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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-07

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, May 7

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

137 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 163▼ 77 vs year ago 214 · −36.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: 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	—	Low	1,497	172.87	2,589	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,386	149.23	2,069	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,314	140.72	1,848	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,161	114.48	1,329	15
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,360	210.99	2,869	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,347	227.72	3,067	17
Heifers	Select	Average	1,035	221.25	2,290	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,374	224.56	3,085	17
Steers	Select	Average	1,136	216.20	2,456	7thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,136	216.20/cwt	207.50–226.00	2,456	7
Steers	—	Choice	1,374	224.56/cwt	218.00–225.75	3,085	17
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,035	221.25/cwt	220.00–222.50	2,290	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,347	227.72/cwt	221.00–230.00	3,067	17
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,106	191.91/cwt	187.50–197.50	2,123	4
Bulls	—	—	1,595	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,201	1
Bulls	—	—	1,681	167.71/cwt	150.00–180.00	2,819	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	820	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	964	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,022	94.35/cwt	60.00–104.00	964	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,136	165.54/cwt	147.00–211.00	1,881	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,276	125.33/cwt	117.00–132.00	1,599	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,279	158.79/cwt	143.00–181.00	2,031	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,328	124.32/cwt	123.00–126.00	1,651	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,366	135.60/cwt	131.00–139.00	1,852	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,413	143.06/cwt	140.00–149.50	2,021	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,440	153.48/cwt	150.00–159.00	2,210	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,561	134.49/cwt	132.00–137.00	2,099	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,360	210.99/cwt	210.00–212.00	2,869	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 May 7, 2025

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

Receipts 137Last week 163Year ago 214

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to low receipts. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,279	143.00–181.00	158.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,413	140.00–149.50	143.06
4	—	1,561	132.00–137.00	134.49
3	—	1,440	150.00–159.00	153.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,136	147.00–211.00	165.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,366	131.00–139.00	135.60
2	—	1,328	123.00–126.00	124.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,022	60.00–104.00	94.35
9	—	1,276	117.00–132.00	125.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,374	218.00–225.75	224.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,136	207.50–226.00	216.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	138.00	138.00
8	—	1,681	150.00–180.00	167.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,106	187.50–197.50	191.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,347	221.00–230.00	227.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,035	220.00–222.50	221.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,360	210.00–212.00	210.99

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.