Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers under 600 lbs. sold sharply lower, while steers over 600 lbs. sold mostly 3.00 to 11.00 lower. Heifers sold mostly 12.00 to 17.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good today and included internet bidding. Supply was moderate and comprised of one consignor who brought nearly 300 head. Supply was mostly smaller packages and just a handful of load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $408.61/cwt on 211 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −80.01 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$408.61

211 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,367

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

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

$13.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.69

vs IA average

−22.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	408.88	2,371	207
Medium and Large 1-2	554	395.00	2,188	4thin

One grade step is worth $13.88/cwt here — about $183 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 sale211 hd

408.61

—

IA average10 barns · 1,828 hd

434.30

−25.69

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−22.02

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−80.01

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

47 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 1Unweaned	800–850	803	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,309	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,054	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,190	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	699	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,097	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,555	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	333.63/cwt	333.00–334.00	2,285	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	800	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,520	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	677	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,478	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	777	341.65/cwt	328.00–356.00	2,655	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	701	361.29/cwt	361.00–362.00	2,533	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	336.60/cwt	334.00–340.00	2,592	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	639	382.01/cwt	379.00–383.00	2,441	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,401	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,925	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	376.61/cwt	370.00–379.00	2,504	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,004	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	455.24/cwt	447.50–467.50	2,231	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	359.50/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,560	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,898	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,078	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	3,336	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,188	4
Steers	Large 1	700–750	711	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,552	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	374	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,805	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	331.91/cwt	318.00–338.75	3,090	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,456	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	407.30/cwt	400.00–427.00	2,383	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	424.88/cwt	410.00–437.50	1,869	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	568	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,880	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	423.63/cwt	420.00–427.50	2,254	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,012	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	349.84/cwt	334.00–361.00	2,159	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	931	351.25/cwt	351.25–351.25	3,270	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	752	378.25/cwt	378.25–378.25	2,844	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,919	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,951	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	333.00/cwt	330.00–336.00	1,995	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	396.28/cwt	383.00–408.00	1,906	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	380	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,729	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	680	334.74/cwt	330.00–349.00	2,276	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	392.58/cwt	380.00–399.50	2,092	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	431	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,845	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,177	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	437.97/cwt	436.00–440.00	1,800	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	353.44/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,152	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	357	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,357	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	293.68/cwt	292.00–296.00	2,587	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	341.25/cwt	341.25–341.25	2,525	73

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 Dec 11, 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 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	530	387.50	387.50
3	800–850	803	287.50	287.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	699	300.00	300.00
4	700–750	718	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	411	436.00–440.00	437.97
25	450–500	481	383.00–408.00	396.28
71	500–550	533	380.00–399.50	392.58
21	600–650	609	335.00–360.00	353.44
8	650–700	685	333.00–334.00	333.63
73	700–750	740	341.25	341.25
31	850–900	881	292.00–296.00	293.68
6	900–950	929	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	380	455.00	455.00
8	400–450	431	428.00	428.00
8	500–550	520	387.00	387.00
3	550–600	568	331.00	331.00
26	600–650	617	334.00–361.00	349.84
32	650–700	680	330.00–349.00	334.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	380.00	380.00
5	500–550	542	354.00	354.00
8	550–600	599	330.00–336.00	333.00
6	650–700	674	323.00	323.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	374	482.50	482.50
12	600–650	639	379.00–383.00	382.01
18	650–700	677	366.00	366.00
24	700–750	701	361.00–362.00	361.29
18	750–800	777	328.00–356.00	341.65
3	800–850	800	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	409	490.00	490.00
80	450–500	490	447.50–467.50	455.24
20	500–550	532	420.00–427.50	423.63
187	550–600	585	400.00–427.00	407.30
10	600–650	611	393.00	393.00
36	650–700	665	370.00–379.00	376.61
14	700–750	712	345.00–370.00	359.50
9	750–800	770	334.00–340.00	336.60
13	850–900	893	327.50	327.50
166	900–950	931	318.00–338.75	331.91
50	1050–1100	1,078	309.50	309.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	440	410.00–437.50	424.88
7	450–500	459	425.00	425.00
4	550–600	554	395.00	395.00
4	650–700	686	358.00	358.00
3	900–950	900	322.00	322.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	711	359.00	359.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	750–800	752	378.25	378.25
109	900–950	931	351.25	351.25

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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