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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-04

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Nov 4

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

564 head

▲ 212 vs last sale 352▲ 564 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 9.00-9.50 lower, slaughter cows were too lightly tested to make an accurate market trend, lower undertone was noted. Trade active. Demand moderate to 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	1,756	176.30	3,096	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,570	130.25	2,045	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,265	129.66	1,640	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,176	102.80	1,209	20
Heifers	Select	Average	1,100	216.32	2,379	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,433	215.41	3,087	163
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,292	214.43	2,769	26
Steers	Select	Average	1,147	222.86	2,556	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,499	215.45	3,229	199
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,352	213.69	2,889	37

Every lot

22 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,147	222.86/cwt	213.00–228.00	2,556	8
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,286	215.45/cwt	213.00–219.00	2,771	14
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,392	212.62/cwt	210.00–213.50	2,960	23
Steers	—	Choice	1,495	215.52/cwt	214.00–221.50	3,222	196
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,734	210.83/cwt	210.75–211.00	3,656	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	945	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,070	1
Heifers	—	Select	1,119	215.98/cwt	207.00–224.00	2,417	8
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,232	217.31/cwt	213.00–220.00	2,677	9
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,323	212.90/cwt	211.00–214.00	2,817	17
Heifers	—	Choice	1,433	215.41/cwt	214.00–218.00	3,087	163
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,160	172.29/cwt	151.00–195.00	1,999	3
Bulls	—	—	1,675	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,178	1
Bulls	—	—	1,873	179.94/cwt	161.00–190.00	3,370	16
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	903	165.13/cwt	140.00–187.00	1,491	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,119	85.11/cwt	70.00–98.00	952	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,222	117.28/cwt	100.00–124.00	1,433	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	125.35/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,611	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,340	140.09/cwt	132.00–152.00	1,877	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,365	110.87/cwt	107.00–115.00	1,513	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,405	139.84/cwt	133.00–147.50	1,965	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,575	132.00/cwt	127.00–147.00	2,079	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,638	120.21/cwt	115.00–126.00	1,969	4

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 Nov 4, 2026

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

Receipts 564Last week 352Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,873	161.00–190.00	179.94
1	—	1,675	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,160	151.00–195.00	172.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,119	207.00–224.00	215.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,232	213.00–220.00	217.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,323	211.00–214.00	212.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	1,433	214.00–218.00	215.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,147	213.00–228.00	222.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,286	213.00–219.00	215.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,392	210.00–213.50	212.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
196	—	1,495	214.00–221.50	215.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,734	210.75–211.00	210.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	903	140.00–187.00	165.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,638	115.00–126.00	120.21
12	—	1,575	127.00–147.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,119	70.00–98.00	85.11
11	—	1,222	100.00–124.00	117.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,365	107.00–115.00	110.87
15	—	1,285	120.00–130.00	125.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,340	132.00–152.00	140.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,405	133.00–147.50	139.84

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.