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Lamoni Livestock Auction

Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-24

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Sep 24

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158

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Receipts

752 head

▼ 788 vs last sale 1,540▲ 752 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Several load lots today that included mostly yearling steers but many smaller packages. Three consignors brought nearly 550 head of reputation cattle. Demand was very good today and included internet bidding. Supply was moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $398.75/cwt on 56 head, up $35.50 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 13 comparable sales and sits −12.41 against this barn's trailing median of $411.16.

Average price

$398.75

▲ 35.50 vs prior sale

56 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,065

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$58.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.94

vs IA average

+42.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	407.18	2,070	48
Medium and Large 1-2	576	348.19	2,006	8thin

One grade step is worth $58.99/cwt here — about $64 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale56 hd

398.75

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IA average6 barns · 447 hd

373.82

+24.94

National average179 barns · 11,869 hd

356.10

+42.65

This barn, trailing median13 sales

411.16

−12.41

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $465.23, low $360.50, median $411.16 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

20 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	488	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,045	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,131	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,307	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	363.94/cwt	363.50–366.00	2,460	58
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	704	350.50/cwt	348.00–353.00	2,468	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	347.75/cwt	331.00–354.00	2,636	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	803	338.75/cwt	337.50–340.00	2,720	18
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	892	323.38/cwt	322.50–324.75	2,885	109
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,031	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	3,103	57
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,060	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,767	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,905	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	409.86/cwt	404.00–414.00	2,062	45
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	348.19/cwt	346.50–350.00	2,006	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,158	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	371.12/cwt	350.00–373.00	2,264	97
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,309	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,406	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,558	65
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	946	290.70/cwt	289.25–299.00	2,750	66
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	964	288.30/cwt	270.00–289.25	2,779	60

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 Sep 24, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	401.00	401.00
8	550–600	576	346.50–350.00	348.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	500–550	503	404.00–414.00	409.86
3	550–600	588	367.00	367.00
97	600–650	610	350.00–373.00	371.12
16	650–700	677	341.00	341.00
11	700–750	727	331.00	331.00
65	800–850	836	306.00	306.00
66	900–950	946	289.25–299.00	290.70
60	950–1000	964	270.00–289.25	288.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	505	422.00	422.00
23	550–600	571	404.00	404.00
58	650–700	676	363.50–366.00	363.94
6	700–750	704	348.00–353.00	350.50
15	750–800	758	331.00–354.00	347.75
18	800–850	803	337.50–340.00	338.75
109	850–900	892	322.50–324.75	323.38
57	1000–1050	1,031	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,060	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	488	419.00	419.00

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.