Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers 650 to 700 lbs. and 750 to 800 lbs. sold 5.00 to 11.00 lower, while all others sold mostly steady to 20.00 higher. Heifers sold on a light test with a higher undertone noted. Demand was good today, and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate and included several load lots of yearling steers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $361.92/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −126.71 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$361.92

120 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,972

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

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

$61.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.54

vs IA average

+12.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	371.08	2,004	102
Medium and Large 1-2	573	310.00	1,776	18thin

One grade step is worth $61.08/cwt here — about $228 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 sale120 hd

361.92

—

IA average3 barns · 207 hd

355.38

+6.54

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+12.64

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−126.71

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

35 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	750–800	782	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,190	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	413	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,776	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	851	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,008	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	787	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,113	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,688	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,109	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	323.84/cwt	319.00–325.00	1,703	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	348.11/cwt	338.00–359.50	1,963	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	271.58/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,814	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	295.23/cwt	287.00–303.50	2,149	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	272.97/cwt	254.00–277.75	2,369	223
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	259.69/cwt	250.00–263.50	1,922	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	379.77/cwt	342.00–389.50	2,017	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	264.01/cwt	258.00–267.50	2,405	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,452	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	295.01/cwt	292.00–296.50	2,027	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	304.51/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,772	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	230.48/cwt	226.00–236.00	2,026	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	321.14/cwt	317.00–335.00	2,017	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	250.90/cwt	246.00–257.00	2,045	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	276.52/cwt	264.00–279.75	2,276	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,566	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	259.34/cwt	257.50–262.50	1,968	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,109	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	280.75/cwt	280.75–280.75	1,735	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	304.00/cwt	302.00–307.00	1,480	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	2,425	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,767	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	277.45/cwt	275.00–279.00	2,131	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,776	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	257.25/cwt	251.00–258.00	1,747	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	271.93/cwt	265.00–275.50	1,585	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	231.54/cwt	228.00–241.00	1,818	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,921	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	290.80/cwt	288.00–292.00	1,509	14

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

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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
46	750–800	782	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	850–900	851	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	427	340.00	340.00
21	500–550	526	319.00–325.00	323.84
24	550–600	582	300.00–308.00	304.51
86	650–700	668	260.00–275.00	271.58
128	700–750	740	250.00–263.50	259.69
33	750–800	759	257.50–262.50	259.34
31	800–850	815	246.00–257.00	250.90
22	850–900	879	226.00–236.00	230.48
7	900–950	927	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	487	302.00–307.00	304.00
14	500–550	519	288.00–292.00	290.80
15	550–600	583	265.00–275.50	271.93
23	600–650	618	280.75	280.75
27	650–700	679	251.00–258.00	257.25
11	750–800	785	228.00–241.00	231.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	413	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	750–800	787	268.50	268.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	500–550	531	342.00–389.50	379.77
28	550–600	564	338.00–359.50	348.11
172	600–650	628	317.00–335.00	321.14
46	650–700	687	292.00–296.50	295.01
219	700–750	728	287.00–303.50	295.23
122	750–800	768	275.00–279.00	277.45
197	800–850	823	264.00–279.75	276.52
223	850–900	868	254.00–277.75	272.97
95	900–950	911	258.00–267.50	264.01
12	950–1000	968	250.50	250.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	435	360.00	360.00
18	550–600	573	310.00	310.00
15	600–650	603	293.00	293.00
3	650–700	667	288.00	288.00
6	800–850	827	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	443	381.00	381.00

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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