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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-14

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, May 14

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

229 head

▲ 92 vs last sale 137▼ 13 vs year ago 242 · −5.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to low receipts last week. 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	1,935	174.82	3,382	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,409	152.76	2,152	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,238	145.51	1,802	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,143	127.93	1,463	13
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,402	233.73	3,277	23
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,429	227.23	3,247	10
Heifers	Select	Average	1,157	221.46	2,562	7thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,167	221.07	2,580	5thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,468	233.75	3,431	69
Steers	Choice	Average	1,440	227.46	3,276	12
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,281	222.34	2,848	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,210	215.71	2,610	2thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,210	215.71/cwt	211.00–221.00	2,610	2
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,226	223.48/cwt	220.00–229.00	2,740	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,352	226.70/cwt	225.00–229.50	3,065	9
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,418	219.49/cwt	219.00–220.00	3,112	2
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,468	233.75/cwt	230.00–238.00	3,431	69
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,705	229.75/cwt	229.75–229.75	3,917	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,157	221.46/cwt	215.00–226.00	2,562	7
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,167	221.07/cwt	219.50–222.50	2,580	5
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,402	233.73/cwt	230.00–235.00	3,277	23
Heifers	—	Choice	1,429	227.23/cwt	225.00–229.75	3,247	10
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,896	165.78/cwt	144.00–186.00	3,143	4
Bulls	—	—	2,090	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	4,410	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	883	134.33/cwt	122.00–147.50	1,186	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,182	158.27/cwt	140.00–193.00	1,871	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,259	125.08/cwt	116.00–134.00	1,575	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,286	134.71/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,732	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,324	161.79/cwt	149.00–185.00	2,142	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,433	146.51/cwt	144.00–149.00	2,099	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,458	160.76/cwt	156.00–168.00	2,344	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,542	131.26/cwt	130.00–135.00	2,024	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 May 14, 2025

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

Receipts 229Last week 137Year ago 242

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,896	144.00–186.00	165.78
1	—	2,090	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,157	215.00–226.00	221.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,167	219.50–222.50	221.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,429	225.00–229.75	227.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,402	230.00–235.00	233.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	219.00–220.00	219.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,226	220.00–229.00	223.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,352	225.00–229.50	226.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,468	230.00–238.00	233.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	211.00–221.00	215.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,705	229.75	229.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,458	156.00–168.00	160.76
5	—	1,542	130.00–135.00	131.26
8	—	1,433	144.00–149.00	146.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,286	130.00–138.00	134.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,182	140.00–193.00	158.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,259	116.00–134.00	125.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	883	122.00–147.50	134.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,324	149.00–185.00	161.79

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.