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Lamoni Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Mar 12

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158

← Feb 26Mar 12Apr 9 →

Receipts

1,291 head

▼ 1,497 vs last sale 2,788▲ 1,291 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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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 — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $461.09/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 7 of 13 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $461.09.

Average price

$461.09

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

Price by quality 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.

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

461.09

+0.00

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.23, low $388.25, median $461.09 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	334	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,054	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	354	514.72/cwt	490.00–540.00	1,822	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	387	601.00/cwt	601.00–601.00	2,326	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	526.23/cwt	522.50–530.00	2,310	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	448	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,251	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,417	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	490.08/cwt	477.50–501.00	2,558	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	462.36/cwt	447.50–485.00	2,645	36
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,435	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	421.30/cwt	407.00–425.00	2,658	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	668	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,679	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	404.19/cwt	386.00–410.00	2,716	36
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	371.53/cwt	360.00–379.50	2,738	27
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	365.46/cwt	356.00–368.50	2,854	27
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	803	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,887	45
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	889	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,756	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	891	331.53/cwt	325.50–335.50	2,954	266
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	328.62/cwt	325.50–332.00	3,040	116
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	977	310.95/cwt	304.00–312.50	3,038	22
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,013	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	2,983	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	305	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,723	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	356	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,940	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	374	518.05/cwt	515.00–525.00	1,938	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	459.99/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,955	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	453.21/cwt	450.00–455.00	2,058	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,035	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	506	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,302	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	404.11/cwt	387.50–411.00	2,146	39
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,289	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	385.88/cwt	366.00–401.00	2,400	54
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	629	405.50/cwt	405.50–405.50	2,551	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,329	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	347.28/cwt	341.00–358.00	2,355	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	701	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,250	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	341.15/cwt	332.00–350.00	2,470	55
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	770	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	3,011	21
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,551	73
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	313.02/cwt	312.00–314.00	2,582	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	892	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	3,399	25
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	919	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,775	21
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	393.08/cwt	385.00–398.00	2,036	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,286	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,200	5

This sale against other markets

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 Mar 12, 2026

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

Receipts 1,291Last week 2,788Year ago 0

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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	850–900	889	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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.