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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-30

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Apr 30

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

163 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 162▼ 135 vs year ago 298 · −45.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week not reported. 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	1,794	160.58	2,880	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,540	151.45	2,333	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,201	143.20	1,719	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,111	126.49	1,405	7thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,371	223.27	3,061	22
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,303	218.69	2,850	28
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,221	202.76	2,476	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,080	197.00	2,128	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,392	218.54	3,042	24
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,373	209.41	2,875	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,035	205.00	2,122	1thin

Every lot

19 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	1,035	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,122	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,373	209.41/cwt	209.00–210.00	2,875	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,392	218.54/cwt	215.00–222.00	3,042	24
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,080	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	2,128	1
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,218	205.90/cwt	200.00–210.00	2,508	4
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,228	196.47/cwt	195.00–198.00	2,413	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,303	218.69/cwt	214.00–221.00	2,850	28
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,371	223.27/cwt	222.00–223.75	3,061	22
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,528	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,834	2
Bulls	—	—	1,847	168.69/cwt	148.00–184.00	3,116	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	985	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,872	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,111	126.49/cwt	116.00–133.00	1,405	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,121	144.07/cwt	128.50–171.00	1,615	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,624	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,374	161.22/cwt	150.00–177.50	2,215	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,382	137.13/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,895	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,559	145.07/cwt	143.00–148.00	2,262	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,700	134.31/cwt	129.00–139.00	2,283	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,828	153.82/cwt	153.50–154.00	2,812	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 Apr 30, 2025

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

Receipts 163Last week 162Year ago 298

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week not reported. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,847	148.00–184.00	168.69
2	—	1,528	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,373	209.00–210.00	209.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,392	215.00–222.00	218.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	195.00–198.00	196.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	197.00	197.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,218	200.00–210.00	205.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,303	214.00–221.00	218.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,371	222.00–223.75	223.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,700	129.00–139.00	134.31
8	—	1,559	143.00–148.00	145.07
3	—	1,828	153.50–154.00	153.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	131.00	131.00
8	—	1,382	135.00–140.00	137.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,111	116.00–133.00	126.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,121	128.50–171.00	144.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,374	150.00–177.50	161.22

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.