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Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-14

Slaughter Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Wed, Oct 14

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2165

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Receipts

227 head

▼ 52 vs last sale 279▼ 8 vs year ago 235 · −3.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers were mostly steady, slaughter cows were too lightly tested last week to make 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	—	Average	1,555	163.74	2,546	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,155	159.65	1,844	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,497	140.73	2,106	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,183	111.85	1,323	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,374	221.63	3,045	79
Heifers	Select	Average	1,105	217.56	2,404	7thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,168	217.00	2,535	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,455	221.91	3,229	45
Steers	Select	Average	1,073	219.97	2,360	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,346	213.93	2,879	11

Every lot, as filed

16 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,073	219.97/cwt	219.00–221.00	2,360	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,346	213.93/cwt	211.00–218.00	2,879	11
Steers	—	Choice	1,455	221.91/cwt	219.00–223.25	3,229	45
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,105	217.56/cwt	202.50–225.00	2,404	7
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,168	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,535	13
Heifers	—	Choice	1,374	221.63/cwt	220.00–223.00	3,045	79
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,217	172.05/cwt	170.00–176.00	2,094	3
Bulls	—	—	1,893	155.42/cwt	150.00–166.00	2,942	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	914	228.23/cwt	212.50–237.50	2,086	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,058	179.25/cwt	150.00–220.00	1,896	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,183	111.85/cwt	104.00–120.00	1,323	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,224	130.42/cwt	121.00–155.00	1,596	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,308	182.88/cwt	140.00–211.00	2,392	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,484	135.02/cwt	128.00–139.00	2,004	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,583	109.79/cwt	108.00–112.00	1,738	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,870	117.43/cwt	110.00–124.00	2,196	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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Wed Oct 14, 2026

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

Receipts 227Last week 279Year ago 235

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,870	110.00–124.00	117.43
14	—	1,484	128.00–139.00	135.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,583	108.00–112.00	109.79
10	—	1,224	121.00–155.00	130.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,183	104.00–120.00	111.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,308	140.00–211.00	182.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	914	212.50–237.50	228.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,058	150.00–220.00	179.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,455	219.00–223.25	221.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,346	211.00–218.00	213.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,073	219.00–221.00	219.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,374	220.00–223.00	221.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,168	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,105	202.50–225.00	217.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,217	170.00–176.00	172.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,893	150.00–166.00	155.42

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.