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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-13

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Aug 13

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

353 head

▲ 35 vs last sale 318▼ 20 vs year ago 373 · −5.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady-.50 higher, slaughter cows no comparison dur to low receipts last week. Trade active. Demand was 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	1,559	187.92	2,930	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,517	173.75	2,637	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,280	160.71	2,057	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,142	126.47	1,444	19
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,293	244.29	3,159	56
Heifers	Select	Average	1,021	240.54	2,456	12
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,168	236.02	2,757	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,378	244.21	3,364	125
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,242	237.37	2,948	25
Steers	Select	Average	1,124	227.61	2,558	4thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,124	227.61/cwt	225.00–230.00	2,558	4
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,235	237.35/cwt	230.00–240.00	2,931	22
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,292	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	3,069	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,375	244.23/cwt	240.50–248.00	3,358	124
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,700	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	4,114	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,021	240.54/cwt	234.00–249.00	2,456	12
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,168	236.02/cwt	231.00–239.50	2,757	10
Heifers	—	Choice	1,293	244.29/cwt	240.50–247.00	3,159	56
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,124	157.94/cwt	140.00–178.00	1,775	5
Bulls	—	—	1,673	192.38/cwt	169.00–205.00	3,219	11
Bulls	—	—	1,789	213.15/cwt	212.00–215.00	3,813	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	880	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,200	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	963	127.03/cwt	115.00–139.00	1,223	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,108	165.76/cwt	151.00–200.00	1,837	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,117	134.13/cwt	119.00–143.00	1,498	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,311	101.31/cwt	95.00–106.00	1,328	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,370	152.53/cwt	145.00–158.00	2,090	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,382	176.00/cwt	163.00–186.00	2,432	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,504	165.11/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,483	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,661	176.68/cwt	172.00–181.00	2,935	15

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 13, 2025

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

Receipts 353Last week 318Year ago 373

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady-.50 higher, slaughter cows no comparison dur to low receipts last week. Trade active. Demand was good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,673	169.00–205.00	192.38
4	—	1,789	212.00–215.00	213.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,124	140.00–178.00	157.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,021	234.00–249.00	240.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,168	231.00–239.50	236.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,293	240.50–247.00	244.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,235	230.00–240.00	237.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	1,375	240.50–248.00	244.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,292	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,124	225.00–230.00	227.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,661	172.00–181.00	176.68
9	—	1,504	161.00–169.00	165.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,311	95.00–106.00	101.31
13	—	1,117	119.00–143.00	134.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,108	151.00–200.00	165.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	963	115.00–139.00	127.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,382	163.00–186.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,370	145.00–158.00	152.53

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.