Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.00-3.25 higher, slaughter cows 2.00-6.00 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 Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,582	192.00	3,037	5thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,807	160.10	2,892	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,506	143.46	2,161	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,226	133.62	1,639	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,140	113.12	1,290	12
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,488	181.73	2,704	4thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,343	217.29	2,918	29
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,280	210.55	2,695	63
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,205	200.01	2,410	15
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,516	217.19	3,293	28
Steers	Choice	Average	1,393	209.68	2,921	56
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,349	200.00	2,699	48
Steers	Select	Average	1,120	179.38	2,009	3thin

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	834	178.38/cwt	152.50–196.00	1,488	4
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,281	195.02/cwt	191.00–201.00	2,498	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,393	209.68/cwt	206.50–213.00	2,921	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,196	111.32/cwt	105.00–118.00	1,331	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,612	145.44/cwt	142.00–152.00	2,344	18
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,488	181.73/cwt	181.00–182.00	2,704	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,582	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	3,037	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,280	210.55/cwt	207.00–214.00	2,695	63
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,120	179.38/cwt	172.00–184.00	2,009	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,205	200.01/cwt	198.00–205.50	2,410	15
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,343	217.29/cwt	215.00–219.75	2,918	29
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,516	217.19/cwt	215.00–220.00	3,293	28
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,363	200.99/cwt	194.00–204.00	2,739	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	973	118.51/cwt	110.00–128.00	1,153	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,160	131.66/cwt	119.00–180.00	1,527	18
Bulls	—	—	1,744	152.10/cwt	135.00–168.00	2,653	12
Bulls	—	—	1,932	176.10/cwt	171.00–180.00	3,402	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	126.77/cwt	123.50–130.00	1,722	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	135.95/cwt	132.00–140.00	2,105	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,347	149.77/cwt	136.00–182.00	2,017	17

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 Mar 12, 2025

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

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Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 2.00-3.25 higher, slaughter cows 2.00-6.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	834	152.50–196.00	178.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,196	105.00–118.00	111.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,612	142.00–152.00	145.44
19	—	1,548	132.00–140.00	135.95
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	973	110.00–128.00	118.51
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,160	119.00–180.00	131.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,358	123.50–130.00	126.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,347	136.00–182.00	149.77
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,281	191.00–201.00	195.02
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,393	206.50–213.00	209.68
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,120	172.00–184.00	179.38
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,516	215.00–220.00	217.19
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,363	194.00–204.00	200.99
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,488	181.00–182.00	181.73
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,582	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,280	207.00–214.00	210.55
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,205	198.00–205.50	200.01
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,343	215.00–219.75	217.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,744	135.00–168.00	152.10
6	—	1,932	171.00–180.00	176.10

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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