Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 5.00-6.00 lower, slaughter cows 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	1,585	179.64	2,847	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,541	165.56	2,552	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,251	163.86	2,050	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,091	140.76	1,535	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,294	237.09	3,068	123
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,282	228.70	2,932	25
Steers	Choice	Average	1,393	237.18	3,304	191
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,338	230.78	3,087	39
Steers	Select	Average	1,085	214.57	2,329	6thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,741	189.38/cwt	150.00–206.00	3,297	6
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,200	174.04/cwt	152.00–195.00	2,088	2
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,079	211.35/cwt	182.50–220.00	2,280	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,282	228.70/cwt	221.00–237.50	2,932	25
Steers	Choice	—	1,393	237.18/cwt	234.00–242.00	3,304	191
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	152.52/cwt	146.00–159.00	2,125	11
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	800	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	800	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,710	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,565	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,343	230.92/cwt	224.00–234.00	3,101	33
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,308	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	3,008	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	953	189.86/cwt	187.50–192.00	1,809	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,414	174.42/cwt	165.00–187.00	2,466	8
Bulls	—	—	2,205	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	4,675	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,911	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	138.22/cwt	130.50–144.00	1,624	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	922	145.84/cwt	137.50–151.00	1,345	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,205	167.32/cwt	146.00–225.00	2,016	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,576	162.39/cwt	155.00–169.00	2,559	19
Steers	Select	—	1,098	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,427	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,294	237.09/cwt	234.00–242.00	3,068	123

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 Sep 24, 2025

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

Receipts 498Last week 343Year ago 488

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 5.00-6.00 lower, slaughter cows 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
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,741	150.00–206.00	189.38
1	—	2,205	212.00	212.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	152.00–195.00	174.04
1	—	800	100.00	100.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,079	182.50–220.00	211.35
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
191	—	1,393	234.00–242.00	237.18
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,343	224.00–234.00	230.92
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,308	230.00	230.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,098	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,282	221.00–237.50	228.70
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	1,294	234.00–242.00	237.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,393	146.00–159.00	152.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,710	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,565	186.00	186.00
19	—	1,576	155.00–169.00	162.39
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	953	187.50–192.00	189.86
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,414	165.00–187.00	174.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,175	130.50–144.00	138.22
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	922	137.50–151.00	145.84
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,205	146.00–225.00	167.32

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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