Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2025-06-26

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Jun 26
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
1,179 head
131 vs last sale 1,048 1,179 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers over 900 lbs. sold 7.00 to 14.00 higher. Not enough heifers or steers under 900 lbs. cattle for a market comparison. Demand was moderate to good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate to heavy and included a several load lots of yearling steers. Supply was heavily influenced by one consignor who brought nearly 650 head of steers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $398.00/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits 90.63 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.
Average price
$398.00
9 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,026
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
0.49
vs IA average
+28.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1509398.002,0269thin
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
523482442401median 488.6301/0802/1204/0905/1407/30
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 sale9 hd
398.00
IA average3 barns · 109 hd
398.49
−0.49
National average140 barns · 6,212 hd
369.58
+28.42
This barn, trailing median13 sales
488.63
−90.63
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

18 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650613322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,9743
BullsMedium and Large 11000–10501,008258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,6013
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650635314.50/cwt314.50–314.501,9973
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700663291.50/cwt291.50–291.501,9333
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550513363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,8627
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500486371.06/cwt366.00–390.001,80314
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550509398.00/cwt398.00–398.002,0269
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650638352.12/cwt349.00–354.002,24713
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000989285.25/cwt285.25–285.252,821114
SteersMedium and Large 11000–10501,012275.44/cwt267.50–276.002,787120
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950914301.59/cwt294.50–308.502,757492
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450417400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6683
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600568340.39/cwt330.00–343.001,93315
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900894304.68/cwt302.75–306.502,724124
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750740335.13/cwt331.50–338.752,480157
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000970264.50/cwt264.50–264.502,5664
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850843270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2765
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800762285.38/cwt269.00–293.502,17512

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.