Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

ANNUAL CUSTOMER APPRECIATION BBQ SPECIAL FEEDER AUCTION. No comparison stated today as the previous feeder calf auction was in July. Available today were many load lots of home-raised, LTW'd, green, yearling cattle many of which were triple vaccinated. Also offered were consignments of reputation new crop calves. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $443.65/cwt on 121 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −44.98 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$443.65

121 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,491

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs IA average

+27.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	443.65	2,491	121

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 sale121 hd

443.65

—

IA average1 barns · 121 hd

443.65

+0.00

National average140 barns · 6,808 hd

416.53

+27.12

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−44.98

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

35 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	500–550	518	469.07/cwt	460.00–476.00	2,430	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	384.59/cwt	375.00–393.25	2,957	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,618	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,438	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,530	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	442.87/cwt	440.00–452.00	2,090	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	312.88/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,741	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	416.19/cwt	409.00–425.00	2,227	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	436.90/cwt	426.00–440.00	2,787	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,500	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	393.61/cwt	388.50–404.00	2,873	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	433.62/cwt	429.00–465.00	2,506	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	405	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,309	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	370.27/cwt	356.50–372.00	3,077	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	348.15/cwt	336.00–366.75	3,189	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,034	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	3,376	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	376.14/cwt	369.00–386.00	2,731	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	499.75/cwt	499.75–499.75	2,349	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	360.72/cwt	354.00–361.75	3,192	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	415.01/cwt	408.00–422.50	2,772	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	393.47/cwt	379.50–402.75	2,447	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,631	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	320	632.50/cwt	632.50–632.50	2,024	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	412.19/cwt	400.00–470.00	2,016	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,435	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,312	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	394.42/cwt	387.00–406.00	2,228	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,750	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	394	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,891	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,050	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,390	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	350.20/cwt	349.00–354.00	2,570	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,147	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	558	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,511	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	904	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,902	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

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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
7	400–450	400	375.00	375.00
51	450–500	485	542.50	542.50
31	500–550	518	460.00–476.00	469.07
83	550–600	578	429.00–465.00	433.62
50	600–650	638	426.00–440.00	436.90
66	650–700	668	408.00–422.50	415.01
94	700–750	730	388.50–404.00	393.61
77	750–800	769	375.00–393.25	384.59
146	800–850	831	356.50–372.00	370.27
154	850–900	885	354.00–361.75	360.72
250	900–950	916	336.00–366.75	348.15
98	1000–1050	1,034	326.50	326.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	320	632.50	632.50
30	400–450	405	570.00	570.00
7	550–600	558	450.00	450.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	489	400.00–470.00	412.19
16	650–700	658	370.00	370.00
5	800–850	841	327.00	327.00
5	900–950	904	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	472	440.00–452.00	442.87
27	500–550	535	409.00–425.00	416.19
30	550–600	565	387.00–406.00	394.42
97	600–650	622	379.50–402.75	393.47
6	650–700	650	375.00	375.00
85	700–750	726	369.00–386.00	376.14
5	750–800	770	340.00	340.00
7	800–850	816	310.00	310.00
14	850–900	876	300.00–320.00	312.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	394	480.00	480.00
82	450–500	470	499.75	499.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	538	381.00	381.00
9	550–600	559	384.00	384.00
8	600–650	646	370.00	370.00
7	650–700	688	336.00	336.00
24	700–750	734	349.00–354.00	350.20

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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