Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market comparison today as the last auction was more than 3 weeks ago. Demand was moderate today and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate and a few load lots but mostly small packages.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $375.84/cwt on 18 head, down $89.39 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −49.78 against this barn's trailing median of $425.62.

Average price

$375.84

▼ 89.39 vs prior sale

18 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,103

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$43

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

$15.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.85

vs IA average

+15.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	533	388.00	2,068	4thin
Medium and Large 1	567	372.37	2,111	14thin

One grade step is worth $15.63/cwt here — about −$43 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $465.23, low $375.84, median $425.62 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 sale18 hd

375.84

—

IA average2 barns · 45 hd

391.69

−15.85

National average152 barns · 4,754 hd

360.52

+15.32

This barn, trailing median13 sales

425.62

−49.78

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

21 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,319	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,824	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,085	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,492	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	372.37/cwt	368.00–378.00	2,111	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,493	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	2,688	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	313.20/cwt	310.00–316.50	2,869	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,300	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	376.65/cwt	375.00–379.00	2,162	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,068	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,448	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	338.65/cwt	330.50–339.50	2,929	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	2,804	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,450	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,888	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	402.85/cwt	395.00–411.00	2,494	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	461.06/cwt	452.50–468.00	2,149	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,349	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,610	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,745	20

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 Jul 30, 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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	493	423.00	423.00
14	550–600	567	368.00–378.00	372.37
4	650–700	688	337.00	337.00
20	700–750	728	342.50	342.50
13	750–800	769	324.00	324.00
67	800–850	811	331.50	331.50
65	850–900	886	316.50	316.50
133	900–950	916	310.00–316.50	313.20
7	950–1000	951	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	533	388.00	388.00
19	750–800	782	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	574	375.00–379.00	376.65
4	700–750	710	324.00	324.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	466	452.50–468.00	461.06
8	500–550	522	450.00	450.00
4	550–600	596	411.00	411.00
6	600–650	619	395.00–411.00	402.85
8	700–750	713	366.00	366.00
20	750–800	771	356.00	356.00
118	850–900	865	330.50–339.50	338.65
4	900–950	914	316.00	316.00

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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