Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers sold mostly with a higher undertone noted, although not well compared. Heifers were also not well compared, but they mostly sold with a lower undertone noted. Demand was good today and included internet bidding. Supply was heavy and offered several load lots of reputation yearling steers. Two consignors brought nearly 600 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $502.53/cwt on 261 head, up $29.01 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 13 comparable sales and sits +13.90 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$502.53

▲ 29.01 vs prior sale

261 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,758

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$211

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

$2.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.42

vs IA average

+28.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	507	505.00	2,560	16thin
Medium and Large 1	552	502.37	2,771	245

One grade step is worth $2.63/cwt here — about −$211 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 sale261 hd

502.53

—

IA average6 barns · 1,327 hd

500.11

+2.42

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

+28.05

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

+13.90

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

46 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	450–500	473	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,365	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	559.95/cwt	555.00–565.00	2,486	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	509.94/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,509	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,236	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	349	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,129	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	509.81/cwt	490.00–512.50	2,243	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	385.32/cwt	378.00–391.00	2,424	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	588	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,587	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	344	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,926	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,435	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	378.33/cwt	374.50–382.50	2,906	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	633	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,706	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,388	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	793	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,561	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,560	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	590	394.11/cwt	386.00–398.00	2,325	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	334.64/cwt	315.00–338.75	3,263	277
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	477.25/cwt	469.00–500.00	2,773	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	421.12/cwt	401.00–433.00	2,813	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	607.99/cwt	595.00–622.50	2,620	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	669	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,683	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	358.39/cwt	353.00–364.50	2,982	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	570.88/cwt	567.50–575.00	2,318	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	355.79/cwt	345.00–361.00	2,583	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	316.97/cwt	315.00–319.00	2,599	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	539.88/cwt	527.50–570.00	2,613	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	283	702.50/cwt	702.50–702.50	1,988	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	525.06/cwt	513.00–539.00	2,772	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	409.70/cwt	400.00–422.00	2,548	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	384.76/cwt	375.00–398.00	2,563	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	3,021	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	594.77/cwt	580.00–600.00	2,224	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	403.22/cwt	385.00–411.50	2,923	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	486.55/cwt	480.00–492.50	2,321	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,581	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,333	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	452.72/cwt	441.50–461.00	2,802	175
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,333	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	453.99/cwt	440.00–478.00	2,347	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	433.89/cwt	419.00–444.00	2,482	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	496	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,177	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	591	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,660	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,106	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	3,329	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	632	378.53/cwt	377.00–379.00	2,392	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	514	494.50/cwt	494.50–494.50	2,542	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	355	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	2,521	14

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 May 21, 2026

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

Receipts 2,025Last week 1,974Year ago 3,025

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	283	702.50	702.50
4	450–500	473	500.00	500.00
9	550–600	588	440.00	440.00
4	600–650	633	427.50	427.50
8	650–700	669	401.00	401.00
6	750–800	793	323.00	323.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	444	555.00–565.00	559.95
33	450–500	492	500.00–525.00	509.94
16	500–550	507	505.00	505.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	379	630.00	630.00
66	400–450	431	595.00–622.50	607.99
27	450–500	484	527.50–570.00	539.88
138	500–550	528	513.00–539.00	525.06
94	550–600	581	469.00–500.00	477.25
175	600–650	619	441.50–461.00	452.72
85	650–700	668	401.00–433.00	421.12
63	700–750	725	385.00–411.50	403.22
35	750–800	768	374.50–382.50	378.33
23	800–850	832	353.00–364.50	358.39
17	900–950	903	334.50	334.50
277	950–1000	975	315.00–338.75	334.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	591	450.00	450.00
112	1100–1150	1,106	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	355	710.00	710.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	349	610.00	610.00
6	500–550	526	425.00	425.00
9	550–600	590	386.00–398.00	394.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	344	560.00	560.00
49	400–450	440	490.00–512.50	509.81
7	600–650	629	378.00–391.00	385.32
4	650–700	684	356.00	356.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	350–400	374	580.00–600.00	594.77
20	400–450	406	567.50–575.00	570.88
58	450–500	477	480.00–492.50	486.55
114	500–550	517	440.00–478.00	453.99
112	550–600	572	419.00–444.00	433.89
71	600–650	622	400.00–422.00	409.70
21	650–700	666	375.00–398.00	384.76
17	700–750	726	345.00–361.00	355.79
10	800–850	820	315.00–319.00	316.97
5	850–900	875	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	496	439.00	439.00
12	600–650	632	377.00–379.00	378.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	500–550	514	494.50	494.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	428	545.00	545.00
8	950–1000	972	240.00	240.00

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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