Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 3.50-4.00 lower. slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts. 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 Steers	Choice	Average	1,485	232.50	3,453	4thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,674	191.30	3,203	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,465	169.96	2,489	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,251	157.35	1,968	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	953	112.52	1,072	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,475	200.00	2,950	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,323	237.25	3,139	44
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,226	231.69	2,840	49
Heifers	Select	Average	1,203	227.01	2,731	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,407	237.33	3,340	92
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,306	230.57	3,011	40
Steers	Select	Average	1,103	222.75	2,457	10

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Bulls	—	—	1,830	196.59/cwt	160.00–209.00	3,598	12
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,008	183.18/cwt	170.50–195.00	1,846	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,485	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	3,453	4
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,475	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,950	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,222	231.02/cwt	226.00–234.50	2,823	35
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,235	233.38/cwt	231.00–235.10	2,882	14
Bulls	—	—	1,828	222.44/cwt	221.50–223.00	4,066	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,723	176.03/cwt	173.00–179.50	3,033	3
Bulls	—	—	1,970	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,955	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,045	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,045	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	91.02/cwt	80.00–100.00	851	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,828	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	4,177	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	152.38/cwt	146.00–158.50	2,001	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	164.10/cwt	155.00–168.50	2,343	6
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,203	227.01/cwt	224.00–228.25	2,731	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,280	175.59/cwt	172.00–182.00	2,248	3
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,103	222.75/cwt	210.00–231.00	2,457	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,298	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,798	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,306	230.57/cwt	225.00–234.00	3,011	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	798	121.02/cwt	115.00–126.50	966	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,178	163.14/cwt	152.00–169.50	1,922	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,398	237.53/cwt	234.50–241.00	3,321	90
Heifers	Choice	—	1,323	237.25/cwt	235.50–240.00	3,139	44

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 Jul 23, 2025

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

Receipts 322Last week 331Year ago 293

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 3.50-4.00 lower. slaughter cows no comparison due to low receipts. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,830	160.00–209.00	196.59
3	—	1,828	221.50–223.00	222.44
1	—	1,970	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,008	170.50–195.00	183.18
1	—	1,045	100.00	100.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,485	232.50	232.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,475	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,222	226.00–234.50	231.02
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,235	231.00–235.10	233.38
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,203	224.00–228.25	227.01
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,323	235.50–240.00	237.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,723	173.00–179.50	176.03
6	—	1,428	155.00–168.50	164.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	935	80.00–100.00	91.02
1	—	1,298	138.50	138.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,313	146.00–158.50	152.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,280	172.00–182.00	175.59
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	798	115.00–126.50	121.02
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,178	152.00–169.50	163.14
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,828	228.50	228.50
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,103	210.00–231.00	222.75
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,306	225.00–234.00	230.57
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,398	234.50–241.00	237.53

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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