Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers under 500 lbs. sold with a higher undertone, while heavier steers sold mostly 18.00 to 20.00 lower. Heifers under 500 lbs. sold mostly 5.00 to 17.00 higher, while heavier heifers sold with a lower undertone. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate to heavy and comprised mainly of bawling calves and just a few load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $405.54/cwt on 179 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −83.09 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$405.54

179 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,258

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$140

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

$10.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.37

vs IA average

−4.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	512	415.00	2,125	10thin
Medium and Large 1	559	404.98	2,265	169

One grade step is worth $10.02/cwt here — about −$140 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 sale179 hd

405.54

—

IA average9 barns · 1,616 hd

406.91

−1.37

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−4.54

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−83.09

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

39 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 1Fleshy	700–750	706	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,906	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,628	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,668	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,514	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,329	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	897	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,848	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	262.01/cwt	251.00–264.00	2,526	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,020	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	576	338.77/cwt	333.00–345.00	1,951	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,409	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	464.47/cwt	462.50–465.00	2,016	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	315.62/cwt	313.50–319.00	2,070	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,131	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	486	435.47/cwt	420.00–447.50	2,116	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,708	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	278.70/cwt	278.50–279.00	2,260	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	354.04/cwt	345.00–356.00	2,014	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	402.50/cwt	397.00–411.00	2,153	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	327.97/cwt	320.00–331.50	2,043	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	681	329.84/cwt	326.00–332.00	2,246	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	449	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,987	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	356.92/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,710	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	382.53/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,698	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,009	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	322.25/cwt	322.25–322.25	2,990	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	442.73/cwt	422.50–450.00	2,320	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	728	324.22/cwt	306.00–327.00	2,360	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,245	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,125	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,885	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	486	366.52/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,781	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	403.30/cwt	397.50–413.00	2,000	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,227	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	389.09/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,241	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	322.59/cwt	321.00–325.00	2,319	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	455	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,593	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	665	357.62/cwt	340.00–366.00	2,378	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	379.02/cwt	367.00–384.00	2,365	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	501.15/cwt	495.00–505.00	1,844	13

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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	706	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	390	417.50	417.50
19	400–450	417	400.00	400.00
24	450–500	496	397.50–413.00	403.30
69	500–550	535	397.00–411.00	402.50
44	550–600	569	345.00–356.00	354.04
26	650–700	656	313.50–319.00	315.62
39	800–850	811	278.50–279.00	278.70
27	950–1000	964	251.00–264.00	262.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	486	360.00–377.50	366.52
8	500–550	540	374.00	374.00
26	550–600	576	333.00–345.00	338.77
30	600–650	623	320.00–331.50	327.97
56	650–700	681	326.00–332.00	329.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	444	380.00–385.00	382.53
6	450–500	479	340.00–375.00	356.92
8	500–550	528	357.00	357.00
13	600–650	644	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	368	495.00–505.00	501.15
19	400–450	434	462.50–465.00	464.47
30	450–500	479	465.00	465.00
48	500–550	524	422.50–450.00	442.73
115	550–600	576	370.00–400.00	389.09
8	600–650	621	375.00	375.00
15	650–700	651	370.00	370.00
22	700–750	719	321.00–325.00	322.59
14	750–800	764	329.00	329.00
60	800–850	823	329.00	329.00
9	850–900	897	317.50	317.50
64	900–950	928	322.25	322.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	449	442.50	442.50
33	450–500	486	420.00–447.50	435.47
6	500–550	523	407.50	407.50
70	600–650	624	367.00–384.00	379.02
68	650–700	665	340.00–366.00	357.62
81	700–750	728	306.00–327.00	324.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	512	415.00	415.00
7	700–750	715	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	455	350.00	350.00

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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