Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers mostly sold 4.00 to 24.00 lower. Heifers sold mostly 7.00 to 27.00 lower, although not well compared. Demand was good today and included internet bidding. Supply was moderate and included several load lots of 8-weight yearly steers. Two consignors brought 350 head total.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $461.09/cwt on 51 head, down $25.59 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −27.53 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$461.09

▼ 25.59 vs prior sale

51 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$194

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

$57.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.28

vs IA average

−11.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	467.90	2,630	45
Medium and Large 1-2	594	410.00	2,435	6thin

One grade step is worth $57.90/cwt here — about $194 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale51 hd

461.09

—

IA average7 barns · 427 hd

471.37

−10.28

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

−11.11

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−27.53

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	334	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,054	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	365.46/cwt	356.00–368.50	2,854	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	387	601.00/cwt	601.00–601.00	2,326	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	354	514.72/cwt	490.00–540.00	1,822	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	526.23/cwt	522.50–530.00	2,310	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	421.30/cwt	407.00–425.00	2,658	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	328.62/cwt	325.50–332.00	3,040	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	347.28/cwt	341.00–358.00	2,355	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	462.36/cwt	447.50–485.00	2,645	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	331.53/cwt	325.50–335.50	2,954	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	404.19/cwt	386.00–410.00	2,716	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	310.95/cwt	304.00–312.50	3,038	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,417	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	341.15/cwt	332.00–350.00	2,470	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	490.08/cwt	477.50–501.00	2,558	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	385.88/cwt	366.00–401.00	2,400	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,551	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,940	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	305	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,723	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,250	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	889	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,756	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	453.21/cwt	450.00–455.00	2,058	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	459.99/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,955	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	404.11/cwt	387.50–411.00	2,146	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,329	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	313.02/cwt	312.00–314.00	2,582	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	374	518.05/cwt	515.00–525.00	1,938	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	629	405.50/cwt	405.50–405.50	2,551	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,289	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,775	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,035	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	371.53/cwt	360.00–379.50	2,738	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	2,983	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,887	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	448	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,251	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,435	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	668	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,679	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	892	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	3,399	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	770	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	3,011	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	506	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,302	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,286	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	393.08/cwt	385.00–398.00	2,036	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,200	5

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
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	334	615.00	615.00
10	350–400	387	601.00	601.00
10	400–450	448	502.50	502.50
6	650–700	668	401.00	401.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	439	522.50–530.00	526.23
8	450–500	456	530.00	530.00
9	500–550	522	477.50–501.00	490.08
36	550–600	572	447.50–485.00	462.36
20	600–650	631	407.00–425.00	421.30
36	650–700	672	386.00–410.00	404.19
27	700–750	737	360.00–379.50	371.53
27	750–800	781	356.00–368.50	365.46
45	800–850	803	359.50	359.50
266	850–900	891	325.50–335.50	331.53
116	900–950	925	325.50–332.00	328.62
22	950–1000	977	304.00–312.50	310.95
8	1000–1050	1,013	294.50	294.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	354	490.00–540.00	514.72
6	550–600	594	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	850–900	889	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	356	545.00	545.00
20	400–450	425	455.00–465.00	459.99
14	450–500	454	450.00–455.00	453.21
39	500–550	531	387.50–411.00	404.11
5	550–600	578	396.00	396.00
54	600–650	622	366.00–401.00	385.88
13	650–700	678	341.00–358.00	347.28
55	700–750	724	332.00–350.00	341.15
73	750–800	780	327.00	327.00
12	800–850	825	312.00–314.00	313.02
21	900–950	919	302.00	302.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	305	565.00	565.00
10	350–400	374	515.00–525.00	518.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	476	427.50	427.50
7	600–650	633	368.00	368.00
4	700–750	701	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	506	455.00	455.00
35	600–650	629	405.50	405.50
21	750–800	770	391.00	391.00
25	850–900	892	381.00	381.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	518	385.00–398.00	393.08
4	550–600	590	387.50	387.50
5	600–650	611	360.00	360.00

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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