Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was moderate to good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate to heavy and included a few load lots of steer cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $317.01/cwt on 124 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −171.62 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$317.01

124 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,773

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$317

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

$43.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.22

vs IA average

−15.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	323.35	1,821	106
Medium and Large 1-2	538	279.64	1,504	18thin

One grade step is worth $43.71/cwt here — about $317 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 sale124 hd

317.01

—

IA average4 barns · 666 hd

327.23

−10.22

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

−15.86

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−171.62

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

54 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 1Unweaned	650–700	689	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,798	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	273.50/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,720	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	315.38/cwt	312.00–321.00	1,530	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,870	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	321.62/cwt	305.00–331.50	1,975	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,043	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,224	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	254.13/cwt	244.00–258.00	2,117	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	255.86/cwt	249.00–256.50	2,216	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	281.25/cwt	268.50–291.50	2,036	292
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	310.22/cwt	284.00–315.00	1,641	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	285.24/cwt	280.00–299.00	1,632	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	348.78/cwt	344.00–351.00	1,521	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	252.76/cwt	250.50–255.50	1,805	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,509	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,551	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	559	338.64/cwt	323.50–340.50	1,893	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	468	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	1,659	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	541	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,764	4
Steers	Large 1	700–750	743	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,813	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	544	281.12/cwt	278.00–283.00	1,529	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	254.69/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,997	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	335.18/cwt	327.00–347.00	1,756	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	298.43/cwt	279.00–307.50	2,008	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	567	286.66/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,625	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	642	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,676	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	674	251.67/cwt	244.00–267.00	1,696	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	388	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,261	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	419	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,563	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,769	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	756	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,928	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	655	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,978	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	745	261.44/cwt	261.00–261.50	1,948	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	305.78/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,893	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,565	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	737	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,828	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	563	311.75/cwt	308.00–314.00	1,755	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,131	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,092	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	276.44/cwt	262.00–296.50	1,830	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	320.77/cwt	305.00–332.00	1,851	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	352.80/cwt	340.00–356.00	1,711	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	250.75/cwt	250.75–250.75	2,021	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	417	317.49/cwt	313.00–321.00	1,324	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	335	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,005	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	464	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,179	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	563	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,464	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	289.46/cwt	268.00–310.00	1,520	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	459	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,262	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	599	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,533	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,410	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	297.96/cwt	279.00–305.00	1,824	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,364	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	271.62/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,575	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,440	4

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 Jan 2, 2025

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

Receipts 1,965Last week 3,234Year ago 1,714

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was moderate to good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate to heavy and included a few load lots of steer cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	689	261.00	261.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	443	350.00	350.00
5	500–550	541	279.00	279.00
7	550–600	599	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	436	344.00–351.00	348.78
12	450–500	485	312.00–321.00	315.38
20	500–550	529	284.00–315.00	310.22
83	550–600	572	280.00–299.00	285.24
70	600–650	629	255.00–280.00	273.50
173	650–700	662	262.00–296.50	276.44
15	700–750	714	250.50–255.50	252.76
7	750–800	754	248.00	248.00
17	800–850	806	250.75	250.75
5	900–950	933	219.00	219.00
4	950–1000	984	226.00	226.00
4	1100–1150	1,131	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	468	354.50	354.50
4	500–550	541	326.00	326.00
98	550–600	559	323.50–340.50	338.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	325.00	325.00
7	400–450	417	313.00–321.00	317.49
4	450–500	483	324.00	324.00
8	500–550	544	278.00–283.00	281.12
12	550–600	567	282.00–290.00	286.66
15	600–650	642	261.00	261.00
38	650–700	674	244.00–267.00	251.67
7	700–750	737	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	300.00	300.00
8	450–500	464	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	480	300.00	300.00
3	500–550	505	270.00	270.00
9	550–600	580	260.00–285.00	271.62
11	600–650	605	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	450–500	485	340.00–356.00	352.80
18	500–550	524	327.00–347.00	335.18
70	550–600	577	305.00–332.00	320.77
239	600–650	614	305.00–331.50	321.62
108	650–700	673	279.00–307.50	298.43
292	700–750	724	268.50–291.50	281.25
9	750–800	784	250.00–257.00	254.69
42	800–850	833	244.00–258.00	254.13
35	850–900	866	249.00–256.50	255.86
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	743	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	419	373.00	373.00
7	500–550	525	337.00	337.00
11	550–600	563	308.00–314.00	311.75
28	600–650	619	300.00–312.00	305.78
19	650–700	655	302.00	302.00
26	700–750	745	261.00–261.50	261.44
11	750–800	756	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	459	275.00	275.00
6	550–600	563	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	525	268.00–310.00	289.46
11	600–650	612	279.00–305.00	297.96

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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