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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-25

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Jun 25

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

272 head

▼ 64 vs last sale 336▼ 80 vs year ago 352 · −22.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.25 higher, slaughter cows no comparison. 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	1,420	174.88	2,484	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,457	168.22	2,451	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,332	147.65	1,967	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,255	114.50	1,437	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,302	237.32	3,090	48
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,195	228.28	2,727	22
Heifers	Select	Average	1,062	221.00	2,348	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,412	237.76	3,357	95
Steers	Select	Average	1,074	231.85	2,490	6thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,363	231.48	3,156	15

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	1,074	231.85/cwt	220.00–248.00	2,490	6
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,353	226.55/cwt	226.00–227.00	3,065	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,365	232.24/cwt	230.00–234.00	3,170	13
Steers	—	Choice	1,404	237.90/cwt	234.50–240.60	3,340	93
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,780	231.48/cwt	230.00–233.00	4,120	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,060	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,131	1
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,063	226.00/cwt	216.00–229.00	2,402	4
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,182	228.96/cwt	225.00–234.00	2,706	20
Heifers	—	Choice	1,302	237.32/cwt	234.50–240.85	3,090	48
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,320	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	2,924	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,088	163.10/cwt	144.00–183.00	1,775	2
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,105	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,298	1
Bulls	—	—	1,418	179.26/cwt	171.00–196.00	2,542	4
Bulls	—	—	1,915	206.60/cwt	203.00–210.00	3,956	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,124	182.40/cwt	156.00–225.00	2,050	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,250	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,263	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,260	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,613	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,346	173.26/cwt	163.00–180.00	2,332	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,377	141.31/cwt	134.00–145.00	1,946	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,450	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,595	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,526	177.34/cwt	161.00–224.00	2,706	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,540	153.46/cwt	140.00–159.00	2,363	10

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 25, 2025

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

Receipts 272Last week 336Year ago 352

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 1.25 higher, slaughter cows no comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,182	225.00–234.00	228.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,302	234.50–240.85	237.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,320	221.50	221.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,063	216.00–229.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,088	144.00–183.00	163.10
1	—	1,105	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,418	171.00–196.00	179.26
2	—	1,915	203.00–210.00	206.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,124	156.00–225.00	182.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	128.00	128.00
1	—	1,250	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,346	163.00–180.00	173.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,540	140.00–159.00	153.46
9	—	1,526	161.00–224.00	177.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	110.00	110.00
16	—	1,377	134.00–145.00	141.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,780	230.00–233.00	231.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	1,404	234.50–240.60	237.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,353	226.00–227.00	226.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,365	230.00–234.00	232.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,074	220.00–248.00	231.85

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.