Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly steady to 7.00 lower. Heifers under 650 lbs. sold mostly sharply higher although not well compared, while heifers over 650 lbs. sold mostly 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Demand was very good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy today. There were several load lots of yearly cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $481.80/cwt on 232 head, down $8.74 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 13 comparable sales and sits −6.83 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$481.80

▼ 8.74 vs prior sale

232 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,719

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$2.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.24

vs IA average

+3.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	481.99	2,729	216
Medium and Large 1-2	541	479.30	2,593	16thin

One grade step is worth $2.69/cwt here — about $136 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale232 hd

481.80

—

IA average8 barns · 991 hd

485.04

−3.24

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

+3.41

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−6.83

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

43 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 1Fancy	700–750	731	391.50/cwt	391.50–391.50	2,862	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	392.01/cwt	382.00–425.00	2,470	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	337.91/cwt	333.50–358.00	2,663	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	453.24/cwt	437.00–458.00	2,633	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	426.34/cwt	417.50–442.50	2,106	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	410.92/cwt	389.00–417.50	2,359	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	443	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,370	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	468.80/cwt	459.50–492.00	2,724	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,641	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	327.63/cwt	320.50–328.00	3,165	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,584	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	391.41/cwt	383.50–402.50	2,849	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	627.50/cwt	627.50–627.50	2,002	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	536.03/cwt	524.00–552.00	2,552	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	515.15/cwt	502.50–520.00	2,715	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	914	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,514	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	395.52/cwt	392.00–396.00	2,606	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,448	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	361	582.50/cwt	582.50–582.50	2,103	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	433.87/cwt	426.00–446.00	2,742	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,425	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	420.80/cwt	415.00–424.00	2,289	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,468	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	359.60/cwt	348.00–370.00	2,578	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	334.68/cwt	333.00–335.00	2,704	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	457.22/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,012	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	381.00/cwt	379.00–385.00	2,469	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,004	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,932	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	691	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,412	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	465.45/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,202	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	375.93/cwt	362.00–397.50	2,538	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	367.34/cwt	356.00–377.00	3,005	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	310.17/cwt	309.00–312.50	2,823	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	340.80/cwt	330.00–349.75	3,156	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	537	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,886	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	559	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,306	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	549.26/cwt	525.00–567.50	2,010	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	479.30/cwt	460.00–487.50	2,593	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	434.84/cwt	422.50–457.50	2,335	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,866	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	415.85/cwt	400.00–434.50	2,815	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	378.98/cwt	367.00–385.00	2,952	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	348.10/cwt	345.00–353.50	3,084	197

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	700–750	731	391.50	391.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	366	525.00–567.50	549.26
10	400–450	440	450.00–475.00	457.22
53	450–500	473	460.00–485.00	465.45
43	500–550	537	422.50–457.50	434.84
34	550–600	581	437.00–458.00	453.24
115	600–650	630	382.00–425.00	392.01
150	650–700	675	362.00–397.50	375.93
107	700–750	717	348.00–370.00	359.60
16	750–800	788	333.50–358.00	337.91
83	800–850	808	333.00–335.00	334.68
9	900–950	910	309.00–312.50	310.17
5	1000–1050	1,004	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	494	417.50–442.50	426.34
14	500–550	544	415.00–424.00	420.80
163	550–600	574	389.00–417.50	410.92
9	600–650	648	379.00–385.00	381.00
4	700–750	741	333.00	333.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
48	550–600	559	412.50	412.50
9	650–700	691	349.00	349.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	443	535.00	535.00
16	650–700	657	402.00	402.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	627.50	627.50
3	400–450	408	600.00	600.00
30	450–500	476	524.00–552.00	536.03
57	500–550	527	502.50–520.00	515.15
156	550–600	581	459.50–492.00	468.80
138	600–650	632	426.00–446.00	433.87
201	650–700	677	400.00–434.50	415.85
237	700–750	728	383.50–402.50	391.41
117	750–800	779	367.00–385.00	378.98
188	800–850	818	356.00–377.00	367.34
197	850–900	886	345.00–353.50	348.10
290	900–950	926	330.00–349.75	340.80
123	950–1000	966	320.50–328.00	327.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	582.50	582.50
5	400–450	449	540.00	540.00
16	500–550	541	460.00–487.50	479.30
6	600–650	608	425.00	425.00
44	650–700	659	392.00–396.00	395.52
5	750–800	783	366.00	366.00
4	900–950	914	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	537	537.50	537.50

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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