Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2021-07-22

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Jul 22
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
769 head
642 vs last sale 1,411 769 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the light offerings. Load lots were included in the supply. Trade was active.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.01/cwt on 495 head.
Average price
$143.01
495 head · 722 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,032
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$32
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$16.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.65
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1726143.211,039483
Medium and Large 1-2480137.786619thin
Large 1793127.001,0073thin
One grade step is worth $16.21/cwt here — about $32 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 sale495 hd
143.01
IA average6 barns · 1,396 hd
137.36
+5.65
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

20 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 1793127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0073
SteersLarge 1475160.00/cwt160.00–160.007603
HeifersMedium and Large 1470151.00/cwt151.00–151.0071011
HeifersMedium and Large 1848135.75/cwt135.75–135.751,15111
HeifersMedium and Large 1637144.00/cwt144.00–144.0091719
HeifersMedium and Large 1510153.11/cwt146.00–161.5078132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2444140.00/cwt140.00–140.006225
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577154.19/cwt147.00–158.0089011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2538165.00/cwt165.00–165.0088811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2610149.05/cwt140.00–155.0090910
SteersMedium and Large 1683158.85/cwt156.50–162.001,08565
HeifersMedium and Large 1865141.60/cwt141.60–141.601,225122
HeifersMedium and Large 1769141.77/cwt132.00–145.101,090113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525135.00/cwt135.00–135.007094
HeifersMedium and Large 1689143.25/cwt135.00–144.25987118
SteersMedium and Large 1895135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,20811
SteersMedium and Large 1613156.00/cwt156.00–156.009564
SteersMedium and Large 1568171.12/cwt164.00–176.0097219
HeifersMedium and Large 1594143.53/cwt143.50–144.0085357
SteersMedium and Large 1740150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1105

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.