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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-11

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Jun 11

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

189 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 188▼ 172 vs year ago 361 · −47.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Choice steers and heifers 1.00-3.00 higher, 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	—	High	1,353	208.42	2,821	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,514	159.48	2,415	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,204	155.97	1,878	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,043	122.48	1,277	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,378	239.08	3,295	18
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,203	232.85	2,801	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,150	211.15	2,428	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,441	240.57	3,467	65
Steers	Choice	Average	1,397	237.35	3,316	15
Steers	Select	Average	1,170	231.00	2,703	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,456	228.11	3,321	6thin

Every lot

22 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	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,170	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,703	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,397	237.35/cwt	235.00–239.00	3,316	15
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,420	227.41/cwt	225.00–230.00	3,229	2
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,441	240.57/cwt	240.00–241.50	3,467	65
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,474	228.46/cwt	223.00–231.00	3,368	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,150	211.15/cwt	200.00–222.50	2,428	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,203	232.85/cwt	230.00–235.00	2,801	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,378	239.08/cwt	236.50–241.25	3,295	18
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	830	227.88/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,891	2
Bulls	—	—	1,510	195.14/cwt	193.00–197.00	2,947	2
Bulls	—	—	1,720	202.24/cwt	200.00–205.00	3,479	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	820	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	935	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	960	142.94/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,372	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	985	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,167	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	990	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,010	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,143	192.90/cwt	156.00–220.00	2,205	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,180	136.96/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,616	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,343	162.20/cwt	148.00–180.00	2,178	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,387	141.63/cwt	135.00–148.00	1,964	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,566	153.76/cwt	140.00–159.00	2,408	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,581	163.04/cwt	160.00–168.00	2,578	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,635	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,256	1

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 Jun 11, 2025

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

Receipts 189Last week 188Year ago 361

Slaughter cattle sale today: Choice steers and heifers 1.00-3.00 higher, 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
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,170	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,474	223.00–231.00	228.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,420	225.00–230.00	227.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,397	235.00–239.00	237.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,441	240.00–241.50	240.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	200.00–222.50	211.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,203	230.00–235.00	232.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,378	236.50–241.25	239.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,581	160.00–168.00	163.04
1	—	1,635	138.00	138.00
17	—	1,566	140.00–159.00	153.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	102.00	102.00
2	—	1,180	134.00–140.00	136.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,387	135.00–148.00	141.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	960	140.00–146.00	142.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,143	156.00–220.00	192.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,343	148.00–180.00	162.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,720	200.00–205.00	202.24
2	—	1,510	193.00–197.00	195.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	830	225.00–230.00	227.88

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.