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Lamoni Livestock Auction

Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-24

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Jul 24

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158

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Receipts

757 head

▼ 422 vs last sale 1,179▲ 757 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Mostly groups of eight-weight steers and heifers coming off the grass were available today in addition to several smaller packages. Demand was moderate to good and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate of which one consignor brought nearly 260 head of eight-weight steers and heifers.

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 $390.00/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −71.09 against this barn's trailing median of $461.09.

Average price

$390.00

12 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,223

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−25.62

vs IA average

+14.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	390.00	2,223	12thin

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 sale12 hd

390.00

—

IA average2 barns · 93 hd

415.62

−25.62

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

+14.26

This barn, trailing median13 sales

461.09

−71.09

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

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

21 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,036	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,223	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	396.14/cwt	392.50–399.00	2,436	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,384	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,541	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,675	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	322.19/cwt	321.00–323.00	2,829	280
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	996	311.75/cwt	311.75–311.75	3,105	50
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	384.90/cwt	380.50–388.00	1,801	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	548	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,803	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,025	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,247	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,171	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	324.15/cwt	322.50–326.50	2,344	23
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	317.22/cwt	314.50–323.00	2,471	55
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	804	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,500	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	819	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,424	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	315.48/cwt	285.00–317.60	2,729	124
Heifers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,118	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,560	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	647	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,155	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,999	3

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 Jul 24, 2025

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

Receipts 757Last week 1,179Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	468	380.50–388.00	384.90
3	550–600	577	351.00	351.00
6	600–650	633	355.00	355.00
5	650–700	658	330.00	330.00
23	700–750	723	322.50–326.50	324.15
55	750–800	779	314.50–323.00	317.22
4	800–850	804	311.00	311.00
124	850–900	865	285.00–317.60	315.48
3	1100–1150	1,118	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	548	329.00	329.00
6	800–850	819	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	647	333.00	333.00
3	700–750	735	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	468	435.00	435.00
12	550–600	570	390.00	390.00
9	600–650	615	392.50–399.00	396.14
3	650–700	655	364.00	364.00
4	700–750	735	364.00	364.00
280	850–900	878	321.00–323.00	322.19
50	950–1000	996	311.75	311.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	667	231.00	231.00

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.