Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers mostly sold 3.00 to 18.00 higher except the 800 to 850 lb. steers which sold 4.00 lower. Heifers sold mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was good today and included internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of steers. Five consignors provided nearly 1,000 head total.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $486.68/cwt on 133 head, up $4.88 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 13 comparable sales and sits −1.95 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$486.68

▲ 4.88 vs prior sale

133 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,715

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$260

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

$25.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.34

vs IA average

−0.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	492.86	2,778	101
Medium and Large 1-2	539	467.18	2,518	32

One grade step is worth $25.68/cwt here — about $260 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale133 hd

486.68

—

IA average6 barns · 595 hd

482.33

+4.34

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

−0.34

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−1.95

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

44 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	800–850	811	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	3,082	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	764	379.70/cwt	360.00–389.00	2,901	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	336.17/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,478	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	403.89/cwt	403.00–410.00	2,209	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,192	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,057	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	542.00/cwt	542.00–542.00	2,103	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	304.62/cwt	298.00–306.50	3,077	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	530.53/cwt	525.00–538.00	2,594	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,845	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	402.44/cwt	390.00–421.50	2,930	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	363.67/cwt	352.50–376.50	3,026	293
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	572.44/cwt	570.00–575.00	1,941	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	3,191	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	349.48/cwt	348.00–351.00	2,894	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	461.43/cwt	449.00–475.00	2,925	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	403.92/cwt	397.50–431.00	2,573	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	350.92/cwt	340.00–356.75	3,109	295
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	401.96/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,737	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,311	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	319.77/cwt	312.00–330.50	2,609	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	874	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,954	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	444.89/cwt	440.00–447.50	2,060	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	351.62/cwt	338.00–369.00	2,169	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	374.08/cwt	369.00–381.50	2,510	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	304.77/cwt	294.00–309.00	2,795	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	358.25/cwt	350.00–369.00	2,551	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	336.58/cwt	327.75–348.00	2,608	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,657	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,010	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	486.40/cwt	482.00–490.00	2,821	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	505.03/cwt	492.50–525.00	2,692	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	405.18/cwt	390.00–419.50	2,362	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	387.33/cwt	378.00–393.00	2,382	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	476.51/cwt	462.50–505.00	2,254	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,204	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	425.84/cwt	412.00–432.00	2,879	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	384.50/cwt	373.00–391.00	2,930	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	436.86/cwt	428.00–443.00	2,272	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,422	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	454.96/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,552	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	340.00/cwt	326.00–344.50	3,111	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,305	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,510	26

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 Feb 26, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 2,788Last week 3,000Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
173	750–800	764	360.00–389.00	379.70
20	800–850	811	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	433	475.00	475.00
20	450–500	463	440.00–447.50	444.89
23	500–550	547	403.00–410.00	403.89
8	550–600	562	390.00	390.00
21	600–650	617	338.00–369.00	351.62
7	650–700	692	350.00	350.00
13	700–750	737	330.00–340.00	336.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	428	515.00	515.00
24	450–500	473	462.50–505.00	476.51
10	500–550	520	428.00–443.00	436.86
111	550–600	583	390.00–419.50	405.18
52	600–650	615	378.00–393.00	387.33
137	650–700	671	369.00–381.50	374.08
110	700–750	712	350.00–369.00	358.25
84	750–800	775	327.75–348.00	336.58
36	800–850	816	312.00–330.50	319.77
8	850–900	853	311.50	311.50
39	900–950	917	294.00–309.00	304.77
5	950–1000	987	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	339	570.00–575.00	572.44
4	350–400	388	542.00	542.00
5	400–450	430	537.50	537.50
18	450–500	489	525.00–538.00	530.53
35	500–550	533	492.50–525.00	505.03
66	550–600	580	482.00–490.00	486.40
108	600–650	634	449.00–475.00	461.43
160	650–700	676	412.00–432.00	425.84
274	700–750	728	390.00–421.50	402.44
139	750–800	762	373.00–391.00	384.50
293	800–850	832	352.50–376.50	363.67
295	850–900	886	340.00–356.75	350.92
107	900–950	915	326.00–344.50	340.00
7	950–1000	954	334.50	334.50
23	1000–1050	1,010	298.00–306.50	304.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	461	500.00	500.00
26	500–550	534	470.00	470.00
6	550–600	561	450.00–460.00	454.96
41	600–650	637	397.50–431.00	403.92
29	650–700	681	390.00–415.00	401.96
11	700–750	739	385.00	385.00
6	800–850	828	348.00–351.00	349.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	850–900	874	338.00	338.00

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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