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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-22

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Apr 22

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

236 head

▼ 31 vs last sale 267▲ 236 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 steady, slaughter cows Breakers steady, Boner and Leans were 3.00 higher. 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	1,300	241.00	3,133	1thin
Bulls	—	High	1,692	216.91	3,670	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,254	199.64	2,504	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,525	176.84	2,696	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,088	132.91	1,447	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,518	229.00	3,476	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,366	250.23	3,418	25
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,177	249.21	2,933	11
Heifers	Select	Average	1,208	211.81	2,559	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,395	249.90	3,486	82
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,323	246.12	3,256	13

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,182	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	3,038	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,395	249.90/cwt	247.00–252.00	3,486	82
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,411	239.32/cwt	231.00–246.00	3,377	8
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,144	255.32/cwt	254.00–257.00	2,921	7
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,208	211.81/cwt	202.50–220.00	2,559	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,235	238.51/cwt	232.00–245.00	2,946	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,366	250.23/cwt	247.00–252.00	3,418	25
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,679	203.49/cwt	178.50–217.00	3,417	10
Bulls	—	—	1,702	227.23/cwt	220.00–231.00	3,867	13
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	887	120.31/cwt	117.50–122.50	1,067	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,153	220.20/cwt	182.00–285.00	2,539	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,164	137.63/cwt	130.00–151.00	1,602	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,421	166.32/cwt	160.00–172.00	2,363	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,448	189.47/cwt	186.00–192.00	2,744	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,497	180.38/cwt	166.00–213.00	2,700	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,500	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,175	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,522	174.18/cwt	170.00–184.00	2,651	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,710	159.43/cwt	155.00–163.00	2,726	3
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,300	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	3,133	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,518	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	3,476	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 Apr 22, 2026

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

Receipts 236Last week 267Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were steady, slaughter cows Breakers steady, Boner and Leans were 3.00 higher. 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
4	—	1,448	186.00–192.00	189.47
10	—	1,522	170.00–184.00	174.18
3	—	1,710	155.00–163.00	159.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	887	117.50–122.50	120.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,164	130.00–151.00	137.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,497	166.00–213.00	180.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,153	182.00–285.00	220.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	145.00	145.00
7	—	1,421	160.00–172.00	166.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,395	247.00–252.00	249.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,411	231.00–246.00	239.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,182	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,144	254.00–257.00	255.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,208	202.50–220.00	211.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,366	247.00–252.00	250.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,235	232.00–245.00	238.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,518	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,702	220.00–231.00	227.23
10	—	1,679	178.50–217.00	203.49

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.