Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steer cattle sold mostly 3.00 to 17.00 higher. Heifers over 550 lbs. sold 5.00 to 19.00 higher, while lighter heifers, under 550 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 lower. Demand was very good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of reputation yearling cattle. Four consignors brought nearly 1,050 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $490.54/cwt on 139 head, up $1.91 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 13 comparable sales and sits +1.91 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$490.54

▲ 1.91 vs prior sale

139 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,691

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$18.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.34

vs IA average

+6.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	491.49	2,697	132
Medium and Large 1-2	544	472.50	2,570	7thin

One grade step is worth $18.99/cwt here — about $127 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 sale139 hd

490.54

—

IA average8 barns · 1,005 hd

470.19

+20.34

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

+6.44

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

+1.91

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,754	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	510	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,341	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	550	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,442	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	654	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,632	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	411	507.55/cwt	505.00–510.00	2,086	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	731	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,734	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	393.78/cwt	382.00–400.25	2,882	397
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,570	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	894	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,986	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	416.48/cwt	400.00–439.00	2,824	277
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	352.10/cwt	338.00–363.50	3,042	359
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	837	348.30/cwt	345.50–354.00	2,915	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	440.88/cwt	434.00–450.00	2,703	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	634.77/cwt	620.00–655.00	2,107	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	369.00/cwt	355.00–385.00	2,476	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	410.44/cwt	390.00–427.50	2,151	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,784	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	379.47/cwt	364.50–388.00	2,956	386
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,193	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,408	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	475.82/cwt	450.00–495.00	2,698	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,382	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	395.63/cwt	383.00–412.50	2,504	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,686	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	420.38/cwt	418.00–425.00	2,661	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	339.87/cwt	330.00–343.25	3,127	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	946	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	3,008	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,240	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	438.86/cwt	437.50–445.00	2,133	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	373.54/cwt	359.50–384.00	2,533	282
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	537.74/cwt	532.50–547.50	2,511	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	517.20/cwt	505.00–536.00	2,684	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	366.53/cwt	356.00–370.00	2,984	229
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,956	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	331.39/cwt	331.00–332.00	2,601	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	352.16/cwt	350.00–353.00	2,543	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	460.00/cwt	447.50–467.50	2,019	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	436.01/cwt	428.00–454.00	2,333	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	421.42/cwt	411.00–434.00	2,453	118

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 Jan 29, 2026

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$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	841	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	411	505.00–510.00	507.55
5	500–550	510	459.00	459.00
6	550–600	550	444.00	444.00
7	650–700	654	402.50	402.50
44	700–750	731	374.00	374.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	524	390.00–427.50	410.44
5	550–600	560	400.00	400.00
10	600–650	642	371.00	371.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	364	490.00	490.00
12	400–450	439	447.50–467.50	460.00
33	450–500	486	437.50–445.00	438.86
67	500–550	535	428.00–454.00	436.01
118	550–600	582	411.00–434.00	421.42
204	600–650	633	383.00–412.50	395.63
282	650–700	678	359.50–384.00	373.54
29	700–750	722	350.00–353.00	352.16
26	750–800	785	331.00–332.00	331.39
4	800–850	829	324.00	324.00
20	900–950	918	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	332	620.00–655.00	634.77
7	400–450	446	540.00	540.00
14	450–500	467	532.50–547.50	537.74
50	500–550	519	505.00–536.00	517.20
82	550–600	567	450.00–495.00	475.82
123	600–650	613	434.00–450.00	440.88
277	650–700	678	400.00–439.00	416.48
397	700–750	732	382.00–400.25	393.78
386	750–800	779	364.50–388.00	379.47
229	800–850	814	356.00–370.00	366.53
359	850–900	864	338.00–363.50	352.10
159	900–950	920	330.00–343.25	339.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	430	510.00	510.00
7	500–550	544	472.50	472.50
51	600–650	633	418.00–425.00	420.38
11	650–700	671	355.00–385.00	369.00
18	800–850	837	345.50–354.00	348.30
9	850–900	894	334.00	334.00
4	900–950	946	318.00	318.00

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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