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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-28

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Oct 28

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

352 head

▲ 55 vs last sale 297▼ 248 vs year ago 600 · −41.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were steady-.75 higher, slaughter cows were too lightly tested to get an accurate market trend. 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	—	Low	1,399	176.60	2,471	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,450	144.79	2,099	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,234	128.82	1,590	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,067	110.74	1,181	16
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,408	224.49	3,161	142
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,230	223.00	2,743	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,057	222.23	2,349	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,067	229.85	2,452	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,541	225.01	3,467	94
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,303	222.51	2,899	9thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,067	229.85/cwt	192.50–238.00	2,452	8
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,284	224.25/cwt	224.25–224.25	2,879	5
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,326	220.34/cwt	216.00–221.50	2,922	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,541	225.01/cwt	223.00–227.00	3,467	94
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,057	222.23/cwt	207.50–229.00	2,349	7
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,217	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,738	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,243	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,747	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,408	224.49/cwt	222.50–226.00	3,161	142
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	930	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,814	1
Bulls	—	—	1,175	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,669	1
Bulls	—	—	1,630	182.00/cwt	180.00–186.00	2,967	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	894	101.96/cwt	80.00–127.00	912	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,145	114.73/cwt	106.00–119.00	1,314	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,209	127.20/cwt	122.00–134.00	1,538	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,224	136.47/cwt	132.00–142.00	1,670	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,245	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,241	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,352	114.33/cwt	105.00–124.00	1,546	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,484	138.92/cwt	135.00–143.00	2,062	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 28, 2026

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

Receipts 352Last week 297Year ago 600

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,326	216.00–221.50	220.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,541	223.00–227.00	225.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,284	224.25	224.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,067	192.50–238.00	229.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,243	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,408	222.50–226.00	224.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,217	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,057	207.50–229.00	222.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	894	80.00–127.00	101.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,145	106.00–119.00	114.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,484	135.00–143.00	138.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,352	105.00–124.00	114.33
11	—	1,209	122.00–134.00	127.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,224	132.00–142.00	136.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	142.00	142.00
3	—	1,630	180.00–186.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	195.00	195.00

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.