Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Several load lots of reputation yearling cattle sold today. Demand was moderate to good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate and included almost 600 head from one consigner.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $390.17/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −98.46 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$390.17

19 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,008

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−25.41

vs IA average

+9.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	390.17	2,008	19thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale19 hd

390.17

—

IA average5 barns · 814 hd

415.58

−25.41

National average158 barns · 9,089 hd

381.01

+9.16

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−98.46

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

25 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	500–550	518	375.72/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,946	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	300.97/cwt	297.00–304.00	2,125	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	817	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,206	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,020	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	409.23/cwt	400.00–414.00	1,747	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	385.29/cwt	375.00–387.50	1,792	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	323.79/cwt	304.00–326.75	2,179	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,099	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	993	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,890	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	660	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,158	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	396.08/cwt	387.00–401.00	2,032	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,663	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	308.94/cwt	301.75–319.00	2,830	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,356	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,917	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,025	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,758	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	301.75/cwt	301.75–301.75	2,836	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,008	289.69/cwt	289.25–291.00	2,920	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,841	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	295.35/cwt	292.00–298.00	2,251	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,150	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	537	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,922	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	340.98/cwt	340.00–342.00	2,111	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,789	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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lamoni Livestock Feeder Cattle - Lamoni, IA

Thu Jun 12, 2025

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

Receipts 1,048Last week 3,025Year ago 1,228

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	427	400.00–414.00	409.23
22	450–500	465	375.00–387.50	385.29
7	500–550	518	370.00–380.00	375.72
89	650–700	673	304.00–326.75	323.79
7	700–750	706	297.00–304.00	300.97
23	750–800	762	292.00–298.00	295.35
60	900–950	940	301.75	301.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	817	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	490	365.00	365.00
4	550–600	590	312.00	312.00
12	600–650	649	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	370.00	370.00
7	500–550	537	358.00	358.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	561	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	513	387.00–401.00	396.08
10	600–650	619	340.00–342.00	340.98
6	650–700	656	320.00	320.00
68	800–850	848	314.00	314.00
240	900–950	916	301.75–319.00	308.94
56	950–1000	993	291.00	291.00
221	1000–1050	1,008	289.25–291.00	289.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	521	368.00	368.00
5	650–700	660	327.00	327.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	698	308.00	308.00
7	750–800	796	296.00	296.00

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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