Sale reports / Iowa / Tama Livestock Auction / 2025-01-15

Tama Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Jan 15
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165
Receipts
375 head
356 vs last sale 731 132 vs year ago 243 · +54.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 2.75-3.75 higher, slaughter cows .75 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,403191.002,6806thin
BullsHigh1,934146.742,8379thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,478132.421,95742
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,322124.151,64126
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10581.739035thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,391210.062,922116
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,326198.322,63014
HeifersSelectAverage1,128171.541,9353thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,490209.493,121111
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,368198.272,71210
SteersSelectAverage1,161180.972,1014thin

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersSelect and Choice1,368198.27/cwt190.00–203.002,71210
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,161180.97/cwt174.00–185.002,1014
HeifersChoice1,391210.06/cwt204.00–213.502,922116
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,128171.54/cwt161.00–182.001,9353
HeifersSelect and Choice1,326198.32/cwt190.00–203.502,63014
CowsLean 85-90%1,30895.31/cwt90.00–105.001,2473
CowsLean 85-90%80061.36/cwt60.00–62.504912
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,364138.60/cwt129.00–155.001,8917
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,403191.00/cwt191.00–191.002,6806
SteersChoice1,490209.49/cwt205.00–214.003,121111
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,207132.47/cwt120.00–181.001,59914
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,485137.66/cwt132.00–147.002,04416
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,514125.73/cwt120.00–131.001,90419
CowsBoner 80-85%1,456114.44/cwt110.00–120.001,66612
Bulls1,873160.31/cwt158.50–162.003,0032
Bulls1,951142.86/cwt124.00–156.002,7877

How this sale compares

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.