Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold uneven today with 550 to 600 lb. steers sold 5.00 lower and steers 750 to 800 lb. sold 3.00 higher. Heifers also sold uneven today. Heifers 450 to 500 lbs. and 550 to 600 lbs. sold steady to 21.00 higher, while 650 to 700 lb. heifers sold 4.00 lower. Demand was good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included a few load lots of yearling steers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $374.84/cwt on 247 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −113.79 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$374.84

247 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,046

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$27.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.09

vs IA average

+5.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	376.49	2,050	232
Medium and Large 1-2	566	349.17	1,976	15thin

One grade step is worth $27.33/cwt here — about $74 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale247 hd

374.84

—

IA average6 barns · 968 hd

373.74

+1.09

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+5.83

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−113.79

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	427.90/cwt	413.00–442.50	1,994	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	281.24/cwt	270.50–284.25	2,466	316
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	270.75/cwt	259.50–271.00	2,532	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	296.49/cwt	289.50–307.50	2,351	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	460.62/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,981	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	397.43/cwt	390.00–407.50	1,701	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	353.71/cwt	337.50–358.00	1,861	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	339.17/cwt	325.00–352.00	2,286	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	354.73/cwt	340.00–362.00	2,178	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,069	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,448	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	2,304	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	268.87/cwt	255.00–276.50	2,038	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	334.39/cwt	313.00–346.00	1,909	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	379.36/cwt	367.50–387.00	1,734	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	449.86/cwt	422.50–455.00	1,619	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,124	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,214	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	442.40/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,429	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	313.46/cwt	313.00–314.00	1,950	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	997	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,303	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	283.95/cwt	280.00–291.50	1,900	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	245.83/cwt	241.00–247.00	2,117	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	242.65/cwt	242.50–243.00	2,215	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,003	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,863	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,294	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	550	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,200	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	499	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,734	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	304.12/cwt	300.00–309.00	1,779	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	340.81/cwt	310.00–355.00	1,421	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	309.48/cwt	301.00–324.00	1,581	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,432	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,275	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	325.60/cwt	322.50–330.00	2,022	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	385.35/cwt	337.50–416.00	1,460	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,639	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,007	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	390.93/cwt	377.50–400.00	1,873	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	345	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,544	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,958	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	404	379.97/cwt	360.00–420.00	1,535	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	411	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,490	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	534	339.44/cwt	339.00–340.00	1,813	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	379	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,459	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	493	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,721	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	440	419.86/cwt	417.50–420.00	1,847	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	325.08/cwt	312.00–331.00	2,048	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	389.72/cwt	381.00–407.50	2,058	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	356.14/cwt	347.50–379.00	2,034	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	497.37/cwt	485.00–510.00	1,820	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	307.03/cwt	300.00–309.00	2,017	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	538	367.43/cwt	352.00–371.00	1,977	67
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	499	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,759	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,579	5

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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	480.00	480.00
48	350–400	366	485.00–510.00	497.37
85	400–450	430	450.00–485.00	460.62
29	450–500	466	413.00–442.50	427.90
75	500–550	528	381.00–407.50	389.72
57	550–600	571	347.50–379.00	356.14
23	600–650	614	340.00–362.00	354.73
62	650–700	674	325.00–352.00	339.17
4	700–750	738	300.00	300.00
110	750–800	793	289.50–307.50	296.49
6	800–850	810	284.50	284.50
316	850–900	877	270.50–284.25	281.24
136	900–950	935	259.50–271.00	270.75
8	1050–1100	1,069	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	550–600	550	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	327	390.00	390.00
9	400–450	404	360.00–420.00	379.97
27	450–500	479	377.50–400.00	390.93
5	500–550	546	367.50	367.50
10	550–600	576	340.00	340.00
13	600–650	621	322.50–330.00	325.60
5	700–750	725	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	447.50	447.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
55	400–450	440	417.50–420.00	419.86
67	500–550	538	352.00–371.00	367.43
30	600–650	630	312.00–331.00	325.08
14	650–700	657	300.00–309.00	307.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	300–350	323	430.00–450.00	442.40
39	350–400	360	422.50–455.00	449.86
149	400–450	428	390.00–407.50	397.43
70	450–500	457	367.50–387.00	379.36
116	500–550	526	337.50–358.00	353.71
74	550–600	571	313.00–346.00	334.39
24	600–650	622	313.00–314.00	313.46
153	650–700	669	280.00–291.50	283.95
7	700–750	739	271.00	271.00
39	750–800	758	255.00–276.50	268.87
32	800–850	820	259.00	259.00
16	850–900	861	241.00–247.00	245.83
10	900–950	913	242.50–243.00	242.65
17	950–1000	997	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	337	425.00	425.00
8	350–400	379	337.50–416.00	385.35
11	400–450	417	310.00–355.00	340.81
7	450–500	499	347.50	347.50
8	500–550	511	301.00–324.00	309.48
22	550–600	585	300.00–309.00	304.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	379	385.00	385.00
5	400–450	411	362.50	362.50
5	450–500	493	349.00	349.00
30	500–550	534	339.00–340.00	339.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	321	403.00	403.00
5	550–600	569	327.50	327.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	499	352.50	352.50

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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