Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifer 7.25-9.50 lower, slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower. Trade active. Demand moderate to 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	1,643	150.63	2,475	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,488	155.01	2,307	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,330	145.19	1,930	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,224	120.23	1,471	23
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,410	212.86	3,001	119
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,272	206.25	2,624	28
Heifers	Select	Average	1,038	193.52	2,009	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,541	215.36	3,319	123
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,351	204.88	2,768	27
Steers	Select	Average	1,139	200.92	2,288	5thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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	—	—	1,668	161.44/cwt	147.00–180.00	2,693	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,144	99.76/cwt	98.00–101.00	1,141	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,258	122.87/cwt	112.00–136.00	1,546	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,093	138.75/cwt	137.50–140.00	1,517	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,273	168.51/cwt	152.00–194.00	2,145	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,191	169.77/cwt	158.00–199.00	2,022	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	955	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,614	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,351	204.88/cwt	200.00–209.00	2,768	27
Steers	Choice	—	1,541	215.36/cwt	210.00–218.50	3,319	123
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,139	200.92/cwt	187.50–203.50	2,288	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,272	206.25/cwt	201.00–208.00	2,624	28
Heifers	Choice	—	1,410	212.86/cwt	209.00–216.00	3,001	119
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,038	193.52/cwt	170.00–210.00	2,009	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,569	135.68/cwt	125.00–145.00	2,129	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	156.33/cwt	151.00–167.00	2,483	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,399	125.29/cwt	113.00–136.00	1,753	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	145.98/cwt	140.00–154.00	1,982	23
Bulls	—	—	1,580	123.61/cwt	112.00–135.00	1,953	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 Nov 26, 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 heifer 7.25-9.50 lower, slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower. Trade active. Demand moderate to good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,668	147.00–180.00	161.44
2	—	1,580	112.00–135.00	123.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,144	98.00–101.00	99.76
17	—	1,258	112.00–136.00	122.87
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,093	137.50–140.00	138.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,273	152.00–194.00	168.51
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,191	158.00–199.00	169.77
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	169.00	169.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,569	125.00–145.00	135.68
15	—	1,588	151.00–167.00	156.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,399	113.00–136.00	125.29
23	—	1,358	140.00–154.00	145.98
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,351	200.00–209.00	204.88
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	1,541	210.00–218.50	215.36
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,139	187.50–203.50	200.92
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,272	201.00–208.00	206.25
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,410	209.00–216.00	212.86
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,038	170.00–210.00	193.52

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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