Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage to reflect accurate market trend. Moderate offerings of good quality cattle was met by good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.58/cwt on 1,044 head.

Average price

$140.58

1,044 head · 807 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,134

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$2.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.84

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	813	140.71	1,143	999
Medium and Large 1-2	672	137.72	926	45

One grade step is worth $2.99/cwt here — about $218 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,044 hd

140.58

—

IA average7 barns · 2,620 hd

142.42

−1.84

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

30 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	124.37/cwt	121.50–129.50	857	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	827	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	153.59/cwt	151.00–162.00	963	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	142.76/cwt	137.75–147.00	1,104	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	145.60/cwt	145.00–146.00	919	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	115.18/cwt	111.00–120.00	992	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	606	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,001	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,251	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	142.33/cwt	142.25–142.50	1,223	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,018	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	124.46/cwt	124.00–125.00	945	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	133.93/cwt	125.00–137.25	980	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	153.82/cwt	149.00–157.00	855	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	991	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,254	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	126.00/cwt	120.00–129.00	929	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	844	119.31/cwt	117.00–124.00	1,007	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	135.18/cwt	130.50–142.50	841	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	144.07/cwt	137.00–146.00	1,045	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	138.69/cwt	134.00–141.25	1,147	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	946	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	137.03/cwt	133.00–140.00	647	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	135.95/cwt	130.00–139.00	769	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	168.62/cwt	165.00–170.00	727	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	134.31/cwt	130.00–135.35	1,224	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	711	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	584	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,124	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	816	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	149.07/cwt	144.50–157.00	1,012	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	769	3

How this sale compares

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 19, 2019

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

Receipts 1,472Last week 1,002Year ago 0

No recent market coverage to reflect accurate market trend. Moderate offerings of good quality cattle was met by good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	689	121.50–129.50	124.37
16	—	861	111.00–120.00	115.18
13	—	759	124.00–125.00	124.46
143	—	732	125.00–137.25	133.93
12	—	844	117.00–124.00	119.31
77	—	622	130.50–142.50	135.18
7	—	472	133.00–140.00	137.03
35	—	566	130.00–139.00	135.95
4	—	420	139.00	139.00
19	—	921	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	641	129.00	129.00
3	—	477	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	627	151.00–162.00	153.59
207	—	773	137.75–147.00	142.76
57	—	1,001	125.00	125.00
192	—	859	142.25–142.50	142.33
41	—	556	149.00–157.00	153.82
128	—	991	126.50	126.50
28	—	725	137.00–146.00	144.07
122	—	827	134.00–141.25	138.69
21	—	431	165.00–170.00	168.62
70	—	911	130.00–135.35	134.31
5	—	507	161.00	161.00
65	—	679	144.50–157.00	149.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	631	145.00–146.00	145.60
9	—	818	124.50	124.50
9	—	737	120.00–129.00	126.00
5	—	676	140.00	140.00
4	—	456	156.00	156.00
3	—	530	145.00	145.00

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.

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