Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market comparison today as the last published report was four weeks ago. Demand was very good today and included internet bidding. Supply was moderate to heavy and included many quality cattle. There were many unweaned calves that were bought without normal discounts. Two consignors brought nearly 450 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $493.57/cwt on 349 head, up $32.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 13 comparable sales and sits +4.95 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$493.57

▲ 32.48 vs prior sale

349 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,748

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$38.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.57

vs IA average

+2.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	496.00	2,762	327
Medium and Large 1-2	553	457.47	2,530	22

One grade step is worth $38.53/cwt here — about $233 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale349 hd

493.57

—

IA average4 barns · 728 hd

497.14

−3.57

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

+2.74

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

+4.95

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

40 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 1	750–800	775	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,087	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	450.43/cwt	440.00–472.00	2,383	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	530.38/cwt	510.00–553.00	2,265	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	399.74/cwt	388.00–408.00	2,522	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	388.28/cwt	371.00–392.50	2,582	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	441	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,558	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	450.89/cwt	441.00–465.00	2,606	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	542.82/cwt	529.00–552.00	2,622	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	407.37/cwt	402.50–413.00	2,925	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,020	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	459.20/cwt	437.00–474.00	2,838	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	363.21/cwt	359.00–369.00	2,957	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	613.52/cwt	597.50–630.00	2,583	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	389	642.50/cwt	642.50–642.50	2,499	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,626	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	447.20/cwt	447.00–447.50	2,607	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	656	446.31/cwt	444.00–450.00	2,928	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	570.88/cwt	540.00–582.50	2,677	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	515.92/cwt	505.00–535.00	2,770	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	668.83/cwt	660.00–690.00	2,562	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	330	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,145	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	482.34/cwt	470.00–504.00	2,769	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	421.92/cwt	417.00–428.00	2,591	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	603	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,382	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	447	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,123	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	679.57/cwt	655.00–700.00	2,127	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	469.79/cwt	450.00–497.50	2,429	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	386	521.34/cwt	517.50–540.00	2,012	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	445	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,236	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,293	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	424.22/cwt	415.00–432.50	2,036	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	406.50/cwt	406.50–406.50	2,825	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	439.94/cwt	434.00–441.00	2,926	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	360.90/cwt	356.00–364.00	2,671	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	425.21/cwt	408.00–436.00	2,411	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	491.19/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,284	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	325	549.24/cwt	540.00–560.00	1,785	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	587	407.41/cwt	404.00–410.00	2,391	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	487	467.42/cwt	462.50–477.50	2,276	78

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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	376	555.00	555.00
39	400–450	427	510.00–553.00	530.38
80	450–500	465	470.00–500.00	491.19
88	500–550	529	440.00–472.00	450.43
123	550–600	567	408.00–436.00	425.21
55	600–650	631	388.00–408.00	399.74
75	650–700	665	371.00–392.50	388.28
48	700–750	740	356.00–364.00	360.90
4	750–800	775	329.00	329.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	325	540.00–560.00	549.24
29	350–400	386	517.50–540.00	521.34
5	400–450	445	502.50	502.50
78	450–500	487	462.50–477.50	467.42
16	550–600	587	404.00–410.00	407.41
10	600–650	603	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	447	475.00	475.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	480	415.00–432.50	424.22
5	550–600	588	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	650.00	650.00
9	350–400	389	642.50	642.50
13	400–450	441	580.00	580.00
47	450–500	483	529.00–552.00	542.82
10	500–550	536	490.00	490.00
12	550–600	578	441.00–465.00	450.89
26	650–700	656	444.00–450.00	446.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	313	655.00–700.00	679.57
35	350–400	383	660.00–690.00	668.83
16	400–450	421	597.50–630.00	613.52
85	450–500	469	540.00–582.50	570.88
142	500–550	537	505.00–535.00	515.92
163	550–600	574	470.00–504.00	482.34
66	600–650	618	437.00–474.00	459.20
20	650–700	665	434.00–441.00	439.94
31	700–750	718	402.50–413.00	407.37
44	750–800	755	400.00	400.00
7	800–850	814	359.00–369.00	363.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	517	450.00–497.50	469.79
12	550–600	583	447.00–447.50	447.20
9	600–650	614	417.00–428.00	421.92
8	650–700	695	406.50	406.50

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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