Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder calf and yearling sale today: Compared to (4-30-2020) two weeks ago. Feeder steers 2.00-7.00 higher, feeder heifer 2.00-8.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand on the offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.26/cwt on 1,151 head.

Average price

$151.26

1,151 head · 642 lb average

Value per head Derived

$971

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$23.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.10

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	639	152.08	972	1,110
Medium and Large 1-2	705	129.07	910	41

One grade step is worth $23.01/cwt here — about $63 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 sale1,151 hd

151.26

—

IA average5 barns · 3,787 hd

151.36

−0.10

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

42 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 1-2	—	332	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	465	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	525	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	189.89/cwt	181.00–197.50	722	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	178.69/cwt	170.00–190.00	742	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	722	128.89/cwt	127.75–129.25	931	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	138.40/cwt	131.00–142.25	727	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	128.98/cwt	122.00–132.00	797	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	135.01/cwt	130.00–138.00	770	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	137.23/cwt	134.00–142.00	656	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	144.54/cwt	137.00–151.00	620	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	125.42/cwt	122.50–129.50	827	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	145.45/cwt	135.00–147.00	561	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	127.66/cwt	125.00–129.00	724	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	681	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,066	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	529	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	118.97/cwt	118.00–121.00	859	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	106.99/cwt	106.00–109.00	917	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	892	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	106.90/cwt	104.00–107.50	898	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	160.58/cwt	150.00–168.00	601	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	143.02/cwt	140.00–149.00	646	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	794	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	903	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	979	105.20/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,030	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	138.32/cwt	135.00–140.00	878	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	171.40/cwt	160.00–177.50	898	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	142.55/cwt	130.50–144.75	1,029	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	156.34/cwt	146.00–161.50	910	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	173.46/cwt	165.00–184.50	831	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	122.48/cwt	120.00–125.00	863	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	119.91/cwt	118.75–125.50	998	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	946	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,107	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,117	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	129.95/cwt	127.00–137.25	1,019	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	147.07/cwt	143.50–153.00	922	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	147.67/cwt	140.00–150.75	988	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	129.38/cwt	128.00–131.00	622	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	746	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	197.74/cwt	196.00–201.00	633	8

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 May 14, 2020

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

Receipts 2,082Last week 2,793Year ago 0

Feeder calf and yearling sale today: Compared to (4-30-2020) two weeks ago. Feeder steers 2.00-7.00 higher, feeder heifer 2.00-8.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand on the offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	332	140.00	140.00
1	—	690	110.00	110.00
1	—	420	125.00	125.00
7	—	386	135.00–147.00	145.45
3	—	567	125.00–129.00	127.66
3	—	528	129.00	129.00
8	—	481	128.00–131.00	129.38
10	—	632	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	722	127.75–129.25	128.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	525	131.00–142.25	138.40
86	—	618	122.00–132.00	128.98
79	—	570	130.00–138.00	135.01
63	—	478	134.00–142.00	137.23
37	—	429	137.00–151.00	144.54
35	—	659	122.50–129.50	125.42
3	—	335	158.00	158.00
3	—	722	118.00–121.00	118.97
5	—	857	106.00–109.00	106.99
7	—	772	115.50	115.50
9	—	840	104.00–107.50	106.90
15	—	374	150.00–168.00	160.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	380	181.00–197.50	189.89
42	—	415	170.00–190.00	178.69
37	—	877	121.50	121.50
132	—	524	160.00–177.50	171.40
147	—	722	130.50–144.75	142.55
162	—	582	146.00–161.50	156.34
172	—	479	165.00–184.50	173.46
53	—	832	118.75–125.50	119.91
55	—	946	117.00	117.00
55	—	980	114.00	114.00
61	—	784	127.00–137.25	129.95
65	—	627	143.50–153.00	147.07
72	—	669	140.00–150.75	147.67
8	—	320	196.00–201.00	197.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	452	140.00–149.00	143.02
3	—	588	135.00	135.00
4	—	689	131.00	131.00
10	—	979	104.00–109.00	105.20
18	—	635	135.00–140.00	138.32
1	—	400	147.00	147.00
2	—	705	120.00–125.00	122.48

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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