Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage to reflect an accurate market trend. Moderate offering 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 $147.36/cwt on 725 head.

Average price

$147.36

725 head · 711 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,048

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

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

$18.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.35

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	713	152.20	1,085	535
Medium and Large 1-2	705	133.74	943	190

One grade step is worth $18.47/cwt here — about $142 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 sale725 hd

147.36

—

IA average6 barns · 3,143 hd

143.02

+4.35

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

44 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	131.57/cwt	120.00–135.00	876	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	904	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,040	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	151.08/cwt	150.00–152.00	703	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	507	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	156.09/cwt	150.25–156.50	1,124	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	146.82/cwt	140.00–150.75	1,000	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	120.14/cwt	118.00–124.00	919	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	923	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	915	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	406	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	650	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	543	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	793	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	136.47/cwt	132.50–142.00	430	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	134.11/cwt	130.00–139.00	967	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	128.30/cwt	126.00–134.50	734	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	132.24/cwt	128.00–135.00	627	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	714	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	125.06/cwt	123.00–128.00	773	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	162.63/cwt	159.00–170.00	768	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	971	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,321	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	149.83/cwt	142.00–151.25	1,256	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	892	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,070	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	134.78/cwt	131.00–138.00	833	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	140.24/cwt	139.00–141.00	812	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	291	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	469	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	347	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	538	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,120	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,064	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	139.96/cwt	133.00–142.00	521	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	139.79/cwt	135.00–141.50	941	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	130.92/cwt	127.50–136.00	693	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	258	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	364	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	124.85/cwt	122.00–133.00	824	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	702	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	154.28/cwt	148.00–160.25	884	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	159.47/cwt	150.00–162.00	816	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	529	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	145.15/cwt	142.00–147.00	755	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,027	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,176	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	993	71
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	543	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	815	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	149.30/cwt	148.00–154.00	714	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	957	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,091	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	137.50/cwt	134.00–139.00	888	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,023	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	135.40/cwt	130.00–140.00	574	45

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 Oct 17, 2019

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

Receipts 1,462Last week 1,472Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	666	120.00–135.00	131.57
13	—	904	115.00	115.00
9	—	465	150.00–152.00	151.08
3	—	315	161.00	161.00
7	—	892	120.00	120.00
11	—	618	131.00–138.00	134.78
20	—	579	139.00–141.00	140.24
3	—	350	151.00	151.00
10	—	520	142.00–147.00	145.15
16	—	1,027	114.50	114.50
71	—	730	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	720	150.25–156.50	156.09
41	—	681	140.00–150.75	146.82
35	—	472	159.00–170.00	162.63
56	—	971	136.00	136.00
179	—	838	142.00–151.25	149.83
5	—	413	170.00	170.00
46	—	573	148.00–160.25	154.28
98	—	512	150.00–162.00	159.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	765	118.00–124.00	120.14
6	—	923	100.00	100.00
3	—	832	110.00	110.00
4	—	583	122.50	122.50
15	—	618	123.00–128.00	125.06
4	—	258	141.00	141.00
8	—	660	122.00–133.00	124.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	315	132.50–142.00	136.47
30	—	721	130.00–139.00	134.11
38	—	572	126.00–134.50	128.30
76	—	474	128.00–135.00	132.24
3	—	1,120	95.00	95.00
20	—	372	133.00–142.00	139.96
33	—	673	135.00–141.50	139.79
50	—	529	127.50–136.00	130.92
3	—	957	114.00	114.00
10	—	646	134.00–139.00	137.50
30	—	790	129.50	129.50
45	—	424	130.00–140.00	135.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	406	160.00	160.00
4	—	291	161.00	161.00
3	—	543	150.00	150.00
19	—	478	148.00–154.00	149.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	543	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	347	155.00	155.00

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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