Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold sharply higher. Heifers under 550 lbs. sold mostly 20.00 lower, while heavier heifers sold 3.00 to 16.00 higher. Demand was good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy and comprised of several load lots and mostly weaned calves. Supply included two consignors who brought more than 1,000 head total.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $435.18/cwt on 347 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −53.44 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$435.18

347 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,417

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$300

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

$60.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.14

vs IA average

+6.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	438.32	2,432	329
Medium and Large 1-2	564	377.88	2,132	18thin

One grade step is worth $60.44/cwt here — about $300 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 sale347 hd

435.18

—

IA average5 barns · 968 hd

432.04

+3.14

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+6.03

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−53.44

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

52 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 1Unweaned	350–400	382	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,757	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	487	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,313	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	385.19/cwt	368.00–395.00	2,573	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	399.58/cwt	385.00–409.00	2,505	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,120	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,867	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	331.86/cwt	324.00–336.50	2,214	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	549	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,207	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	340	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,530	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	338.88/cwt	321.00–341.00	3,009	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	465.33/cwt	452.50–480.00	2,424	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,241	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	357.38/cwt	339.50–373.00	2,055	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	333.00/cwt	332.50–333.50	3,263	344
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	431.70/cwt	413.00–440.00	2,478	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	381.06/cwt	365.50–390.00	2,042	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	293.74/cwt	275.00–303.00	2,400	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	336.41/cwt	334.00–340.00	2,150	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,300	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	404.15/cwt	388.50–415.00	1,746	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	500.46/cwt	496.00–535.00	2,287	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	324.75/cwt	324.00–326.00	2,669	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	307.78/cwt	301.00–316.00	2,216	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	382.32/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,789	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,055	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	459	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,960	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	611	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,627	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	328.88/cwt	317.00–340.00	1,546	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,329	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,691	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,291	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,233	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,878	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	656	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,237	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	612	320.82/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,963	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	339.28/cwt	322.00–350.00	1,812	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	405.77/cwt	392.00–430.00	2,175	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	415.15/cwt	414.50–416.00	2,375	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	682	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,380	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,076	308.32/cwt	304.75–312.00	3,318	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	362.69/cwt	348.00–370.50	2,619	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,311	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	355.56/cwt	325.00–381.00	2,087	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	452	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,593	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,520	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	334.14/cwt	320.00–343.00	2,543	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	3,086	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	539	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,833	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	639	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,364	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,124	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	710	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,272	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,556	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,796	15

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 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	382	460.00	460.00
30	450–500	487	475.00	475.00
15	500–550	549	402.00	402.00
63	550–600	572	414.50–416.00	415.15
8	600–650	639	370.00	370.00
46	650–700	682	349.00	349.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	342	525.00	525.00
11	400–450	431	520.00	520.00
52	450–500	457	496.00–535.00	500.46
109	500–550	521	452.50–480.00	465.33
142	550–600	574	413.00–440.00	431.70
64	600–650	627	385.00–409.00	399.58
78	650–700	668	368.00–395.00	385.19
89	700–750	722	348.00–370.50	362.69
30	750–800	761	320.00–343.00	334.14
8	800–850	822	324.00–326.00	324.75
140	850–900	888	321.00–341.00	338.88
61	900–950	905	341.00	341.00
344	950–1000	980	332.50–333.50	333.00
98	1050–1100	1,076	304.75–312.00	308.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
83	600–650	611	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	391	432.50	432.50
8	500–550	536	392.00–430.00	405.77
10	550–600	587	325.00–381.00	355.56
5	600–650	642	360.00	360.00
7	650–700	677	344.00	344.00
4	700–750	716	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	317	410.00	410.00
13	350–400	392	397.00	397.00
37	400–450	432	388.50–415.00	404.15
14	450–500	468	375.00–410.00	382.32
139	500–550	536	365.50–390.00	381.06
154	550–600	575	339.50–373.00	357.38
10	600–650	639	334.00–340.00	336.41
68	650–700	667	324.00–336.50	331.86
16	700–750	720	301.00–316.00	307.78
12	800–850	817	275.00–303.00	293.74
5	1100–1150	1,120	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
74	450–500	459	427.00	427.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	313	394.00	394.00
8	450–500	470	317.00–340.00	328.88
21	500–550	534	322.00–350.00	339.28
4	600–650	626	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	400	380.00	380.00
11	450–500	452	352.50	352.50
17	500–550	539	340.00	340.00
19	600–650	612	320.00–325.00	320.82
27	650–700	656	341.00	341.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	450.00	450.00
11	600–650	621	342.00	342.00
8	700–750	710	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	685	300.00	300.00

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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