Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder Calf and Yearling Cattle Auction - No comparison to last week's auction will be stated on yearling cattle. Today's offering consisted of 2 very large consignments of reputation, green, home-raised yearling cattle with very few offered last week. However, compared to the previous auction, both lighter weight feeder steers and heifers sold fully steady with a somewhat lower undertone. Demand was very good for today's moderate offering. Internet bidding active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $473.52/cwt on 42 head, down $35.71 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 13 comparable sales and sits −15.10 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$473.52

▼ 35.71 vs prior sale

42 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,680

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−16.49

vs IA average

−0.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	473.52	2,680	42

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale42 hd

473.52

—

IA average3 barns · 274 hd

490.01

−16.49

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

−0.18

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−15.10

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

32 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	850–900	858	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,420	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,253	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	488.38/cwt	479.00–495.50	2,320	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,091	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	415.41/cwt	415.00–416.00	2,505	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	348.78/cwt	346.50–350.50	2,741	228
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,761	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	375.87/cwt	374.00–380.00	2,921	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,450	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	472.97/cwt	468.00–485.00	2,743	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	385.19/cwt	377.00–385.50	2,604	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,153	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	524.55/cwt	506.00–537.50	2,576	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	440.58/cwt	440.25–440.75	3,163	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	391.00/cwt	377.50–399.25	3,167	338
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	3,116	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	485.13/cwt	455.00–490.00	2,513	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	437.43/cwt	435.00–442.00	2,471	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,401	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	364	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,184	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	293	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,934	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,712	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	415.93/cwt	398.00–436.00	2,837	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	3,182	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,308	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	408.04/cwt	401.00–413.00	2,436	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,994	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	406.25/cwt	396.00–415.00	2,949	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	475.29/cwt	462.50–487.50	2,476	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	454.21/cwt	450.00–456.00	2,793	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,481	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,887	11

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 14, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	498	452.50	452.50
3	850–900	858	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	381	565.00	565.00
48	450–500	475	479.00–495.50	488.38
35	500–550	518	455.00–490.00	485.13
55	550–600	565	435.00–442.00	437.43
17	600–650	603	415.00–416.00	415.41
198	650–700	676	377.00–385.50	385.19
7	700–750	708	346.00	346.00
228	750–800	786	346.50–350.50	348.78
3	800–850	847	326.00	326.00
14	900–950	909	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	293	660.00	660.00
20	350–400	364	600.00	600.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	538	429.00	429.00
17	550–600	597	401.00–413.00	408.04
6	650–700	697	356.00	356.00
11	900–950	905	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	414	580.00	580.00
43	450–500	491	506.00–537.50	524.55
10	500–550	521	462.50–487.50	475.29
32	550–600	580	468.00–485.00	472.97
65	600–650	615	450.00–456.00	454.21
37	650–700	682	398.00–436.00	415.93
238	700–750	718	440.25–440.75	440.58
13	750–800	777	374.00–380.00	375.87
338	800–850	810	377.50–399.25	391.00
4	850–900	868	359.00	359.00
16	900–950	909	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	638	425.00	425.00
26	700–750	726	396.00–415.00	406.25
9	800–850	834	359.00	359.00

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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