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Lamoni Livestock Auction

Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-20

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Nov 20

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158

← Nov 13Nov 20Dec 4 →

Receipts

1,304 head

▼ 193 vs last sale 1,497▼ 1,091 vs year ago 2,395 · −45.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers under 500 lbs. sold with a higher undertone, while heavier steers sold mostly 18.00 to 20.00 lower. Heifers under 500 lbs. sold mostly 5.00 to 17.00 higher, while heavier heifers sold with a lower undertone. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate to heavy and comprised mainly of bawling calves and just a few load lots.

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 $405.54/cwt on 179 head. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −55.55 against this barn's trailing median of $461.09.

Average price

$405.54

179 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,258

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$140

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

$10.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.37

vs IA average

−4.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	512	415.00	2,125	10thin
Medium and Large 1	559	404.98	2,265	169

One grade step is worth $10.02/cwt here — about −$140 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale179 hd

405.54

—

IA average9 barns · 1,616 hd

406.91

−1.37

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−4.54

This barn, trailing median13 sales

461.09

−55.55

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

39 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	501.15/cwt	495.00–505.00	1,844	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	464.47/cwt	462.50–465.00	2,016	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	449	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,987	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	455	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,593	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,227	30
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	486	435.47/cwt	420.00–447.50	2,116	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,125	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	523	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,131	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	442.73/cwt	422.50–450.00	2,320	48
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	389.09/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,241	115
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,329	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	379.02/cwt	367.00–384.00	2,365	70
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,409	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	665	357.62/cwt	340.00–366.00	2,378	68
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,245	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	322.59/cwt	321.00–325.00	2,319	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	728	324.22/cwt	306.00–327.00	2,360	81
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,514	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,708	60
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	897	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,848	9
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	322.25/cwt	322.25–322.25	2,990	64
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,628	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,668	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	382.53/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,698	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	356.92/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,710	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	486	366.52/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,781	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	403.30/cwt	397.50–413.00	2,000	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,885	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	402.50/cwt	397.00–411.00	2,153	69
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	540	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,020	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	354.04/cwt	345.00–356.00	2,014	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	576	338.77/cwt	333.00–345.00	1,951	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	623	327.97/cwt	320.00–331.50	2,043	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,009	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	315.62/cwt	313.50–319.00	2,070	26
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	681	329.84/cwt	326.00–332.00	2,246	56
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	706	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,906	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	278.70/cwt	278.50–279.00	2,260	39
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	964	262.01/cwt	251.00–264.00	2,526	27

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 Nov 20, 2025

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

Receipts 1,304Last week 1,497Year ago 2,395

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	706	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	390	417.50	417.50
19	400–450	417	400.00	400.00
24	450–500	496	397.50–413.00	403.30
69	500–550	535	397.00–411.00	402.50
44	550–600	569	345.00–356.00	354.04
26	650–700	656	313.50–319.00	315.62
39	800–850	811	278.50–279.00	278.70
27	950–1000	964	251.00–264.00	262.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	486	360.00–377.50	366.52
8	500–550	540	374.00	374.00
26	550–600	576	333.00–345.00	338.77
30	600–650	623	320.00–331.50	327.97
56	650–700	681	326.00–332.00	329.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	444	380.00–385.00	382.53
6	450–500	479	340.00–375.00	356.92
8	500–550	528	357.00	357.00
13	600–650	644	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	368	495.00–505.00	501.15
19	400–450	434	462.50–465.00	464.47
30	450–500	479	465.00	465.00
48	500–550	524	422.50–450.00	442.73
115	550–600	576	370.00–400.00	389.09
8	600–650	621	375.00	375.00
15	650–700	651	370.00	370.00
22	700–750	719	321.00–325.00	322.59
14	750–800	764	329.00	329.00
60	800–850	823	329.00	329.00
9	850–900	897	317.50	317.50
64	900–950	928	322.25	322.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	449	442.50	442.50
33	450–500	486	420.00–447.50	435.47
6	500–550	523	407.50	407.50
70	600–650	624	367.00–384.00	379.02
68	650–700	665	340.00–366.00	357.62
81	700–750	728	306.00–327.00	324.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	512	415.00	415.00
7	700–750	715	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	455	350.00	350.00

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.