363	216.81	2,955	22
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,241	211.87	2,629	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,086	205.65	2,233	9thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,553	222.00	3,448	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,537	216.43	3,327	36
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,229	210.39	2,586	12

Every lot

20 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,188	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,542	6
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,270	206.78/cwt	205.00–209.00	2,626	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,496	216.29/cwt	210.00–219.00	3,236	29
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,553	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	3,448	6
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,708	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	3,706	7
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,086	205.65/cwt	180.00–213.00	2,233	9
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,185	207.90/cwt	206.00–209.50	2,464	2
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,257	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,677	7
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,354	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,979	6
Heifers	—	Choice	1,363	216.81/cwt	210.00–219.00	2,955	22
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,046	188.61/cwt	170.00–200.00	1,973	5
Bulls	—	—	2,034	163.56/cwt	160.00–175.00	3,327	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	995	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,940	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,085	94.02/cwt	85.00–100.00	1,020	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,135	173.96/cwt	127.00–200.00	1,974	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,251	130.82/cwt	127.00–135.00	1,637	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,333	162.43/cwt	143.00–195.00	2,165	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,344	110.51/cwt	104.00–118.00	1,485	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,479	139.57/cwt	135.00–144.00	2,064	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,795	149.08/cwt	147.00–152.00	2,676	5

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 Apr 2, 2025

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

Receipts 155Last week 289Year ago 133

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady, 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
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,344	104.00–118.00	110.51
2	—	1,085	85.00–100.00	94.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,135	127.00–200.00	173.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,251	127.00–135.00	130.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,795	147.00–152.00	149.08
7	—	1,479	135.00–144.00	139.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,333	143.00–195.00	162.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,553	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,270	205.00–209.00	206.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,188	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,708	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,496	210.00–219.00	216.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,086	180.00–213.00	205.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,354	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,363	210.00–219.00	216.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,257	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,185	206.00–209.50	207.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	2,034	160.00–175.00	163.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,046	170.00–200.00	188.61

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.