Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs. sold steady to 11.00 higher, while lighter steers were sharply higher. Heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of reputation cattle of eight and nine weight steers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $315.76/cwt on 311 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −172.87 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$315.76

311 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,773

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$28.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.44

vs IA average

−9.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	317.75	1,786	289
Medium and Large 1-2	552	289.62	1,599	22

One grade step is worth $28.13/cwt here — about $187 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 sale311 hd

315.76

—

IA average6 barns · 1,596 hd

324.19

−8.44

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−9.61

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−172.87

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

64 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	Large 1	650–700	655	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,572	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	476	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,559	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,020	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	2,127	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,116	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	307.49/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,202	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	294.40/cwt	280.00–299.00	1,852	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	250.85/cwt	242.00–259.00	1,568	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,910	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	315.08/cwt	312.00–325.00	1,358	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	231.79/cwt	217.00–233.50	1,945	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	288.67/cwt	287.00–290.50	1,645	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	897	260.73/cwt	244.00–262.75	2,339	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	315.53/cwt	299.00–327.00	1,808	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	293.37/cwt	293.00–295.00	1,552	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	243.47/cwt	236.50–247.00	1,850	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,703	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	248.73/cwt	242.00–252.00	1,711	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	273.57/cwt	260.00–284.00	1,849	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	255.88/cwt	245.50–257.50	2,131	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	261.85/cwt	240.00–262.75	2,409	404
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,184	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,683	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,072	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,433	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	451	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,500	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	773	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,685	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,616	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	250.12/cwt	249.00–252.00	1,943	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	316.19/cwt	303.00–318.50	1,483	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	289.94/cwt	272.00–296.00	1,838	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	339.22/cwt	320.00–352.50	1,638	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	661	247.76/cwt	245.50–250.00	1,638	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	466	280.88/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,309	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	341	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,204	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,528	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	248.85/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,473	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	262.52/cwt	248.00–271.00	1,365	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,598	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	589	299.48/cwt	286.00–315.00	1,764	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	313	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,268	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,795	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,088	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,969	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	857	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,971	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,947	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	254.36/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,590	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	272.78/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,568	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	258.43/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,631	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,915	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	283.41/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,649	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	267.99/cwt	266.00–270.00	1,249	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	326.98/cwt	306.00–334.00	1,710	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	544	288.20/cwt	278.50–296.00	1,568	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	421	304.72/cwt	302.00–309.00	1,283	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	297.07/cwt	263.00–320.00	1,533	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,353	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	645	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,480	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	352	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,172	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	352.83/cwt	352.00–354.00	1,778	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	382	395.27/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,510	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	741	221.19/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,639	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	717	271.68/cwt	268.00–276.00	1,948	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	687	265.85/cwt	246.00–277.00	1,826	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	668	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,653	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	255.46/cwt	250.00–259.50	1,850	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	379.00/cwt	362.50–395.00	1,607	44

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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	655	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	476	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,020	208.50	208.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	334	334.00	334.00
16	350–400	391	300.00–312.00	307.49
54	400–450	431	312.00–325.00	315.08
28	450–500	469	303.00–318.50	316.19
16	500–550	529	293.00–295.00	293.37
81	550–600	570	287.00–290.50	288.67
23	600–650	625	242.00–259.00	250.85
40	650–700	688	242.00–252.00	248.73
11	700–750	704	239.00	239.00
94	750–800	760	236.50–247.00	243.47
78	800–850	839	217.00–233.50	231.79
6	850–900	872	219.00	219.00
10	1000–1050	1,016	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	352	333.00	333.00
24	400–450	421	302.00–309.00	304.72
20	450–500	466	280.00–282.00	280.88
85	500–550	544	278.50–296.00	288.20
115	550–600	575	265.00–280.00	272.78
42	600–650	631	250.00–261.00	258.43
44	650–700	661	245.50–250.00	247.76
10	700–750	741	220.00–222.00	221.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	466	266.00–270.00	267.99
22	500–550	520	248.00–271.00	262.52
45	550–600	592	245.00–256.00	248.85
13	650–700	679	225.00	225.00
10	700–750	710	225.00	225.00
6	1050–1100	1,088	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	645	229.50	229.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	313	405.00	405.00
22	350–400	382	390.00–405.00	395.27
27	450–500	483	320.00–352.50	339.22
29	500–550	523	306.00–334.00	326.98
83	550–600	589	286.00–315.00	299.48
113	600–650	629	280.00–299.00	294.40
39	650–700	687	246.00–277.00	265.85
64	700–750	717	268.00–276.00	271.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	400–450	424	362.50–395.00	379.00
7	450–500	459	371.00	371.00
44	500–550	504	352.00–354.00	352.83
133	550–600	573	299.00–327.00	315.53
99	600–650	634	272.00–296.00	289.94
121	650–700	676	260.00–284.00	273.57
57	700–750	724	250.00–259.50	255.46
24	750–800	777	249.00–252.00	250.12
266	800–850	833	245.50–257.50	255.88
64	850–900	897	244.00–262.75	260.73
404	900–950	920	240.00–262.75	261.85
63	1050–1100	1,072	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	341	353.00	353.00
6	450–500	457	296.00	296.00
10	500–550	516	263.00–320.00	297.07
12	550–600	582	280.00–285.00	283.41
10	600–650	625	250.00–261.00	254.36
13	700–750	748	240.00	240.00
13	750–800	788	243.00	243.00
6	800–850	843	231.00	231.00
8	850–900	857	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	451	332.50	332.50
5	600–650	624	259.00	259.00
5	650–700	668	247.50	247.50
4	750–800	773	218.00	218.00

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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