Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due too lightly tested last week to get an accurate market trend. 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	—	High	1,670	218.64	3,651	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,548	190.85	2,955	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,237	185.35	2,293	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,070	142.05	1,519	13
Heifers	Select	Average	1,032	268.27	2,769	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,335	257.82	3,442	38
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,250	252.33	3,154	22
Steers	Choice	Average	1,425	257.79	3,674	74
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,368	251.04	3,434	27
Steers	Select	Average	1,127	247.31	2,787	4thin

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,174	200.13/cwt	171.00–249.00	2,350	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	168.81/cwt	160.00–174.00	2,222	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,425	257.79/cwt	255.00–260.00	3,674	74
Heifers	Choice	—	1,335	257.82/cwt	255.50–261.25	3,442	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	928	145.68/cwt	120.00–167.00	1,352	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,191	138.94/cwt	129.00–157.50	1,655	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	162.01/cwt	159.00–165.00	2,438	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	139.75/cwt	130.00–150.00	1,957	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,686	190.66/cwt	184.00–198.00	3,215	12
Bulls	—	—	1,992	238.30/cwt	236.00–240.00	4,747	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,382	202.31/cwt	176.00–226.00	2,796	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,596	182.22/cwt	173.00–190.00	2,908	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,368	251.04/cwt	242.00–253.00	3,434	27
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,250	252.33/cwt	246.00–254.50	3,154	22
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,127	247.31/cwt	241.00–254.00	2,787	4
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,032	268.27/cwt	251.00–287.00	2,769	6
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,035	196.94/cwt	175.00–232.00	2,038	3
Bulls	—	—	1,737	219.08/cwt	189.00–232.50	3,805	14

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 8, 2026

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

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Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due too lightly tested last week to get an accurate market trend. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,174	171.00–249.00	200.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,316	160.00–174.00	168.81
2	—	1,400	130.00–150.00	139.75
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	928	120.00–167.00	145.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,191	129.00–157.50	138.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,505	159.00–165.00	162.01
12	—	1,686	184.00–198.00	190.66
9	—	1,596	173.00–190.00	182.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,382	176.00–226.00	202.31
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,425	255.00–260.00	257.79
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,368	242.00–253.00	251.04
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,127	241.00–254.00	247.31
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,335	255.50–261.25	257.82
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,250	246.00–254.50	252.33
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,032	251.00–287.00	268.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,992	236.00–240.00	238.30
14	—	1,737	189.00–232.50	219.08
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,035	175.00–232.00	196.94

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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