Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 1.75-2.75 higher, 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,811	192.28	3,483	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,441	170.57	2,457	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,261	161.84	2,041	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,172	116.40	1,364	13
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,289	243.81	3,143	78
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,198	235.75	2,824	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,034	229.93	2,377	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,413	244.04	3,447	134
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,205	236.32	2,848	19
Steers	Select	Average	1,040	230.78	2,400	6thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,829	184.97/cwt	150.00–202.00	3,383	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,348	233.57/cwt	230.00–239.50	3,149	6
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,139	237.59/cwt	234.00–240.00	2,706	13
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,034	229.93/cwt	212.50–237.50	2,377	7
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,040	230.78/cwt	218.00–246.00	2,400	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,408	244.06/cwt	240.00–246.00	3,436	132
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	80.49/cwt	80.00–81.00	813	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	845	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,521	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,198	235.75/cwt	230.00–238.50	2,824	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,268	127.02/cwt	100.00–140.00	1,611	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,289	243.81/cwt	240.00–245.75	3,143	78
Bulls	—	—	1,770	209.35/cwt	208.00–211.00	3,705	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	178.69/cwt	174.00–183.00	2,931	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,308	171.51/cwt	163.00–194.00	2,243	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	152.59/cwt	143.00–159.00	1,996	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	900	104.51/cwt	104.00–105.00	941	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,248	180.43/cwt	170.00–205.00	2,252	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,573	164.87/cwt	161.00–167.00	2,593	4
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,710	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	4,155	2

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 Aug 6, 2025

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

Receipts 318Last week 233Year ago 413

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were 1.75-2.75 higher, 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
7	—	1,829	150.00–202.00	184.97
3	—	1,770	208.00–211.00	209.35
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,348	230.00–239.50	233.57
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,139	234.00–240.00	237.59
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,040	218.00–246.00	230.78
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	1,408	240.00–246.00	244.06
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,710	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,034	212.50–237.50	229.93
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,198	230.00–238.50	235.75
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,289	240.00–245.75	243.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,010	80.00–81.00	80.49
9	—	1,268	100.00–140.00	127.02
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	180.00	180.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,640	174.00–183.00	178.69
4	—	1,573	161.00–167.00	164.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,308	163.00–194.00	171.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,308	143.00–159.00	152.59
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	900	104.00–105.00	104.51
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,248	170.00–205.00	180.43

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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