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Lamoni Livestock Auction

Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-06

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Mar 6

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158

← Feb 20Mar 6Mar 20 →

Receipts

1,967 head

▲ 157 vs last sale 1,810▲ 1,967 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 650 to 700 lbs. and 750 to 800 lbs. sold 5.00 to 11.00 lower, while all others sold mostly steady to 20.00 higher. Heifers sold on a light test with a higher undertone noted. Demand was good today, and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate and included several load lots of yearling steers.

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 $361.92/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −99.17 against this barn's trailing median of $461.09.

Average price

$361.92

120 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,972

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

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

$61.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.54

vs IA average

+12.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	371.08	2,004	102
Medium and Large 1-2	573	310.00	1,776	18thin

One grade step is worth $61.08/cwt here — about $228 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 sale120 hd

361.92

—

IA average3 barns · 207 hd

355.38

+6.54

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+12.64

This barn, trailing median13 sales

461.09

−99.17

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

35 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	413	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,776	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,566	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	379.77/cwt	342.00–389.50	2,017	74
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	348.11/cwt	338.00–359.50	1,963	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,776	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	603	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,767	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	321.14/cwt	317.00–335.00	2,017	172
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,921	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	295.01/cwt	292.00–296.50	2,027	46
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	295.23/cwt	287.00–303.50	2,149	219
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	277.45/cwt	275.00–279.00	2,131	122
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	787	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,113	17
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	276.52/cwt	264.00–279.75	2,276	197
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	827	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,109	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	272.97/cwt	254.00–277.75	2,369	223
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	911	264.01/cwt	258.00–267.50	2,405	95
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	2,425	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,452	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	304.00/cwt	302.00–307.00	1,480	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	290.80/cwt	288.00–292.00	1,509	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	323.84/cwt	319.00–325.00	1,703	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	304.51/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,772	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	271.93/cwt	265.00–275.50	1,585	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	280.75/cwt	280.75–280.75	1,735	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	271.58/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,814	86
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	257.25/cwt	251.00–258.00	1,747	27
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	259.69/cwt	250.00–263.50	1,922	128
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	259.34/cwt	257.50–262.50	1,968	33
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	782	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,190	46
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	231.54/cwt	228.00–241.00	1,818	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	250.90/cwt	246.00–257.00	2,045	31
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	851	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,008	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	230.48/cwt	226.00–236.00	2,026	22
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,109	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,688	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 6, 2025

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

Receipts 1,967Last week 1,810Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	750–800	782	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	850–900	851	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	427	340.00	340.00
21	500–550	526	319.00–325.00	323.84
24	550–600	582	300.00–308.00	304.51
86	650–700	668	260.00–275.00	271.58
128	700–750	740	250.00–263.50	259.69
33	750–800	759	257.50–262.50	259.34
31	800–850	815	246.00–257.00	250.90
22	850–900	879	226.00–236.00	230.48
7	900–950	927	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	487	302.00–307.00	304.00
14	500–550	519	288.00–292.00	290.80
15	550–600	583	265.00–275.50	271.93
23	600–650	618	280.75	280.75
27	650–700	679	251.00–258.00	257.25
11	750–800	785	228.00–241.00	231.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	413	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	750–800	787	268.50	268.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	500–550	531	342.00–389.50	379.77
28	550–600	564	338.00–359.50	348.11
172	600–650	628	317.00–335.00	321.14
46	650–700	687	292.00–296.50	295.01
219	700–750	728	287.00–303.50	295.23
122	750–800	768	275.00–279.00	277.45
197	800–850	823	264.00–279.75	276.52
223	850–900	868	254.00–277.75	272.97
95	900–950	911	258.00–267.50	264.01
12	950–1000	968	250.50	250.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	435	360.00	360.00
18	550–600	573	310.00	310.00
15	600–650	603	293.00	293.00
3	650–700	667	288.00	288.00
6	800–850	827	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	443	381.00	381.00

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.