Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2025-11-13

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Nov 13
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
1,497 head
▲ 269 vs last sale 1,228▲ 1,497 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 sold mostly sharply lower. Heifers sold with a lower undertone noted, except for the 5-weight heifers that sold 8.00 to 15.00 higher. Demand was good today and included internet bidding. Supply was moderate to heavy and comprised mainly of smaller packages and just a few load lots.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $415.25/cwt on 196 head. That ranks 5 of 13 comparable sales and sits −45.85 against this barn's trailing median of $461.09.
Average price
$415.25
196 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,266
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$215
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$32.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.38
vs IA average
−9.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547418.512,288176
Medium and Large 1-2537386.502,07420
One grade step is worth $32.01/cwt here — about $215 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale196 hd
415.25
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IA average3 barns · 568 hd
418.62
−3.38
National average177 barns · 31,012 hd
424.87
−9.62
This barn, trailing median13 sales
461.09
−45.85
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

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325547.50/cwt547.50–547.501,7795
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned374495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,8517
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376527.50/cwt527.50–527.501,9839
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned388431.28/cwt415.00–452.501,6737
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned423457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,93512
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned459436.22/cwt432.50–440.002,0026
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,0414
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514432.11/cwt422.50–447.502,22176
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned520411.00/cwt406.00–418.002,1377
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned523380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9875
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541388.67/cwt340.00–406.002,10315
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy566440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,4904
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned569399.72/cwt396.00–408.002,27427
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579409.49/cwt400.00–424.002,37162
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned614397.86/cwt367.00–408.002,443105
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614392.25/cwt363.00–400.002,40838
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned644366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,3574
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1681350.15/cwt339.00–362.002,38562
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned687344.65/cwt336.00–350.002,36858
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned703343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,41111
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720354.38/cwt338.00–361.002,55229
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy733325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3826
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1754331.18/cwt326.00–335.002,49726
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2781317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,4765
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy816322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,6287
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820340.41/cwt330.00–344.502,791137
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1877340.65/cwt320.00–345.502,988120
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2965281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,7124
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2299425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,2714
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6048
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned389425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6537
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7264
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned456377.45/cwt375.00–383.001,72113
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481385.87/cwt375.00–403.001,85641
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy510415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,1176
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516342.19/cwt325.00–360.001,7666
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522397.55/cwt377.00–409.002,07548
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned538359.39/cwt357.00–360.001,93420
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned564371.69/cwt355.00–373.502,09663
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570363.56/cwt350.00–375.002,07246
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2594330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9604
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned609359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,1864
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1611336.15/cwt325.00–341.002,05420
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614310.51/cwt310.00–311.001,9078
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned621316.50/cwt315.00–320.001,96513
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668315.36/cwt308.00–326.002,10712
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned669325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,17417
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1706310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1896
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1789310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,44610
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1829308.50/cwt308.50–308.502,5575
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1869308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,67710
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1934302.17/cwt300.00–306.002,82211
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned533352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,8764

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.