Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers mostly sold 5.00 to 16.00 higher across many weight groups. Heifers sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good today Supply was heavy and included several load lots of quality cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $348.18/cwt on 215 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −140.45 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$348.18

215 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,919

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$248

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

$56.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.25

vs IA average

+7.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	356.92	1,955	182
Medium and Large 1-2	569	300.00	1,707	33

One grade step is worth $56.92/cwt here — about $248 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.

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 sale215 hd

348.18

—

IA average9 barns · 1,616 hd

339.93

+8.25

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

+7.24

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−140.45

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

41 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 1-2	600–650	610	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,690	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	246.37/cwt	243.00–247.50	1,919	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	310.40/cwt	298.00–314.50	1,775	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	275.68/cwt	259.00–285.75	1,853	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	252.31/cwt	240.00–254.50	2,457	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	329.77/cwt	321.00–341.50	2,078	433
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	525	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,601	4
Heifers	Large 1	850–900	861	239.52/cwt	233.00–244.50	2,062	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	718	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,010	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	557	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,103	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	455	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,661	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	928	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,366	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	334.38/cwt	323.00–350.00	1,645	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	322.25/cwt	315.00–332.50	1,695	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	263.20/cwt	260.00–264.00	2,429	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	345.68/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,005	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	265.91/cwt	260.00–269.00	2,167	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	315.38/cwt	307.00–324.50	2,135	333
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	725	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,871	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,428	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,772	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	381.64/cwt	368.00–395.00	1,855	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	273.25/cwt	261.00–277.00	2,339	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	364.14/cwt	347.50–375.00	1,544	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	283.52/cwt	271.50–289.50	2,194	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,760	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	453	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,635	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	569	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,707	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,106	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	294.63/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,821	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,613	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,666	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	278.23/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,619	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,058	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	362.63/cwt	355.00–371.00	1,900	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	256.69/cwt	250.00–265.75	1,851	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	298.24/cwt	283.00–304.50	2,168	246
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,139	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	328.88/cwt	302.50–355.00	1,612	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	675	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,721	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	316.70/cwt	300.00–319.00	2,033	58

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 23, 2025

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

Receipts 3,407Last week 2,824Year ago 1,289

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	330	345.00	345.00
15	550–600	582	255.00–285.00	278.23
15	600–650	610	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	400–450	424	347.50–375.00	364.14
84	450–500	492	323.00–350.00	334.38
102	500–550	526	315.00–332.50	322.25
195	550–600	572	298.00–314.50	310.40
250	600–650	618	275.00–305.00	294.63
280	650–700	672	259.00–285.75	275.68
86	700–750	721	250.00–265.75	256.69
41	750–800	779	243.00–247.50	246.37
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	525	305.00	305.00
7	850–900	861	233.00–244.50	239.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	455	365.00	365.00
20	700–750	718	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	422.50	422.50
7	400–450	414	425.00	425.00
53	450–500	486	368.00–395.00	381.64
100	500–550	524	355.00–371.00	362.63
71	550–600	580	340.00–350.00	345.68
433	600–650	630	321.00–341.50	329.77
333	650–700	677	307.00–324.50	315.38
246	700–750	727	283.00–304.50	298.24
258	750–800	774	271.50–289.50	283.52
92	800–850	815	260.00–269.00	265.91
86	850–900	856	261.00–277.00	273.25
55	900–950	923	260.00–264.00	263.20
47	950–1000	974	240.00–254.50	252.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	557	377.50	377.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	900–950	928	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	476	350.00	350.00
8	600–650	613	289.00	289.00
4	700–750	725	258.00	258.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	453	361.00	361.00
33	550–600	569	300.00	300.00
4	650–700	675	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	433	372.50	372.50
6	450–500	490	302.50–355.00	328.88
58	600–650	642	300.00–319.00	316.70
8	650–700	693	297.00	297.00
6	750–800	755	279.00	279.00

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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