Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, 700-750 lbs sharply higher at 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder Heifers sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher with 600-700 lbs selling 8.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.23/cwt on 936 head.

Average price

$137.23

936 head · 774 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,062

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$283

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

$22.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.27

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	488	160.00	781	7thin
Medium and Large 1	776	137.06	1,064	929

One grade step is worth $22.94/cwt here — about −$283 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 sale936 hd

137.23

—

IA average12 barns · 12,018 hd

138.50

−1.27

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

22 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	—	835	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	994	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	598	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	140.35/cwt	140.00–140.50	675	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	129.81/cwt	123.25–132.50	997	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	123.19/cwt	119.00–123.50	887	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	142.42/cwt	138.00–143.00	773	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	134.95/cwt	133.25–135.50	912	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	143.12/cwt	134.75–146.50	1,029	286
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	144.13/cwt	139.50–145.50	967	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	154.83/cwt	149.50–158.50	898	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,225	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	126.01/cwt	120.50–126.50	1,115	235
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	121.53/cwt	121.00–122.00	724	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	781	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	131.07/cwt	128.75–134.75	1,020	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	126.39/cwt	124.25–128.50	1,035	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	131.84/cwt	129.25–134.50	836	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	133.25/cwt	128.00–134.50	756	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	862	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	146.78/cwt	144.50–151.00	909	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	656	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	823	7

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 Jan 21, 2021

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

Receipts 1,586Last week 2,653Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	835	119.00	119.00
10	—	421	142.00	142.00
10	—	481	140.00–140.50	140.35
28	—	768	123.25–132.50	129.81
30	—	720	119.00–123.50	123.19
49	—	543	138.00–143.00	142.42
118	—	676	133.25–135.50	134.95
53	—	634	129.25–134.50	131.84
58	—	567	128.00–134.50	133.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	596	121.00–122.00	121.53
4	—	503	130.50	130.50
7	—	656	125.50	125.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
286	—	719	134.75–146.50	143.12
90	—	671	139.50–145.50	144.13
107	—	580	149.50–158.50	154.83
118	—	980	125.00	125.00
235	—	885	120.50–126.50	126.01
34	—	778	128.75–134.75	131.07
36	—	819	124.25–128.50	126.39
7	—	529	163.00	163.00
16	—	619	144.50–151.00	146.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	488	160.00	160.00

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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