Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today was the Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ Special at Lamoni. No comparison stated today as the previous feeder auction was more than 3 weeks ago. Available today were many load lots of yearling steers. Four consignors brought nearly 750 head of reputation cattle. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply and included internet bidders. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $388.25/cwt on 22 head, down $26.52 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −99.40 against this barn's trailing median of $487.65.

Average price

$388.25

▼ 26.52 vs prior sale

22 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,249

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$734

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

$96.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.60

vs IA average

+16.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	589	405.86	2,391	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	536	309.00	1,656	4thin

One grade step is worth $96.86/cwt here — about $734 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

12 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.23, low $388.25, median $487.65 across 12 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 sale22 hd

388.25

—

IA average5 barns · 297 hd

401.85

−13.60

National average157 barns · 5,984 hd

371.39

+16.86

This barn, trailing median12 sales

487.65

−99.40

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

36 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	400–450	406	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,888	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	322.59/cwt	322.00–323.00	2,690	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	365.67/cwt	357.00–368.50	2,505	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	307.89/cwt	300.00–311.50	2,870	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	3,080	106
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,814	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	360.01/cwt	356.00–361.00	2,045	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	949	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,629	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	2,173	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	338.77/cwt	334.50–340.50	2,243	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	316.91/cwt	308.00–320.00	2,294	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	274.64/cwt	274.00–275.00	2,708	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	306.03/cwt	300.50–311.50	2,947	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,872	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,563	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	301	602.50/cwt	602.50–602.50	1,814	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	342.38/cwt	324.00–348.00	2,633	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	331.87/cwt	314.00–334.75	2,877	419
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,730	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	365.20/cwt	357.00–375.00	1,950	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	295.42/cwt	290.00–301.00	2,431	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	372	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,841	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	439	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,932	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	389	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,727	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	396.45/cwt	389.00–406.00	2,426	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	353.91/cwt	344.00–366.50	2,569	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	405.86/cwt	400.00–411.00	2,391	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,309	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	381	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,619	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	321	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,326	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,663	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	335.95/cwt	295.00–366.00	2,150	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,155	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	302.19/cwt	300.00–306.00	2,082	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,656	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,070	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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	406	465.00	465.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	443	422.50	422.50
25	500–550	534	357.00–375.00	365.20
15	550–600	568	356.00–361.00	360.01
24	600–650	629	345.50	345.50
46	650–700	662	334.50–340.50	338.77
79	700–750	724	308.00–320.00	316.91
27	800–850	823	290.00–301.00	295.42
14	850–900	893	287.00	287.00
15	900–950	949	277.00	277.00
22	950–1000	986	274.00–275.00	274.64
16	1000–1050	1,000	273.00	273.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	389	444.00	444.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	321	413.00	413.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	647	320.00	320.00
8	650–700	689	300.00–306.00	302.19
6	750–800	798	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	589	400.00–411.00	405.86
23	600–650	612	389.00–406.00	396.45
28	650–700	685	357.00–368.50	365.67
119	700–750	726	344.00–366.50	353.91
130	750–800	769	324.00–348.00	342.38
24	800–850	834	322.00–323.00	322.59
419	850–900	867	314.00–334.75	331.87
82	900–950	932	300.00–311.50	307.89
110	950–1000	963	300.50–311.50	306.03
106	1000–1050	1,020	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	536	309.00	309.00
7	600–650	640	295.00–366.00	335.95
15	700–750	739	312.50	312.50
6	800–850	848	314.00	314.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	301	602.50	602.50
7	350–400	372	495.00	495.00
7	400–450	439	440.00	440.00
4	450–500	480	378.00	378.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	381	425.00	425.00

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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