Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers under 700 lbs. sold with a lower undertone although not well compared, while steers 700 lbs. and heavier mostly sold sharply lower. Heifers sold with a lower undertone though not well compared. Demand was good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate and included a few load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $433.52/cwt on 185 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −55.11 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$433.52

185 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,437

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$358

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

$61.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.12

vs IA average

+3.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	439.86	2,474	166
Medium and Large 1-2	560	378.13	2,116	19thin

One grade step is worth $61.74/cwt here — about $358 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale185 hd

433.52

—

IA average3 barns · 384 hd

421.40

+12.12

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

+3.80

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−55.11

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,910	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	355.86/cwt	352.00–361.00	1,957	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	415.91/cwt	402.50–427.50	1,809	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	382.35/cwt	376.00–410.00	2,019	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	356.99/cwt	356.00–358.00	2,220	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	434	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,083	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	497	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,217	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	400.19/cwt	398.00–403.50	2,505	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,165	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	376	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,983	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,945	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	351.25/cwt	351.25–351.25	2,677	76
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,950	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	691	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,474	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	373.25/cwt	365.00–375.50	2,766	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	432.34/cwt	430.25–437.00	2,495	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	358.75/cwt	358.75–358.75	2,974	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	503.50/cwt	503.50–503.50	2,447	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	396	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,733	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,075	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	379.64/cwt	366.00–388.00	2,384	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,115	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	3,119	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	459.23/cwt	459.00–460.00	2,439	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,289	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	375.67/cwt	364.00–379.00	2,130	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	413	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,817	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	539	353.63/cwt	341.00–375.00	1,906	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	339.37/cwt	330.00–346.00	2,515	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	307.11/cwt	304.00–311.00	2,051	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	379.02/cwt	377.00–380.00	1,831	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	549	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,399	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	571	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,084	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	370.17/cwt	335.00–389.00	1,795	17

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 Oct 30, 2025

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
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	538	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	619	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	435	402.50–427.50	415.91
33	500–550	528	376.00–410.00	382.35
7	550–600	550	352.00–361.00	355.86
69	600–650	622	356.00–358.00	356.99
76	750–800	762	351.25	351.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	396	437.50	437.50
25	400–450	413	440.00	440.00
62	450–500	483	377.00–380.00	379.02
34	500–550	539	341.00–375.00	353.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	668	304.00–311.00	307.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	571	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	376	527.50	527.50
16	400–450	434	480.00	480.00
6	450–500	497	446.00	446.00
14	500–550	549	437.00	437.00
108	550–600	577	430.25–437.00	432.34
8	600–650	628	366.00–388.00	379.64
27	650–700	691	358.00	358.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	423	500.00	500.00
43	450–500	486	503.50	503.50
44	500–550	531	459.00–460.00	459.23
22	600–650	626	398.00–403.50	400.19
51	700–750	741	365.00–375.50	373.25
75	750–800	769	383.00	383.00
68	800–850	829	358.75	358.75
115	850–900	886	352.00	352.00
53	950–1000	971	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	485	335.00–389.00	370.17
5	500–550	539	385.00	385.00
14	550–600	567	364.00–379.00	375.67
6	650–700	652	351.00	351.00
12	700–750	741	330.00–346.00	339.37

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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