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Lamoni Livestock Auction

Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-18

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Sep 18

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158

← Sep 4Sep 18Oct 2 →

Receipts

1,419 head

▼ 519 vs last sale 1,938▲ 279 vs year ago 1,140 · +24.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers over 750 lbs. sold 7.00 to 11.00 lower. Not enough steers under 750 lbs. for a market comparison. Heifers were also not well compared. 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 two consignors who brought nearly 750 head of 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 $434.09/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 6 of 13 comparable sales and sits −27.00 against this barn's trailing median of $461.09.

Average price

$434.09

66 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,469

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

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

$38.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.85

vs IA average

+29.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	442.75	2,510	51
Medium and Large 1-2	575	404.66	2,327	15thin

One grade step is worth $38.09/cwt here — about $184 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale66 hd

434.09

—

IA average3 barns · 186 hd

431.24

+2.85

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

+29.45

This barn, trailing median13 sales

461.09

−27.00

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

32 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,910	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	442.75/cwt	442.00–445.00	2,510	51
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	404.66/cwt	404.00–405.00	2,327	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	404.96/cwt	395.00–410.25	2,762	53
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	2,891	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	363.49/cwt	354.25–369.00	2,959	131
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	850	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,601	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	349.55/cwt	344.50–351.00	3,052	366
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	340.73/cwt	335.00–344.50	3,111	226
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	971	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,670	4
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,090	310.25/cwt	310.25–310.25	3,382	98
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	390	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,603	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	455	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,770	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,991	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,055	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	406.39/cwt	390.00–413.50	2,316	62
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	393.82/cwt	389.00–397.00	2,387	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,221	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,411	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,738	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	349.04/cwt	343.00–353.00	2,517	27
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	792	327.25/cwt	324.00–331.00	2,592	13
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	891	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,718	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	306.58/cwt	300.00–311.00	2,830	10
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	987	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,981	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	413.74/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,796	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	444	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,838	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,537	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	491	406.50/cwt	406.50–406.50	1,996	21
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,108	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,367	7
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	962	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,290	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 Sep 18, 2025

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

Receipts 1,419Last week 1,938Year ago 1,140

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	434	405.00–420.00	413.74
4	500–550	546	386.00	386.00
7	700–750	735	322.00	322.00
5	950–1000	962	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	444	414.00	414.00
21	450–500	491	406.50	406.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	473	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	434	440.00	440.00
51	550–600	567	442.00–445.00	442.75
53	650–700	682	395.00–410.25	404.96
5	750–800	774	373.50	373.50
131	800–850	814	354.25–369.00	363.49
366	850–900	873	344.50–351.00	349.55
226	900–950	913	335.00–344.50	340.73
98	1050–1100	1,090	310.25	310.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	575	404.00–405.00	404.66
4	850–900	850	306.00	306.00
4	950–1000	971	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	474	420.00	420.00
11	500–550	500	411.00	411.00
62	550–600	570	390.00–413.50	406.39
10	600–650	606	389.00–397.00	393.82
29	650–700	657	367.00	367.00
27	700–750	721	343.00–353.00	349.04
13	750–800	792	324.00–331.00	327.25
5	850–900	891	305.00	305.00
10	900–950	923	300.00–311.00	306.58
9	950–1000	987	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	390	411.00	411.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	455	389.00	389.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	617	360.00	360.00
4	650–700	671	259.00	259.00

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.