Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, light volume of steer calves under 550 lbs. sold with a higher undertone noted; steers over 550 lbs. mostly sold steady to 12.00 lower. Heifers sold mostly steady to 7.00 higher, except 550 to 600 lbs. sold 8.00 lower. Demand was very good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included nearly 800 head from 3 consigners and many load lots of reputation cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $488.63/cwt on 221 head, up $22.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 13 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$488.63

▲ 22.46 vs prior sale

221 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

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

$51.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.29

vs IA average

+16.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	499.31	2,685	175
Medium and Large 1-2	547	448.01	2,450	46

One grade step is worth $51.30/cwt here — about $235 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 sale221 hd

488.63

—

IA average9 barns · 1,707 hd

472.34

+16.29

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

+16.65

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

+0.00

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 1Fancy	650–700	668	434.50/cwt	434.50–434.50	2,902	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,843	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	349.20/cwt	336.00–363.50	2,891	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	389.68/cwt	378.00–415.00	2,467	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	380.94/cwt	370.00–387.50	2,811	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	368.34/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,873	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	386.13/cwt	380.00–398.00	2,591	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	468.89/cwt	463.00–491.00	2,715	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	473.76/cwt	460.00–482.50	2,511	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,756	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	389.50/cwt	389.50–389.50	2,598	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	766	347.80/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,664	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	879	318.01/cwt	317.00–319.00	2,795	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	508.03/cwt	495.00–529.00	2,672	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	434.65/cwt	422.50–450.00	2,721	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	413.79/cwt	398.00–421.00	2,756	286
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	328.42/cwt	308.50–333.00	3,199	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,660	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	340.33/cwt	320.00–346.50	3,015	299
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,383	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	341.86/cwt	330.00–357.00	2,461	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	401.76/cwt	386.00–415.00	2,282	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	393.05/cwt	374.00–415.00	2,036	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	365.81/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,166	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,352	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,165	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	348.84/cwt	335.00–356.00	2,550	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	2,760	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	509.46/cwt	505.00–515.00	2,517	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	586.59/cwt	557.50–600.00	2,446	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	439.22/cwt	430.00–447.00	2,135	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,696	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	435.55/cwt	412.56–452.00	2,417	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,007	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	779	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,555	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	376.88/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,156	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,115	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,248	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	833	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,666	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,026	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	3,119	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	390.58/cwt	370.00–405.50	2,480	355
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	681	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,356	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,729	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	410.94/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,944	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	471	429.97/cwt	420.00–433.00	2,025	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	370.42/cwt	362.00–375.00	2,304	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	438.32/cwt	415.00–448.00	2,275	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	363.09/cwt	347.00–377.00	2,454	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	312.11/cwt	311.00–314.00	2,578	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,806	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	460.83/cwt	460.00–461.00	1,922	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	331.67/cwt	327.00–338.00	2,537	25

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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Lamoni Livestock Feeder Cattle - Lamoni, IA

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
115	650–700	668	434.50	434.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	400–450	417	557.50–600.00	586.59
29	450–500	494	505.00–515.00	509.46
136	500–550	526	495.00–529.00	508.03
39	550–600	579	463.00–491.00	468.89
178	600–650	626	422.50–450.00	434.65
286	650–700	666	398.00–421.00	413.79
274	700–750	738	370.00–387.50	380.94
208	750–800	780	360.00–380.00	368.34
94	800–850	828	336.00–363.50	349.20
299	850–900	886	320.00–346.50	340.33
196	950–1000	974	308.50–333.00	328.42
4	1000–1050	1,026	304.00	304.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	446	450.00	450.00
15	500–550	530	460.00–482.50	473.76
31	550–600	555	412.56–452.00	435.55
10	600–650	633	378.00–415.00	389.68
15	650–700	671	380.00–398.00	386.13
9	700–750	731	335.00–356.00	348.84
4	750–800	780	341.00	341.00
4	800–850	835	330.00	330.00
8	850–900	879	317.00–319.00	318.01
49	950–1000	950	290.50	290.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	608	392.00	392.00
10	650–700	667	389.50	389.50
14	750–800	766	345.00–350.00	347.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	833	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	384	480.00	480.00
25	400–450	417	460.00–461.00	460.83
39	450–500	486	430.00–447.00	439.22
135	500–550	519	415.00–448.00	438.32
107	550–600	568	386.00–415.00	401.76
355	600–650	635	370.00–405.50	390.58
207	650–700	676	347.00–377.00	363.09
121	700–750	720	330.00–357.00	341.86
25	750–800	765	327.00–338.00	331.67
8	800–850	826	311.00–314.00	312.11
39	850–900	856	315.00	315.00
10	900–950	911	308.00	308.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	393	440.00	440.00
14	450–500	473	400.00–425.00	410.94
28	500–550	518	374.00–415.00	393.05
22	550–600	592	350.00–370.00	365.81
4	600–650	613	345.00	345.00
4	700–750	725	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	471	420.00–433.00	429.97
8	550–600	572	375.00–380.00	376.88
22	600–650	622	362.00–375.00	370.42
4	650–700	681	346.00	346.00
5	750–800	779	328.00	328.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	517	455.00	455.00
4	550–600	561	386.00	386.00

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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