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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-10

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Sep 10

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

254 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 251▲ 254 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 1.00-2.50 lower, 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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,505	234.00	3,522	5thin
Bulls	—	High	1,782	194.38	3,465	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,498	166.61	2,496	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,280	156.49	2,003	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,194	126.77	1,514	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,341	245.10	3,287	39
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,196	238.48	2,852	14
Heifers	Select	Average	1,070	223.00	2,386	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,427	244.40	3,488	60
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,313	237.42	3,118	37

Every lot

15 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,255	235.26/cwt	234.50–235.50	2,953	16
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,358	239.06/cwt	234.00–241.50	3,246	21
Steers	—	Choice	1,427	244.40/cwt	240.00–249.50	3,488	60
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,070	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,386	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,196	238.48/cwt	231.00–241.00	2,852	14
Heifers	—	Choice	1,341	245.10/cwt	240.00–249.00	3,287	39
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,731	183.16/cwt	160.00–206.00	3,170	9
Bulls	—	—	1,898	219.62/cwt	216.00–223.00	4,168	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,173	168.17/cwt	140.00–228.00	1,973	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,194	126.77/cwt	110.00–138.00	1,514	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,305	169.79/cwt	165.00–174.50	2,216	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,355	148.31/cwt	140.00–156.00	2,010	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,498	164.45/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,463	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,627	172.40/cwt	170.00–174.00	2,805	3
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,505	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	3,522	5

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 Sep 10, 2025

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

Receipts 254Last week 251Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 1.00-2.50 lower, 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
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,498	161.00–169.00	164.45
3	—	1,627	170.00–174.00	172.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,173	140.00–228.00	168.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,355	140.00–156.00	148.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,305	165.00–174.50	169.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,194	110.00–138.00	126.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,341	240.00–249.00	245.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,196	231.00–241.00	238.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,070	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,427	240.00–249.50	244.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,255	234.50–235.50	235.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,358	234.00–241.50	239.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,898	216.00–223.00	219.62
9	—	1,731	160.00–206.00	183.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,505	234.00	234.00

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.