Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: 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	1,774	146.08	2,591	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,544	141.55	2,185	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,260	135.58	1,708	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,101	101.32	1,116	19
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,373	215.04	2,952	86
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,290	206.18	2,660	50
Heifers	Select	Average	1,052	203.68	2,143	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,487	213.27	3,171	155
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,461	204.16	2,983	46
Steers	Select	Average	1,198	197.57	2,367	10

Every lot, as filed

19 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	925	105.02/cwt	101.00–109.00	971	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,215	151.15/cwt	121.00–203.00	1,836	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,105	114.37/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,264	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	81.48/cwt	59.00–97.50	890	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,373	215.04/cwt	210.00–218.00	2,952	86
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,726	141.08/cwt	135.00–154.00	2,435	7
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,198	197.57/cwt	191.00–210.00	2,367	10
Bulls	—	—	1,726	144.82/cwt	130.00–159.00	2,500	10
Bulls	—	—	2,068	177.24/cwt	164.00–192.00	3,665	3
Bulls	—	—	1,638	119.10/cwt	117.00–122.00	1,951	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	120.32/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,547	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	103.67/cwt	97.50–109.00	1,451	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,454	148.76/cwt	133.00–184.00	2,163	15
Steers	Choice	—	1,487	213.27/cwt	210.00–219.00	3,171	155
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,149	106.27/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,221	8
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,461	204.16/cwt	197.50–208.00	2,983	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,551	129.89/cwt	128.00–133.00	2,015	9
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,290	206.18/cwt	200.00–209.50	2,660	50
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,052	203.68/cwt	199.00–206.00	2,143	5

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.

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Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Wed Jan 29, 2025

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

Receipts 488Last week 199Year ago 689

Slaughter cattle sale today: 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
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	925	101.00–109.00	105.02
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,215	121.00–203.00	151.15
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,105	110.00–118.00	114.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,092	59.00–97.50	81.48
8	—	1,149	100.00–110.00	106.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,726	135.00–154.00	141.08
9	—	1,551	128.00–133.00	129.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,286	115.00–124.00	120.32
5	—	1,400	97.50–109.00	103.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,454	133.00–184.00	148.76
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,373	210.00–218.00	215.04
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,290	200.00–209.50	206.18
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,052	199.00–206.00	203.68
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,198	191.00–210.00	197.57
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	1,487	210.00–219.00	213.27
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,461	197.50–208.00	204.16
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,726	130.00–159.00	144.82
3	—	2,068	164.00–192.00	177.24
3	—	1,638	117.00–122.00	119.10

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.

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