Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Buyer demand was moderate to good with a moderate supply for the Customer Appreciation BBQ Sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.57/cwt on 1,124 head.

Average price

$153.57

1,124 head · 685 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,052

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$31

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

$10.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.31

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	680	155.67	1,058	889
Medium and Large 1-2	706	145.62	1,027	235

One grade step is worth $10.06/cwt here — about $31 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 sale1,124 hd

153.57

—

IA average7 barns · 4,059 hd

146.26

+7.31

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

40 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	—	981	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,339	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	774	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	156.88/cwt	156.50–157.00	819	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	149.40/cwt	146.85–153.50	1,228	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	152.27/cwt	150.50–154.00	795	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	133.67/cwt	130.50–141.50	1,179	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	188.45/cwt	181.00–190.00	784	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	167.26/cwt	164.00–169.50	1,196	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	164.35/cwt	158.50–170.00	945	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	150.19/cwt	148.00–154.00	625	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	177.54/cwt	171.00–181.00	946	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	185.94/cwt	179.00–188.00	917	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,188	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	171.67/cwt	168.00–172.50	1,054	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	150.57/cwt	146.00–151.00	1,415	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	179.50/cwt	176.00–182.00	1,048	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	954	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,441	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,118	2
Steers	Large 1	—	646	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	988	4
Steers	Large 1	—	561	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	830	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	177.36/cwt	177.00–177.50	1,091	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	162.15/cwt	155.50–164.00	1,336	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	793	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	132.14/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,036	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	146.39/cwt	146.00–146.50	1,148	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	148.24/cwt	146.25–153.00	1,094	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	170.02/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,143	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	164.79/cwt	161.00–166.10	1,307	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	156.74/cwt	154.25–157.25	1,050	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	164.83/cwt	156.00–166.25	949	242
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	147.70/cwt	142.00–151.00	998	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	750	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	987	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	146.33/cwt	146.00–148.00	1,051	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	149.83/cwt	145.00–151.00	893	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	142.57/cwt	135.00–144.50	1,028	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	141.16/cwt	139.00–144.00	1,104	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	152.31/cwt	150.00–153.50	961	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	147.55/cwt	146.75–148.00	1,269	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	157.70/cwt	156.00–159.00	992	58

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 Sep 2, 2021

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

Receipts 2,211Last week 769Year ago 3,233

No trend as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Buyer demand was moderate to good with a moderate supply for the Customer Appreciation BBQ Sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	981	136.50	136.50
11	—	469	165.00	165.00
12	—	522	156.50–157.00	156.88
36	—	822	146.85–153.50	149.40
95	—	784	146.00–146.50	146.39
137	—	738	146.25–153.00	148.24
239	—	670	154.25–157.25	156.74
242	—	576	156.00–166.25	164.83
50	—	860	146.75–148.00	147.55
58	—	629	156.00–159.00	157.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	522	150.50–154.00	152.27
15	—	882	130.50–141.50	133.67
31	—	676	142.00–151.00	147.70
3	—	497	151.00	151.00
5	—	596	145.00–151.00	149.83
42	—	721	135.00–144.50	142.57
65	—	782	139.00–144.00	141.16
68	—	631	150.00–153.50	152.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	416	181.00–190.00	188.45
88	—	715	164.00–169.50	167.26
6	—	533	171.00–181.00	177.54
9	—	493	179.00–188.00	185.94
45	—	940	146.00–151.00	150.57
57	—	584	176.00–182.00	179.50
58	—	954	151.00	151.00
14	—	615	177.00–177.50	177.36
219	—	824	155.50–164.00	162.15
105	—	672	165.00–175.00	170.02
142	—	793	161.00–166.10	164.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	575	158.50–170.00	164.35
11	—	416	148.00–154.00	150.19
2	—	855	139.00	139.00
11	—	614	168.00–172.50	171.67
2	—	828	135.00	135.00
7	—	494	160.50	160.50
23	—	784	130.00–137.00	132.14
3	—	681	145.00	145.00
6	—	718	146.00–148.00	146.33
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	646	153.00	153.00
8	—	561	148.00	148.00

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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