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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-30

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Jul 30

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

233 head

▼ 89 vs last sale 322▼ 150 vs year ago 383 · −39.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 3.75-4.50 higher, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts today. 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	1,665	184.87	3,078	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,451	163.88	2,378	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,272	157.48	2,003	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,119	135.60	1,517	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,240	241.97	3,000	70
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,207	233.71	2,821	21
Heifers	Select	Average	1,044	229.50	2,396	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,419	241.30	3,424	52
Steers	Select	Average	1,110	232.09	2,576	4thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,276	230.85	2,946	16

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,110	232.09/cwt	225.00–235.00	2,576	4
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,276	232.60/cwt	230.00–238.00	2,968	10
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,276	227.94/cwt	220.00–233.00	2,909	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,419	241.30/cwt	237.00–245.00	3,424	52
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,044	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,396	6
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,207	233.71/cwt	228.00–238.25	2,821	21
Heifers	—	Choice	1,240	241.97/cwt	239.75–247.50	3,000	70
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	970	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,213	1
Bulls	—	—	1,705	213.65/cwt	210.00–216.00	3,643	3
Bulls	—	—	1,729	181.93/cwt	150.00–205.00	3,146	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	921	137.24/cwt	130.00–144.50	1,264	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	990	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,277	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,224	160.87/cwt	145.00–170.00	1,969	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,293	150.20/cwt	147.00–155.00	1,942	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,317	133.96/cwt	117.00–143.00	1,764	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,373	166.60/cwt	159.00–174.00	2,287	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,448	141.87/cwt	140.00–144.00	2,054	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,503	162.07/cwt	155.00–171.00	2,436	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 Jul 30, 2025

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

Receipts 233Last week 322Year ago 383

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 3.75-4.50 higher, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts today. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,293	147.00–155.00	150.20
2	—	1,448	140.00–144.00	141.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	921	130.00–144.50	137.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,317	117.00–143.00	133.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,373	159.00–174.00	166.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,503	155.00–171.00	162.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,224	145.00–170.00	160.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,419	237.00–245.00	241.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,276	220.00–233.00	227.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,276	230.00–238.00	232.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,110	225.00–235.00	232.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,240	239.75–247.50	241.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,207	228.00–238.25	233.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,044	229.50	229.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,705	210.00–216.00	213.65
9	—	1,729	150.00–205.00	181.93

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.