Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers under 750 lbs. sold with a higher undertone although not well compared, while steers 750 lbs. and heavier were sharply higher. Heifers sold with a lower undertone though not well compared. Demand was good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate and comprised of one consignor that brought nearly 600 head of reputation 8- and 9-weight steer cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $442.87/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −45.76 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$442.87

46 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,480

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$453

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

$100.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.10

vs IA average

−26.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	451.62	2,516	42
Medium and Large 1-2	588	351.00	2,064	4thin

One grade step is worth $100.62/cwt here — about $453 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 sale46 hd

442.87

—

IA average4 barns · 138 hd

432.77

+10.10

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−26.17

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−45.76

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 1Fancy	400–450	409	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	1,939	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	874	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,015	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,275	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,367	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,194	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	3,214	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,369	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,694	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	2,879	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	339.70/cwt	325.00–344.00	2,660	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	369.38/cwt	369.00–370.00	2,109	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,062	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	3,282	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,201	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	607	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,701	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	350.18/cwt	346.00–352.25	3,467	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	382.41/cwt	378.75–385.25	3,159	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,038	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,489	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	391	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,574	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,976	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	3,260	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	435.39/cwt	425.00–452.50	2,521	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	393.39/cwt	380.00–402.00	2,840	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	388.16/cwt	369.50–391.75	3,055	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,348	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,581	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	484	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,420	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	506	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,492	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,323	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,485	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	715	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,735	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	381.07/cwt	377.25–386.25	3,308	390
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,064	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,049	3

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	409	474.00	474.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	497	410.00	410.00
8	550–600	571	369.00–370.00	369.38
3	650–700	658	360.00	360.00
17	750–800	783	325.00–344.00	339.70
5	850–900	889	303.00	303.00
13	950–1000	958	300.50	300.50
5	1000–1050	1,030	312.00	312.00
11	1050–1100	1,062	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	533	413.00	413.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	391	402.50	402.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	747	311.00	311.00
18	850–900	863	288.00	288.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	850–900	874	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	484	500.00	500.00
5	500–550	506	492.50	492.50
17	600–650	607	445.00	445.00
12	700–750	715	382.50	382.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	524	475.00	475.00
27	550–600	579	425.00–452.50	435.39
106	700–750	722	380.00–402.00	393.39
82	750–800	787	369.50–391.75	388.16
184	800–850	826	378.75–385.25	382.41
390	850–900	868	377.25–386.25	381.07
167	950–1000	990	346.00–352.25	350.18
21	1050–1100	1,060	307.50	307.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	482	425.00	425.00
4	550–600	588	351.00	351.00
3	600–650	618	380.00	380.00
3	700–750	707	365.00	365.00
3	900–950	930	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	526	432.50	432.50
4	550–600	585	375.00	375.00
3	600–650	627	377.50	377.50

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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