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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-06

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Aug 6

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

318 head

▲ 85 vs last sale 233▼ 95 vs year ago 413 · −23.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 1.75-2.75 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	—	Average	1,811	192.28	3,483	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,441	170.57	2,457	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,261	161.84	2,041	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,172	116.40	1,364	13
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,289	243.81	3,143	78
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,198	235.75	2,824	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,034	229.93	2,377	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,413	244.04	3,447	134
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,205	236.32	2,848	19
Steers	Select	Average	1,040	230.78	2,400	6thin

Every lot

19 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	1,040	230.78/cwt	218.00–246.00	2,400	6
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,139	237.59/cwt	234.00–240.00	2,706	13
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,348	233.57/cwt	230.00–239.50	3,149	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,408	244.06/cwt	240.00–246.00	3,436	132
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,710	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	4,155	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,034	229.93/cwt	212.50–237.50	2,377	7
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,198	235.75/cwt	230.00–238.50	2,824	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,289	243.81/cwt	240.00–245.75	3,143	78
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,770	209.35/cwt	208.00–211.00	3,705	3
Bulls	—	—	1,829	184.97/cwt	150.00–202.00	3,383	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	845	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,521	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	900	104.51/cwt	104.00–105.00	941	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	80.49/cwt	80.00–81.00	813	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,248	180.43/cwt	170.00–205.00	2,252	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,268	127.02/cwt	100.00–140.00	1,611	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,308	171.51/cwt	163.00–194.00	2,243	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,308	152.59/cwt	143.00–159.00	1,996	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,573	164.87/cwt	161.00–167.00	2,593	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,640	178.69/cwt	174.00–183.00	2,931	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 Aug 6, 2025

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

Receipts 318Last week 233Year ago 413

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 1.75-2.75 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
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,829	150.00–202.00	184.97
3	—	1,770	208.00–211.00	209.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,348	230.00–239.50	233.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,139	234.00–240.00	237.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,040	218.00–246.00	230.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	1,408	240.00–246.00	244.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,710	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,034	212.50–237.50	229.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,198	230.00–238.50	235.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,289	240.00–245.75	243.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,010	80.00–81.00	80.49
9	—	1,268	100.00–140.00	127.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,640	174.00–183.00	178.69
4	—	1,573	161.00–167.00	164.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,308	163.00–194.00	171.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,308	143.00–159.00	152.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	900	104.00–105.00	104.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,248	170.00–205.00	180.43

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.