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Lamoni Livestock Auction

Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-15

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Oct 15

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158

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Receipts

997 head

▲ 385 vs last sale 612▼ 365 vs year ago 1,362 · −26.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, only 700 lb heifers were comparable selling 7.00 to 10.00 higher. All other weight groups were not well compared. Available today were load lots of green, home -raised yearling cattle. Also smaller packages of new crop calves were in today's offering. Demand was good for today's moderate supply. Internet bidding active.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $430.66/cwt on 92 head, up $26.03 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 14 comparable sales and sits −36.64 against this barn's trailing median of $467.31.

Average price

$430.66

▲ 26.03 vs prior sale

92 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,388

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$644

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

$90.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.65

vs IA average

−1.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	436.57	2,432	86
Medium and Large 1-2	517	346.00	1,789	6thin

One grade step is worth $90.57/cwt here — about $644 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale92 hd

430.66

—

IA average4 barns · 848 hd

432.31

−1.65

National average190 barns · 30,929 hd

432.29

−1.63

This barn, trailing median14 sales

467.31

−36.64

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.23, low $388.25, median $467.31 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

38 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. 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
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	523.00/cwt	523.00–523.00	1,663	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	418	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,153	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	480	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,232	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,940	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,789	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	441.47/cwt	427.50–443.00	2,393	51
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	578	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,491	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	428.50/cwt	428.50–428.50	2,485	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	421.15/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,611	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	383.26/cwt	340.00–402.00	2,441	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,178	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,673	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	387.20/cwt	377.50–390.00	2,757	86
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,744	25
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,621	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	844	338.80/cwt	333.00–349.00	2,859	145
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	305.28/cwt	304.50–307.50	2,995	30
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	393	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,818	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	440.95/cwt	428.00–448.50	2,024	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	464	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,963	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	502	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,938	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,820	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	527	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,061	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,085	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	388.17/cwt	380.00–408.50	2,263	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,829	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	607	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,301	51
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	607	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,064	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	418.50/cwt	418.50–418.50	2,645	33
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	381.99/cwt	366.00–389.00	2,502	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,203	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	705	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	2,429	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	339.37/cwt	320.00–341.50	2,393	40
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	322.64/cwt	320.00–329.50	2,426	87
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	317.85/cwt	314.00–320.00	2,654	17
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,754	22
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	945	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,627	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,256	3

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 Oct 15, 2026

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

Receipts 997Last week 612Year ago 1,362

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	517	346.00	346.00
10	600–650	637	340.00–402.00	383.26
7	650–700	670	325.00	325.00
5	750–800	771	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	418	515.00	515.00
3	450–500	480	465.00	465.00
13	550–600	578	431.00	431.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	523.00	523.00
3	450–500	485	400.00	400.00
51	500–550	542	427.50–443.00	441.47
22	550–600	580	428.50	428.50
30	600–650	620	420.00–425.00	421.15
13	650–700	682	392.00	392.00
86	700–750	712	377.50–390.00	387.20
25	750–800	757	362.50	362.50
145	800–850	844	333.00–349.00	338.80
30	950–1000	981	304.50–307.50	305.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	393	462.50	462.50
4	450–500	464	423.00	423.00
10	500–550	527	391.00	391.00
10	550–600	550	379.00	379.00
51	600–650	607	379.00	379.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	520	350.00	350.00
10	550–600	590	310.00	310.00
3	650–700	683	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	607	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	459	428.00–448.50	440.95
5	500–550	502	386.00	386.00
14	550–600	583	380.00–408.50	388.17
33	600–650	632	418.50	418.50
23	650–700	655	366.00–389.00	381.99
40	700–750	705	320.00–341.50	339.37
87	750–800	752	320.00–329.50	322.64
17	800–850	835	314.00–320.00	317.85
22	850–900	866	318.00	318.00
5	900–950	945	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	700–750	705	344.50	344.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	800	282.00	282.00

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.