Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2025-06-26

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Jun 26
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
1,179 head
▲ 131 vs last sale 1,048▲ 1,179 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 over 900 lbs. sold 7.00 to 14.00 higher. Not enough heifers or steers under 900 lbs. cattle for a market comparison. Demand was moderate to good today and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate to heavy and included a several load lots of yearling steers. Supply was heavily influenced by one consignor who brought nearly 650 head of steers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $398.00/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −63.09 against this barn's trailing median of $461.09.
Average price
$398.00
9 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,026
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−0.49
vs IA average
+28.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1509398.002,0269thin
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 sale9 hd
398.00
—
IA average3 barns · 109 hd
398.49
−0.49
National average140 barns · 6,212 hd
369.58
+28.42
This barn, trailing median13 sales
461.09
−63.09
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

18 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6683
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1509398.00/cwt398.00–398.002,0269
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1638352.12/cwt349.00–354.002,24713
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740335.13/cwt331.50–338.752,480157
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2762285.38/cwt269.00–293.502,17512
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2843270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2765
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1894304.68/cwt302.75–306.502,724124
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1914301.59/cwt294.50–308.502,757492
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2970264.50/cwt264.50–264.502,5664
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1989285.25/cwt285.25–285.252,821114
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,012275.44/cwt267.50–276.002,787120
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1486371.06/cwt366.00–390.001,80314
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,8627
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568340.39/cwt330.00–343.001,93315
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635314.50/cwt314.50–314.501,9973
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663291.50/cwt291.50–291.501,9333
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1613322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,9743
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,008258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,6013

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.