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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-29

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Oct 29

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

600 head

▲ 144 vs last sale 456▲ 300 vs year ago 300 · +100.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 11.00 lower, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts last week. 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	1,817	180.10	3,272	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,521	165.84	2,523	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,290	160.05	2,064	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,150	115.39	1,327	33
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,405	231.74	3,256	253
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,308	225.56	2,950	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,462	231.36	3,382	179
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,290	220.78	2,849	28

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,219	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,560	9
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,324	225.89/cwt	223.00–227.50	2,991	19
Steers	—	Choice	1,462	231.36/cwt	228.00–234.60	3,382	179
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,308	225.56/cwt	220.00–230.00	2,950	13
Heifers	—	Choice	1,405	231.74/cwt	228.00–234.00	3,256	253
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,600	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,160	1
Bulls	—	—	1,844	185.74/cwt	169.00–205.00	3,425	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	896	122.96/cwt	107.00–140.00	1,102	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,041	89.34/cwt	72.50–106.00	930	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	1,052	183.38/cwt	152.50–227.50	1,929	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,175	188.05/cwt	160.00–225.00	2,210	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,273	129.62/cwt	111.00–144.00	1,650	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,336	134.24/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,793	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,378	153.83/cwt	145.50–158.00	2,120	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,400	173.84/cwt	163.00–181.00	2,434	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,546	161.97/cwt	155.00–168.50	2,504	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,567	173.81/cwt	170.00–184.00	2,724	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,705	142.95/cwt	140.00–146.00	2,437	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 Oct 29, 2025

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

Receipts 600Last week 456Year ago 300

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 11.00 lower, slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts last week. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,844	169.00–205.00	185.74
1	—	1,600	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,308	220.00–230.00	225.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
253	—	1,405	228.00–234.00	231.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,324	223.00–227.50	225.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,219	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
179	—	1,462	228.00–234.60	231.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,273	111.00–144.00	129.62
11	—	1,041	72.50–106.00	89.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,567	170.00–184.00	173.81
2	—	1,705	140.00–146.00	142.95
15	—	1,546	155.00–168.50	161.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,336	130.00–140.00	134.24
16	—	1,378	145.50–158.00	153.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	896	107.00–140.00	122.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,052	152.50–227.50	183.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,175	160.00–225.00	188.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,400	163.00–181.00	173.84

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.