Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly 10.00 to 29.00 higher, with cattle under 700 lbs. seeing the biggest jump. Heifers sold 17.00 to 29.00 higher. Buyers showed strong interest in lighter cattle in anticipation of spring. Demand was good today, and included active internet bidding. 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 $360.60/cwt on 155 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −128.02 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$360.60

155 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,081

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$402

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

$70.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.11

vs IA average

+3.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	367.86	2,122	139
Medium and Large 1-2	578	297.60	1,720	16thin

One grade step is worth $70.26/cwt here — about $402 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 sale155 hd

360.60

—

IA average5 barns · 673 hd

367.71

−7.11

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

+3.44

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−128.02

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

31 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	435	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,045	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,662	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,246	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,495	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,481	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	251.63/cwt	241.00–259.00	1,927	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	325.11/cwt	312.50–333.50	2,003	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	361.19/cwt	358.00–380.00	2,120	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	358.49/cwt	338.00–377.50	1,717	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	669	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,927	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	293.34/cwt	291.00–296.25	2,268	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	285.74/cwt	280.50–286.75	2,012	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	418.42/cwt	405.00–440.00	1,887	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,395	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	286.52/cwt	276.00–290.50	2,347	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	288.33/cwt	283.00–307.50	1,995	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	305.85/cwt	303.00–314.00	2,208	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	349.97/cwt	330.00–358.00	2,145	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,724	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	1,993	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	333.19/cwt	327.50–338.75	1,933	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,467	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,785	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	401.47/cwt	395.00–410.00	2,112	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	897	281.09/cwt	280.25–281.50	2,521	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,769	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	340.03/cwt	328.50–349.00	2,271	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,325	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	573	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,599	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	297.60/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,720	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	287.97/cwt	275.50–310.00	1,500	8

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 Mar 20, 2025

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

Receipts 1,424Last week 1,967Year ago 3,554

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	435	470.00	470.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	383	450.00	450.00
13	450–500	451	405.00–440.00	418.42
23	500–550	526	395.00–410.00	401.47
116	550–600	587	358.00–380.00	361.19
67	600–650	613	330.00–358.00	349.97
131	650–700	668	328.50–349.00	340.03
28	700–750	722	303.00–314.00	305.85
98	750–800	773	291.00–296.25	293.34
157	800–850	819	276.00–290.50	286.52
184	850–900	897	280.25–281.50	281.09
11	900–950	921	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	669	288.00	288.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	578	290.00–302.00	297.60
4	600–650	644	309.50	309.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	336	445.00	445.00
10	350–400	359	412.50	412.50
4	400–450	429	387.50	387.50
30	450–500	479	338.00–377.50	358.49
14	500–550	519	344.00	344.00
85	550–600	580	327.50–338.75	333.19
56	600–650	616	312.50–333.50	325.11
88	650–700	692	283.00–307.50	288.33
25	700–750	704	280.50–286.75	285.74
12	750–800	766	241.00–259.00	251.63
5	950–1000	960	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	363	365.00	365.00
9	450–500	481	305.00	305.00
8	500–550	521	275.50–310.00	287.97
19	600–650	608	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	573	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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