Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly sharply lower. Heifers sold with a lower undertone noted, except for the 5-weight heifers that sold 8.00 to 15.00 higher. Demand was good today and included internet bidding. Supply was moderate to heavy and comprised mainly of smaller packages and just a few load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $415.25/cwt on 196 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −73.38 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$415.25

196 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,266

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$215

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

$32.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.38

vs IA average

−9.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	418.51	2,288	176
Medium and Large 1-2	537	386.50	2,074	20

One grade step is worth $32.01/cwt here — about $215 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale196 hd

415.25

—

IA average3 barns · 568 hd

418.62

−3.38

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−9.62

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−73.38

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

53 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	550–600	579	409.49/cwt	400.00–424.00	2,371	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	423	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,935	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	411.00/cwt	406.00–418.00	2,137	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	350.15/cwt	339.00–362.00	2,385	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	669	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,174	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	432.11/cwt	422.50–447.50	2,221	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	363.56/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,072	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	336.15/cwt	325.00–341.00	2,054	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	354.38/cwt	338.00–361.00	2,552	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	392.25/cwt	363.00–400.00	2,408	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	397.55/cwt	377.00–409.00	2,075	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	302.17/cwt	300.00–306.00	2,822	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,677	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,446	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,604	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	340.65/cwt	320.00–345.50	2,988	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	340.41/cwt	330.00–344.50	2,791	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	2,557	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	385.87/cwt	375.00–403.00	1,856	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	315.36/cwt	308.00–326.00	2,107	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,189	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,726	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	733	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,382	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	816	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,628	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	510	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,117	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	566	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,490	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,960	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	523	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,987	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	299	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,271	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,476	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	310.51/cwt	310.00–311.00	1,907	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	388.67/cwt	340.00–406.00	2,103	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	389	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,653	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	388	431.28/cwt	415.00–452.50	1,673	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	459	436.22/cwt	432.50–440.00	2,002	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	342.19/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,766	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	621	316.50/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,965	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	644	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,357	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	397.86/cwt	367.00–408.00	2,443	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,712	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	687	344.65/cwt	336.00–350.00	2,368	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	703	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,411	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	538	359.39/cwt	357.00–360.00	1,934	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	456	377.45/cwt	375.00–383.00	1,721	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,876	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	374	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,851	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,983	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	564	371.69/cwt	355.00–373.50	2,096	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,041	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,186	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	331.18/cwt	326.00–335.00	2,497	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	569	399.72/cwt	396.00–408.00	2,274	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	1,779	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.

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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
5	300–350	325	547.50	547.50
9	350–400	376	527.50	527.50
4	450–500	483	422.50	422.50
76	500–550	514	422.50–447.50	432.11
62	550–600	579	400.00–424.00	409.49
38	600–650	614	363.00–400.00	392.25
62	650–700	681	339.00–362.00	350.15
29	700–750	720	338.00–361.00	354.38
26	750–800	754	326.00–335.00	331.18
137	800–850	820	330.00–344.50	340.41
120	850–900	877	320.00–345.50	340.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	374	495.00	495.00
12	400–450	423	457.50	457.50
6	450–500	459	432.50–440.00	436.22
7	500–550	520	406.00–418.00	411.00
27	550–600	569	396.00–408.00	399.72
105	600–650	614	367.00–408.00	397.86
58	650–700	687	336.00–350.00	344.65
11	700–750	703	343.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	733	325.00	325.00
7	800–850	816	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	566	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	388	415.00–452.50	431.28
5	500–550	523	380.00	380.00
4	600–650	644	366.00	366.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	541	340.00–406.00	388.67
5	750–800	781	317.00	317.00
4	950–1000	965	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	389	425.00	425.00
13	450–500	456	375.00–383.00	377.45
20	500–550	538	357.00–360.00	359.39
63	550–600	564	355.00–373.50	371.69
4	600–650	609	359.00	359.00
17	650–700	669	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	373	430.00	430.00
4	400–450	416	415.00	415.00
41	450–500	481	375.00–403.00	385.87
48	500–550	522	377.00–409.00	397.55
46	550–600	570	350.00–375.00	363.56
20	600–650	611	325.00–341.00	336.15
12	650–700	668	308.00–326.00	315.36
6	700–750	706	310.00	310.00
10	750–800	789	310.00	310.00
5	800–850	829	308.50	308.50
10	850–900	869	308.00	308.00
11	900–950	934	300.00–306.00	302.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	510	415.00	415.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	299	425.00	425.00
6	500–550	516	325.00–360.00	342.19
4	550–600	594	330.00	330.00
8	600–650	614	310.00–311.00	310.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	621	315.00–320.00	316.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	533	352.00	352.00

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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