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Lamoni Livestock Auction

Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-22

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, May 22

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158

← May 8May 22Jun 12 →

Receipts

3,025 head

▲ 1,336 vs last sale 1,689▲ 3,025 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 under 550 lbs. sold sharply higher, while steer cattle over 550 lbs. sold mostly 6.00 to 24.00 lower. Heifers sold mostly 8.00 to sharply higher. Demand was good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of reputation steer cattle.

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 $407.91/cwt on 517 head. That ranks 4 of 13 comparable sales and sits −53.18 against this barn's trailing median of $461.09.

Average price

$407.91

517 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,254

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$40.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.55

vs IA average

+29.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	411.00	2,264	478
Medium and Large 1-2	571	370.07	2,114	39

One grade step is worth $40.93/cwt here — about $150 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 sale517 hd

407.91

—

IA average5 barns · 1,515 hd

399.35

+8.55

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

+29.86

This barn, trailing median13 sales

461.09

−53.18

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

53 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	491.56/cwt	475.00–505.00	1,686	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	480.85/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,789	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	406	498.71/cwt	475.00–506.00	2,025	44
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	436.91/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,887	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	470.02/cwt	455.00–479.00	2,162	83
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	421.24/cwt	400.00–436.00	2,014	57
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	426.96/cwt	409.00–436.50	2,271	249
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	391.69/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,111	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	540	389.98/cwt	377.00–395.50	2,106	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	575	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,955	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	394.39/cwt	381.00–406.00	2,280	190
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	366.35/cwt	350.00–378.00	2,169	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	372.96/cwt	361.00–393.50	2,309	156
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	346.37/cwt	340.00–354.00	2,161	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,175	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	354.11/cwt	329.00–364.50	2,362	148
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	312.51/cwt	307.50–321.00	2,119	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	694	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,151	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	329.56/cwt	307.00–333.00	2,340	34
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	776	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,087	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	311.12/cwt	310.75–312.75	2,452	139
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	287.03/cwt	286.00–291.00	2,357	20
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	893	292.75/cwt	292.75–292.75	2,614	124
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	941	286.75/cwt	286.75–286.75	2,698	104
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	961	284.32/cwt	282.50–287.75	2,732	158
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,079	262.38/cwt	261.75–263.00	2,831	108
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,635	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	380	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,843	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	455.34/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,762	37
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	439.25/cwt	425.00–466.00	1,836	46
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	399.59/cwt	394.00–405.00	1,758	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	470	361.39/cwt	360.00–362.00	1,699	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	370.73/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,787	43
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	394.63/cwt	384.00–415.00	1,906	163
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	514	365.23/cwt	345.00–376.00	1,877	44
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	349.53/cwt	340.00–377.00	1,828	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	385.52/cwt	370.00–393.50	2,051	99
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	359.38/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,063	129
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	583	333.32/cwt	333.00–334.00	1,943	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,968	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	611	342.85/cwt	324.00–349.50	2,095	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	343.29/cwt	320.00–349.00	2,118	84
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,923	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	673	305.43/cwt	290.00–324.00	2,056	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	310.15/cwt	304.00–312.00	2,090	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,006	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	747	302.34/cwt	298.00–311.00	2,258	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	288.49/cwt	288.00–292.50	2,265	27
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	842	279.63/cwt	279.50–282.50	2,354	68
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	939	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,512	47
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	332	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,577	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,655	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,127	4

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

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Receipts 3,025Last week 1,689Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	470	360.00–362.00	361.39
44	500–550	514	345.00–376.00	365.23
18	550–600	583	333.00–334.00	333.32
21	600–650	611	324.00–349.50	342.85
15	650–700	673	290.00–324.00	305.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	327	500.00	500.00
37	350–400	387	445.00–465.00	455.34
46	400–450	418	425.00–466.00	439.25
163	450–500	483	384.00–415.00	394.63
99	500–550	532	370.00–393.50	385.52
129	550–600	574	340.00–370.00	359.38
84	600–650	617	320.00–349.00	343.29
13	650–700	674	304.00–312.00	310.15
12	700–750	747	298.00–311.00	302.34
27	750–800	785	288.00–292.50	288.49
68	800–850	842	279.50–282.50	279.63
47	900–950	939	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	440	394.00–405.00	399.59
43	450–500	482	350.00–380.00	370.73
20	500–550	523	340.00–377.00	349.53
7	550–600	591	333.00	333.00
9	600–650	639	301.00	301.00
3	650–700	680	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	380	485.00	485.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	343	475.00–505.00	491.56
7	350–400	372	475.00–485.00	480.85
44	400–450	406	475.00–506.00	498.71
83	450–500	460	455.00–479.00	470.02
249	500–550	532	409.00–436.50	426.96
190	550–600	578	381.00–406.00	394.39
156	600–650	619	361.00–393.50	372.96
148	650–700	667	329.00–364.50	354.11
34	700–750	710	307.00–333.00	329.56
139	750–800	788	310.75–312.75	311.12
20	800–850	821	286.00–291.00	287.03
124	850–900	893	292.75	292.75
104	900–950	941	286.75	286.75
158	950–1000	961	282.50–287.75	284.32
108	1050–1100	1,079	261.75–263.00	262.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
39	500–550	540	377.00–395.50	389.98
23	600–650	624	340.00–354.00	346.37
5	650–700	694	310.00	310.00
5	750–800	776	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	432	430.00–440.00	436.91
57	450–500	478	400.00–436.00	421.24
13	500–550	539	380.00–400.00	391.69
19	550–600	592	350.00–378.00	366.35
4	600–650	636	342.00	342.00
17	650–700	678	307.50–321.00	312.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	575	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	475.00	475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	561	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	635	335.00	335.00

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.