Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2024-05-30

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, May 30
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
1,762 head
▼ 1,401 vs last sale 3,163▼ 22 vs year ago 1,784 · −1.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers under 600 lbs. sold 11.00 to 22.00 lower, while steers over 600 lbs. sold steady to 12.00 higher. Heifers under 550 lbs. sold mostly 20.00 higher, while heifers over 550 lbs. sold mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Supply was moderate to heavy today and included a few load lots of yearling cattle. Demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $338.69/cwt on 251 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −122.40 against this barn's trailing median of $461.09.
Average price
$338.69
251 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,881
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$140
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$37.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs IA average
+33.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553342.401,894226
Medium and Large 1-2575305.131,75425
One grade step is worth $37.27/cwt here — about $140 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale251 hd
338.69
—
IA average1 barns · 251 hd
338.69
+0.00
National average125 barns · 5,668 hd
305.14
+33.55
This barn, trailing median13 sales
461.09
−122.40
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
523474424374median 461.0903/1205/0706/1809/2410/29
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

33 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1343423.00/cwt423.00–423.001,45112
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376394.00/cwt394.00–394.001,4815
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419378.94/cwt365.00–387.501,58844
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy462409.50/cwt409.50–409.501,89239
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2464300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3927
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479351.50/cwt343.00–357.501,68434
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527341.37/cwt332.00–350.001,799103
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed562363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,04060
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575305.13/cwt279.00–309.501,75425
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1588324.47/cwt309.00–327.501,90863
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631312.94/cwt295.00–319.001,975115
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2637290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,84716
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658272.33/cwt267.00–278.001,79223
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683288.70/cwt284.00–301.001,97242
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724288.86/cwt281.50–290.002,09192
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742256.19/cwt251.00–260.001,9017
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1816252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,0607
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1881252.75/cwt252.75–252.752,22762
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1908252.37/cwt252.00–252.752,292124
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,21410
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385361.28/cwt355.00–367.501,3916
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433343.19/cwt329.00–353.001,48654
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473302.19/cwt300.00–310.001,42919
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481329.67/cwt320.00–334.001,58683
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519321.19/cwt313.00–333.001,66779
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528291.28/cwt275.00–307.001,53832
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571289.34/cwt280.00–309.001,652139
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,6125
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617280.56/cwt271.00–287.001,73172
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,64513
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1666267.18/cwt257.00–277.501,77937
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728254.64/cwt254.00–256.001,8549
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,8806

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.