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Lamoni Livestock Auction

Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-12

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Jun 12

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158

← May 22Jun 12Jun 26 →

Receipts

1,048 head

▼ 1,977 vs last sale 3,025▼ 180 vs year ago 1,228 · −14.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Several load lots of reputation yearling cattle sold today. Demand was moderate to good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate and included almost 600 head from one consigner.

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 $390.17/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −70.92 against this barn's trailing median of $461.09.

Average price

$390.17

19 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,008

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−25.41

vs IA average

+9.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	390.17	2,008	19thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale19 hd

390.17

—

IA average5 barns · 814 hd

415.58

−25.41

National average158 barns · 9,089 hd

381.01

+9.16

This barn, trailing median13 sales

461.09

−70.92

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

25 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	396.08/cwt	387.00–401.00	2,032	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	521	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,917	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	340.98/cwt	340.00–342.00	2,111	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,099	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	660	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,158	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	698	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,150	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	796	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,356	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	848	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,663	68
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	308.94/cwt	301.75–319.00	2,830	240
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	993	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,890	56
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,008	289.69/cwt	289.25–291.00	2,920	221
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	409.23/cwt	400.00–414.00	1,747	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	385.29/cwt	375.00–387.50	1,792	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	475	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,758	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,789	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	375.72/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,946	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	537	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,922	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,841	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	649	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,025	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	323.79/cwt	304.00–326.75	2,179	89
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	300.97/cwt	297.00–304.00	2,125	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	295.35/cwt	292.00–298.00	2,251	23
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	817	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,206	8
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	301.75/cwt	301.75–301.75	2,836	60
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,020	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

Thu Jun 12, 2025

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

Receipts 1,048Last week 3,025Year ago 1,228

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	427	400.00–414.00	409.23
22	450–500	465	375.00–387.50	385.29
7	500–550	518	370.00–380.00	375.72
89	650–700	673	304.00–326.75	323.79
7	700–750	706	297.00–304.00	300.97
23	750–800	762	292.00–298.00	295.35
60	900–950	940	301.75	301.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	817	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	490	365.00	365.00
4	550–600	590	312.00	312.00
12	600–650	649	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	370.00	370.00
7	500–550	537	358.00	358.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	561	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	513	387.00–401.00	396.08
10	600–650	619	340.00–342.00	340.98
6	650–700	656	320.00	320.00
68	800–850	848	314.00	314.00
240	900–950	916	301.75–319.00	308.94
56	950–1000	993	291.00	291.00
221	1000–1050	1,008	289.25–291.00	289.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	521	368.00	368.00
5	650–700	660	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	698	308.00	308.00
7	750–800	796	296.00	296.00

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.