Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous Thursday steer calves 3.00-5.00 higher, heifer calves mixed 3.00 lower to 5.00 higher with the higher undertone more prevalent. Trade active with good demand for the moderate offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.93/cwt on 749 head.

Average price

$142.93

749 head · 708 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,011

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$6.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.32

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	669	146.00	977	9thin
Medium and Large 1	718	143.12	1,027	691
Medium and Large 1-2	573	139.59	800	49

One grade step is worth $6.41/cwt here — about $177 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 sale749 hd

142.93

—

IA average9 barns · 6,327 hd

141.61

+1.32

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

31 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	Large 1	—	739	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	913	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	524	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	697	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,019	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,162	7
Steers	Large 1	—	669	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	977	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	593	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	145.50/cwt	140.00–147.50	694	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	150.53/cwt	148.50–151.25	941	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	753	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	133.53/cwt	126.75–138.25	845	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	876	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	171.11/cwt	170.00–173.00	809	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	143.41/cwt	138.00–144.75	1,048	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	721	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	865	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	138.04/cwt	136.50–141.00	866	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	621	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	742	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	826	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	123.46/cwt	119.50–125.75	937	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	128.31/cwt	128.25–128.50	1,165	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	125.60/cwt	125.25–125.75	884	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	626	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	145.56/cwt	144.50–146.00	994	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	133.13/cwt	132.00–135.00	714	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	140.94/cwt	139.00–143.00	757	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	799	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	158.19/cwt	153.00–162.00	895	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	620	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	136.30/cwt	131.75–137.00	1,065	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,011	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	844	130.44/cwt	128.50–131.50	1,101	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	168.37/cwt	168.00–168.50	902	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	564	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	711	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 28, 2021

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

Receipts 1,273Last week 1,586Year ago 1,967

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	739	123.50	123.50
7	—	524	133.00	133.00
7	—	1,019	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	413	143.50	143.50
15	—	477	140.00–147.50	145.50
119	—	633	126.75–138.25	133.53
80	—	669	131.00	131.00
25	—	759	119.50–125.75	123.46
36	—	704	125.25–125.75	125.60
34	—	537	139.00–143.00	140.94
24	—	585	136.50	136.50
20	—	815	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	621	119.50	119.50
7	—	564	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	673	122.75	122.75
8	—	536	132.00–135.00	133.13
37	—	463	134.00	134.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	669	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	625	148.50–151.25	150.53
14	—	473	170.00–173.00	171.11
191	—	731	138.00–144.75	143.41
9	—	908	128.25–128.50	128.31
64	—	683	144.50–146.00	145.56
60	—	566	153.00–162.00	158.19
202	—	781	131.75–137.00	136.30
54	—	844	128.50–131.50	130.44
7	—	536	168.00–168.50	168.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	519	145.00	145.00
28	—	627	136.50–141.00	138.04
7	—	464	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	721	120.00	120.00

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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