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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Oct 8

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

348 head

▲ 156 vs last sale 192▲ 3 vs year ago 345 · +0.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady-.25 higher, slaughter cows no comparison due to low cow 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	—	High	1,541	186.76	2,879	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,446	170.63	2,467	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,291	152.93	1,975	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,116	134.46	1,501	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,365	236.22	3,224	122
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,203	228.81	2,753	21
Heifers	Select	Average	1,015	210.48	2,136	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,449	235.51	3,413	119
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,284	231.10	2,967	20
Steers	Select	Average	1,219	205.76	2,508	4thin

Every lot

16 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	1,207	217.68/cwt	213.00–220.00	2,627	3
Steers	—	Select	1,255	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,134	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,284	231.10/cwt	228.00–232.00	2,967	20
Steers	—	Choice	1,449	235.51/cwt	232.00–237.25	3,413	119
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,015	210.48/cwt	210.00–211.00	2,136	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,203	228.81/cwt	220.00–232.50	2,753	21
Heifers	—	Choice	1,365	236.22/cwt	234.00–238.00	3,224	122
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	999	165.03/cwt	151.00–177.50	1,649	4
Bulls	—	—	1,714	193.00/cwt	170.00–209.00	3,308	6
Bulls	—	—	2,108	211.50/cwt	211.00–212.00	4,458	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,116	134.46/cwt	118.00–142.00	1,501	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,135	158.87/cwt	155.50–161.00	1,803	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,307	154.81/cwt	149.00–159.00	2,023	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,328	173.94/cwt	168.00–180.00	2,310	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,463	136.48/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,997	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,564	167.31/cwt	164.00–173.00	2,617	6

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 Oct 8, 2025

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

Receipts 348Last week 192Year ago 345

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers steady-.25 higher, slaughter cows no comparison due to low cow receipts today. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,284	228.00–232.00	231.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,449	232.00–237.25	235.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,207	213.00–220.00	217.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,328	168.00–180.00	173.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,564	164.00–173.00	167.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,116	118.00–142.00	134.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,307	149.00–159.00	154.81
2	—	1,463	130.00–142.00	136.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,135	155.50–161.00	158.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	1,365	234.00–238.00	236.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,203	220.00–232.50	228.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,015	210.00–211.00	210.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,108	211.00–212.00	211.50
6	—	1,714	170.00–209.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	999	151.00–177.50	165.03

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.