Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago; steers 400-450 lbs mostly 8.00 to sharply higher, 500-550 lbs 13.00 to sharply higher, 600 lbs 4.00-9.00 higher. Yearling steers 800 lbs 7.00 higher, 850 lbs 4.00 higher. Heifers 450 lbs 13.00-16.00 higher, 500 lbs 3.00 higher. Too light a test on yearling heifers. Many load lots of yearling steers, along with plenty of smaller strings in the offering. Quality unweaned calves in many consignments did not see a discount, as light cattle are getting scarce. Demand was good throughout the sale, especially on featured load lot consignments.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $402.56/cwt on 292 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −86.07 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$402.56

292 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,169

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$40.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.80

vs IA average

+28.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	404.93	2,174	275
Medium and Large 1-2	570	364.17	2,075	17thin

One grade step is worth $40.76/cwt here — about $99 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 sale292 hd

402.56

—

IA average5 barns · 848 hd

388.76

+13.80

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

+28.13

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−86.07

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

50 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	600–650	626	351.58/cwt	337.00–370.50	2,201	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	579	347.49/cwt	340.00–357.00	2,012	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	391.14/cwt	369.00–403.00	2,214	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	440.88/cwt	425.00–452.00	1,905	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	290.39/cwt	289.75–290.75	2,555	434
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	380.30/cwt	372.00–403.00	2,000	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	436.45/cwt	421.00–447.50	1,676	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	563	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,027	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	319.61/cwt	294.00–323.75	2,419	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	429.57/cwt	412.50–445.00	2,019	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	304.33/cwt	289.00–305.25	2,553	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,298	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	329.14/cwt	320.00–334.00	2,159	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	326.50/cwt	320.00–349.00	2,041	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	270.99/cwt	265.00–280.00	2,133	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	413.10/cwt	405.50–442.50	1,789	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	365.08/cwt	353.50–385.00	2,088	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	397.51/cwt	374.00–412.50	1,896	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	438.12/cwt	427.50–457.00	1,371	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	405.14/cwt	390.00–411.00	2,131	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,237	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,846	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	410.47/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,790	15
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,177	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	2,325	6
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,008	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,429	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	497.91/cwt	480.00–515.00	1,877	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	362	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,557	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	458	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,882	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	420.44/cwt	392.50–432.50	2,157	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,967	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	674	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,110	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	335.59/cwt	326.00–336.25	2,413	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	370	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,304	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	412	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	591	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,885	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,908	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	389.58/cwt	372.00–398.00	1,987	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,779	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,575	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,664	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	384.20/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,441	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	360.94/cwt	359.00–364.00	1,895	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	464.36/cwt	445.00–480.00	1,551	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	357.76/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,104	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	418	454.36/cwt	435.00–472.50	1,899	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,352	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	367.62/cwt	354.00–372.00	1,746	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	288.66/cwt	280.00–301.00	2,000	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	386.97/cwt	377.50–391.00	1,676	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	280.11/cwt	263.00–287.00	2,050	27

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 May 1, 2025

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

Receipts 2,690Last week 2,156Year ago 1,685

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	350–400	377	480.00–515.00	497.91
84	400–450	432	425.00–452.00	440.88
79	450–500	470	412.50–445.00	429.57
108	500–550	513	392.50–432.50	420.44
106	550–600	566	369.00–403.00	391.14
133	600–650	626	337.00–370.50	351.58
183	700–750	719	326.00–336.25	335.59
138	750–800	757	294.00–323.75	319.61
69	800–850	839	289.00–305.25	304.33
434	850–900	880	289.75–290.75	290.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	418	435.00–472.50	454.36
56	500–550	526	390.00–411.00	405.14
5	550–600	563	360.00	360.00
56	600–650	613	365.00	365.00
8	650–700	674	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	334	445.00–480.00	464.36
3	350–400	350	450.00	450.00
4	400–450	416	400.00	400.00
4	500–550	511	385.00	385.00
13	550–600	588	340.00–365.00	357.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	430.00	430.00
14	400–450	435	409.00	409.00
8	450–500	458	411.00	411.00
62	500–550	510	372.00–398.00	389.58
20	550–600	579	340.00–357.00	347.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	313	427.50–457.00	438.12
74	350–400	384	421.00–447.50	436.45
128	400–450	433	405.50–442.50	413.10
92	450–500	477	374.00–412.50	397.51
56	500–550	526	372.00–403.00	380.30
100	550–600	572	353.50–385.00	365.08
31	600–650	625	320.00–349.00	326.50
23	650–700	656	320.00–334.00	329.14
6	700–750	705	326.00	326.00
14	750–800	787	265.00–280.00	270.99
4	950–1000	956	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,008	241.00	241.00
6	1150–1200	1,177	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	352.50	352.50
3	400–450	412	370.00	370.00
12	550–600	591	319.00	319.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	375	365.00–400.00	384.20
16	400–450	433	377.50–391.00	386.97
34	450–500	475	354.00–372.00	367.62
13	500–550	525	359.00–364.00	360.94
36	650–700	693	280.00–301.00	288.66
27	700–750	732	263.00–287.00	280.11
4	800–850	805	237.00	237.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	436	400.00–420.00	410.47
13	500–550	517	357.00	357.00

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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