Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly 4.00 to 24.00 higher. Heifers were not well compared, however did they sell with a higher undertone noted. Demand was moderate to good today, however vaccinated and weaned cattle brought very good demand. Supply was light to moderate and offered mostly smaller packages.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $509.23/cwt on 200 head, up $12.66 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 13 comparable sales and sits +20.61 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$509.23

▲ 12.66 vs prior sale

200 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$9.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.16

vs IA average

+21.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	510.07	2,772	183
Medium and Large 1-2	515	500.19	2,576	17thin

One grade step is worth $9.88/cwt here — about $196 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.23, low $414.77, median $488.63 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale200 hd

509.23

—

IA average4 barns · 752 hd

502.07

+7.16

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

+21.68

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

+20.61

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

34 lots · USDA AMS · Lamoni Livestock Feeder Cattle - Lamoni, 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	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,364	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,109	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	708	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,407	4
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,144	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,734	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,730	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,576	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	397.98/cwt	385.00–404.00	2,639	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,604	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	500.19/cwt	475.00–511.50	2,576	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,416	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	416.37/cwt	400.00–427.00	2,794	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	593.37/cwt	550.00–600.00	2,635	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,424	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	586	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,731	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	817	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	3,080	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	429.86/cwt	428.00–431.00	2,708	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	392.81/cwt	389.00–401.00	2,852	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	523.01/cwt	515.00–525.00	2,761	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	443.84/cwt	425.00–446.50	2,512	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	2,366	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	383.53/cwt	380.50–396.50	2,926	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	490.98/cwt	473.00–515.00	2,794	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	648	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,326	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	458.40/cwt	449.00–471.00	2,443	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	511.49/cwt	508.00–516.00	2,210	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	732	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,412	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,178	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	551.04/cwt	537.50–564.00	2,595	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	363.92/cwt	357.00–383.00	2,282	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	430.38/cwt	400.00–445.00	2,255	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	379.37/cwt	374.00–400.00	2,409	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	387.07/cwt	374.00–389.00	2,547	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,716	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	585	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,340	10

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 →

Lamoni Livestock Feeder Cattle - Lamoni, IA

Thu May 7, 2026

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

Receipts 986Last week 2,735Year ago 1,689

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	581	363.00	363.00
4	750–800	788	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	708	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1100–1150	1,144	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	500.00	500.00
19	400–450	432	508.00–516.00	511.49
6	450–500	480	493.00	493.00
65	500–550	533	449.00–471.00	458.40
44	550–600	566	425.00–446.50	443.84
16	600–650	635	374.00–400.00	379.37
31	650–700	658	374.00–389.00	387.07
7	800–850	828	328.00	328.00
4	900–950	904	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	585	400.00	400.00
12	600–650	606	400.00	400.00
9	700–750	732	329.50	329.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	648	359.00	359.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	524	400.00–445.00	430.38
11	600–650	627	357.00–383.00	363.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	586	466.00	466.00
6	600–650	623	418.00	418.00
34	650–700	663	385.00–404.00	397.98
6	800–850	817	377.00	377.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	363	600.00	600.00
6	450–500	458	527.50	527.50
17	500–550	515	475.00–511.50	500.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	400–450	444	550.00–600.00	593.37
36	450–500	471	537.50–564.00	551.04
120	500–550	528	515.00–525.00	523.01
49	550–600	569	473.00–515.00	490.98
13	600–650	630	428.00–431.00	429.86
54	650–700	671	400.00–427.00	416.37
13	700–750	726	389.00–401.00	392.81
52	750–800	763	380.50–396.50	383.53

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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