Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Several load lots were included in the offerings. Trading was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.10/cwt on 971 head.

Average price

$155.10

971 head · 769 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,192

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$8.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.09

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	781	156.20	1,220	846
Medium and Large 1-2	685	147.70	1,012	125

One grade step is worth $8.50/cwt here — about $208 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 sale971 hd

155.10

—

IA average6 barns · 3,252 hd

154.02

+1.09

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

44 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	405	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	652	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	992	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	952	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	476	158.09/cwt	154.00–161.00	753	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	670	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	878	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	777	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	860	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,264	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,032	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	483	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	874	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	159.00/cwt	156.00–161.50	1,251	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	945	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	395	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	687	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	143.01/cwt	140.50–145.00	1,250	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	844	136.69/cwt	132.00–141.50	1,154	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	156.96/cwt	155.50–159.50	995	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	140.68/cwt	139.00–141.25	1,298	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,415	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	627	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	909	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	314	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	562	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	141.36/cwt	139.00–145.00	1,114	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	164.20/cwt	160.00–165.50	760	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	137.44/cwt	135.00–138.25	1,126	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	980	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,274	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	404	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	582	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	943	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,249	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	145.26/cwt	140.00–147.25	1,117	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	147.40/cwt	145.50–150.50	1,011	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,011	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	669	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	140.93/cwt	135.10–145.75	1,222	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	140.51/cwt	140.00–141.00	905	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	142.97/cwt	141.50–144.00	1,038	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	145.91/cwt	141.00–152.00	918	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	781	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	488	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	671	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,293	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	994	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,203	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	158.22/cwt	150.00–167.00	1,146	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	157.72/cwt	148.25–158.85	1,295	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	149.96/cwt	148.00–152.75	943	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	144.95/cwt	138.50–148.50	1,049	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	869	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,191	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	842	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	160.41/cwt	154.00–167.75	1,068	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	172.93/cwt	171.00–179.00	808	21

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 30, 2021

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

Receipts 1,927Last week 2,211Year ago 0

No trend as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Several load lots were included in the offerings. Trading was active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	405	161.00	161.00
3	—	992	96.00	96.00
5	—	476	154.00–161.00	158.09
14	—	555	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	860	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	819	135.00–138.25	137.44
90	—	769	140.00–147.25	145.26
73	—	686	145.50–150.50	147.40
112	—	867	135.10–145.75	140.93
8	—	528	148.00	148.00
3	—	927	139.50	139.50
4	—	994	121.00	121.00
33	—	629	148.00–152.75	149.96
132	—	724	138.50–148.50	144.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	404	144.00	144.00
17	—	488	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	943	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	809	125.00	125.00
4	—	460	145.50	145.50
31	—	644	140.00–141.00	140.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	697	148.00	148.00
16	—	844	132.00–141.50	136.69
10	—	788	139.00–145.00	141.36
17	—	463	160.00–165.50	164.20
12	—	726	141.50–144.00	142.97
12	—	629	141.00–152.00	145.91
18	—	869	137.00	137.00
5	—	550	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	483	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
250	—	787	156.00–161.50	159.00
9	—	566	167.00	167.00
38	—	874	140.50–145.00	143.01
40	—	634	155.50–159.50	156.96
47	—	923	139.00–141.25	140.68
60	—	969	146.00	146.00
174	—	724	150.00–167.00	158.22
150	—	821	148.25–158.85	157.72
30	—	666	154.00–167.75	160.41
21	—	467	171.00–179.00	172.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	395	174.00	174.00
3	—	627	145.00	145.00
4	—	314	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	980	130.00	130.00

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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