Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf / yearling auction just one week ago, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 4.00 to 9.00 higher, 600 - 700 lb were 9.00 to sharply higher and yearling cattle, both steers and heifer were 6.00 to 11.00 higher. Heifer trade today saw 500 - 550 lb calves 7.00 to 9.00 higher, 600 - 700 lb fully steady with a lower undertone. Available today were many load lots of green yearling cattle. In today's moderate offering were many "home-raised", weaned and green quality feeder calves. Demand was very good. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $402.45/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −86.18 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$402.45

120 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,266

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$18.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.27

vs IA average

+23.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	403.05	2,272	116
Medium and Large 1-2	549	385.00	2,114	4thin

One grade step is worth $18.05/cwt here — about $158 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 sale120 hd

402.45

—

IA average5 barns · 1,073 hd

390.17

+12.27

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

+23.66

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−86.18

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

34 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 1	750–800	774	293.32/cwt	290.00–295.75	2,270	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	386.28/cwt	381.00–389.00	1,870	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	996	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,610	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	433.30/cwt	390.00–467.50	1,677	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,157	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,301	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	547	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,865	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	686	308.13/cwt	302.00–315.00	2,114	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	717	346.50/cwt	345.00–348.75	2,484	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	601	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,350	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	879	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	2,597	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	342.55/cwt	329.00–348.00	2,000	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	288.58/cwt	286.00–294.00	2,127	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,188	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	322.84/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,002	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	2,259	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	403.84/cwt	350.00–442.00	1,547	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	389.54/cwt	367.00–410.00	2,100	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	433.42/cwt	427.00–438.00	2,080	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,532	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,207	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,931	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,522	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	386.64/cwt	372.50–389.00	2,343	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,845	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,007	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	346.85/cwt	332.50–348.25	2,445	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	310.86/cwt	308.50–315.00	2,583	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,384	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	356.54/cwt	356.00–357.00	1,897	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	2,564	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	400.12/cwt	385.00–409.00	2,293	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,114	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	846	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,343	7

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 8, 2025

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

Receipts 1,689Last week 2,690Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	383	350.00–442.00	403.84
9	400–450	441	347.50	347.50
51	450–500	484	381.00–389.00	386.28
98	500–550	539	367.00–410.00	389.54
24	550–600	584	329.00–348.00	342.55
26	600–650	620	320.00–330.00	322.84
148	650–700	695	317.50	317.50
15	700–750	737	286.00–294.00	288.58
78	750–800	774	290.00–295.75	293.32
36	800–850	823	274.50	274.50
4	850–900	885	260.00	260.00
4	950–1000	985	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	500–550	547	341.00	341.00
65	650–700	686	302.00–315.00	308.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	500–550	532	356.00–357.00	356.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	387	390.00–467.50	433.30
4	400–450	444	435.00	435.00
36	450–500	480	427.00–438.00	433.42
19	500–550	516	418.00	418.00
97	550–600	573	385.00–409.00	400.12
35	600–650	606	372.50–389.00	386.64
6	650–700	663	330.00	330.00
105	700–750	705	332.50–348.25	346.85
174	800–850	831	308.50–315.00	310.86
23	900–950	911	281.50	281.50
6	950–1000	996	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	601	391.00	391.00
88	700–750	717	345.00–348.75	346.50
50	850–900	879	295.50	295.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	391	354.00	354.00
9	450–500	473	390.00	390.00
4	500–550	549	385.00	385.00
4	600–650	610	329.00	329.00
7	800–850	846	277.00	277.00

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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