Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers less 750 lbs. sold steady to 23.00 lower, while steers heavier than 750 lbs. sold 5.00 to 18.00 higher. Heifers also sold uneven, those under 750 lbs. mostly sold 2.00 to 17.00 lower, while heifers over 750 lbs. sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Demand was good today, despite extremely cold weather. Supply was moderate and included a few load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $319.95/cwt on 77 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −168.68 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$319.95

77 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,798

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$42.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.21

vs IA average

−21.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	327.71	1,823	63
Medium and Large 1-2	588	285.00	1,676	14thin

One grade step is worth $42.71/cwt here — about $147 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 sale77 hd

319.95

—

IA average6 barns · 717 hd

338.15

−18.21

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

−21.26

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−168.68

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

27 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 1Fancy	550–600	553	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	1,794	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	579	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,812	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,445	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,843	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	245.73/cwt	243.00–251.00	2,027	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	316.82/cwt	312.00–324.00	1,682	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	332.06/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,574	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	311.32/cwt	299.00–318.50	1,827	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	278.98/cwt	263.00–282.50	1,852	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	291.89/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,331	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,648	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	295.48/cwt	291.00–300.00	1,560	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	306.09/cwt	295.00–312.00	2,029	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	273.05/cwt	260.00–277.00	2,406	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	282.88/cwt	271.00–288.00	2,204	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,060	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,676	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	285.46/cwt	249.00–301.00	1,801	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	314.53/cwt	308.50–321.00	2,000	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	275.95/cwt	264.00–280.50	2,277	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	328.34/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,862	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	282.22/cwt	269.00–285.50	1,803	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	265.13/cwt	256.00–267.25	2,405	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,541	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	288.83/cwt	275.00–298.00	2,111	294
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	330.66/cwt	330.50–331.00	1,723	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	255.53/cwt	249.00–263.50	1,968	72

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 Feb 20, 2025

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 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	553	324.50	324.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	425	340.00	340.00
27	500–550	531	312.00–324.00	316.82
118	550–600	587	299.00–318.50	311.32
115	600–650	639	269.00–285.50	282.22
74	650–700	664	263.00–282.50	278.98
11	700–750	740	249.00	249.00
72	750–800	770	249.00–263.50	255.53
23	800–850	825	243.00–251.00	245.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	456	290.00–295.00	291.89
16	500–550	528	291.00–300.00	295.48
12	600–650	634	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	579	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	474	320.00–340.00	332.06
16	500–550	521	330.50–331.00	330.66
42	550–600	567	320.00–332.50	328.34
111	600–650	636	308.50–321.00	314.53
58	650–700	663	295.00–312.00	306.09
294	700–750	731	275.00–298.00	288.83
272	750–800	779	271.00–288.00	282.88
134	800–850	825	264.00–280.50	275.95
100	850–900	881	260.00–277.00	273.05
143	900–950	907	256.00–267.25	265.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	493	312.50	312.50
14	550–600	588	285.00	285.00
15	600–650	631	249.00–301.00	285.46
6	750–800	779	264.50	264.50

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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