Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report three weeks ago (11/11) steer calves under 600 lbs. 10.00 higher, over 600 lbs. firm. Heifer calves over 400 lbs. also 10.00 higher. Trade active with good demand for the heavy offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.23/cwt on 1,572 head.

Average price

$167.23

1,572 head · 690 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,154

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$178

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

$14.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.61

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	684	169.19	1,158	1,351
Large 1	887	156.36	1,387	82
Medium and Large 1-2	634	154.54	979	139

One grade step is worth $14.65/cwt here — about $178 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 sale1,572 hd

167.23

—

IA average9 barns · 7,746 hd

166.61

+0.61

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

82 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	151.53/cwt	147.00–158.00	930	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	161.64/cwt	151.00–164.50	1,078	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	161.28/cwt	154.00–166.00	931	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	460	151.45/cwt	144.00–152.00	697	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	627	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	828	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	751	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,169	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	196.15/cwt	195.00–198.00	855	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	177.59/cwt	176.00–180.00	989	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	992	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	171.42/cwt	169.00–175.50	802	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	168.44/cwt	160.00–175.00	1,051	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	156.93/cwt	155.50–158.50	1,320	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	162.03/cwt	153.00–165.00	1,159	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	386	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	784	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,086	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	170.18/cwt	169.00–171.00	926	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	984	161.75/cwt	161.75–161.75	1,592	55
Steers	Large 1	—	612	152.99/cwt	150.00–156.00	936	10
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	714	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,014	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	142.16/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,097	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	188.60/cwt	182.00–197.00	915	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	164.27/cwt	155.50–165.00	1,428	192
Steers	Large 1	—	598	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	840	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	201.76/cwt	191.00–207.00	779	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	538	184.74/cwt	179.00–190.00	994	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	192.36/cwt	186.00–199.00	910	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	774	136.92/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,060	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	188.40/cwt	181.00–193.00	978	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	688	147.15/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,012	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	761	140.63/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,070	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	166.65/cwt	165.25–168.50	1,023	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	684	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	677	162.96/cwt	152.50–168.00	1,103	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	172.80/cwt	166.50–178.50	990	72
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	185.07/cwt	183.00–187.50	783	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	801	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	961	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	147.70/cwt	144.00–155.00	851	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	608	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	924	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	525	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	908	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	423	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	774	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,014	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	573	131.16/cwt	126.00–136.50	752	10
Heifers	Large 1	—	631	138.55/cwt	133.50–144.50	874	13
Heifers	Large 1	—	528	140.04/cwt	135.00–144.50	739	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	556	161.15/cwt	160.00–162.00	896	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	464	156.28/cwt	145.00–173.00	725	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	135.63/cwt	130.00–144.00	785	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	153.52/cwt	151.00–156.00	516	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	383	183.80/cwt	183.00–185.00	704	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	546	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	956	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	139.47/cwt	131.00–146.00	608	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	945	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,039	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	156.85/cwt	149.00–165.50	825	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	128.75/cwt	120.00–130.00	847	33
Heifers	Large 1	—	681	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	906	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	152.70/cwt	145.50–155.25	889	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	298	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	462	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	148.71/cwt	147.00–153.00	1,315	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	153.31/cwt	142.00–158.00	748	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	139.73/cwt	138.00–141.00	662	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,179	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	169.67/cwt	168.00–171.00	692	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	986	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,420	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	388	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	592	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	336	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	596	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	153.83/cwt	153.25–158.00	949	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	132.97/cwt	131.00–137.00	710	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	573	134.02/cwt	132.00–136.50	768	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	149.89/cwt	149.00–150.00	1,129	55
Steers	Large 1	—	761	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,065	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	766	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,337	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	156.65/cwt	152.50–163.00	576	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	138.27/cwt	131.00–141.00	913	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	152.66/cwt	146.00–156.75	882	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	663	147.96/cwt	138.50–153.25	981	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	181.42/cwt	180.00–184.00	698	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	144.85/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,072	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	616	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	979	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	516	150.40/cwt	142.00–155.50	776	47
Steers	Large 1	—	1,002	161.75/cwt	161.75–161.75	1,621	55

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

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Receipts 2,730Last week 2,244Year ago 2,300

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	614	147.00–158.00	151.53
10	—	577	154.00–166.00	161.28
2	—	415	181.00	181.00
4	—	823	142.00	142.00
17	—	670	148.00	148.00
8	—	468	169.00–175.50	171.42
4	—	776	140.00	140.00
17	—	544	169.00–171.00	170.18
8	—	385	180.00–184.00	181.42
26	—	740	142.00–146.00	144.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	667	151.00–164.50	161.64
8	—	436	195.00–198.00	196.15
19	—	557	176.00–180.00	177.59
268	—	624	160.00–175.00	168.44
95	—	841	155.50–158.50	156.93
90	—	715	153.00–165.00	162.03
55	—	984	161.75	161.75
7	—	772	140.00–145.00	142.16
16	—	485	182.00–197.00	188.60
192	—	869	155.50–165.00	164.27
30	—	386	191.00–207.00	201.76
59	—	519	181.00–193.00	188.40
3	—	342	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	386	203.00	203.00
44	—	538	179.00–190.00	184.74
31	—	473	186.00–199.00	192.36
6	—	774	134.00–140.00	136.92
114	—	614	165.25–168.50	166.65
83	—	677	152.50–168.00	162.96
72	—	573	166.50–178.50	172.80
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	612	150.00–156.00	152.99
7	—	598	140.50	140.50
4	—	761	140.00	140.00
55	—	1,002	161.75	161.75
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	714	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	688	145.00–151.00	147.15
8	—	761	140.00–141.00	140.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	766	174.50	174.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	460	144.00–152.00	151.45
8	—	627	132.00	132.00
9	—	388	152.50	152.50
4	—	336	177.50	177.50
68	—	578	146.00–156.75	152.66
47	—	663	138.50–153.25	147.96
47	—	516	142.00–155.50	150.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	751	135.00	135.00
112	—	579	130.00–144.00	135.63
16	—	336	151.00–156.00	153.52
32	—	436	131.00–146.00	139.47
5	—	727	130.00	130.00
33	—	658	120.00–130.00	128.75
4	—	298	155.00	155.00
30	—	474	138.00–141.00	139.73
10	—	883	133.50	133.50
6	—	534	131.00–137.00	132.97
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	573	126.00–136.50	131.16
13	—	631	133.50–144.50	138.55
11	—	528	135.00–144.50	140.04
7	—	681	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	556	160.00–162.00	161.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	732	142.00	142.00
84	—	526	149.00–165.50	156.85
79	—	582	145.50–155.25	152.70
14	—	884	147.00–153.00	148.71
59	—	488	142.00–158.00	153.31
12	—	408	168.00–171.00	169.67
4	—	986	144.00	144.00
57	—	617	153.25–158.00	153.83
55	—	753	149.00–150.00	149.89
18	—	368	152.50–163.00	156.65
15	—	660	131.00–141.00	138.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	573	132.00–136.50	134.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	616	159.00	159.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	423	183.00–187.50	185.07
4	—	801	120.00	120.00
19	—	576	144.00–155.00	147.70
2	—	608	152.00	152.00
26	—	464	145.00–173.00	156.28
5	—	383	183.00–185.00	183.80
11	—	546	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	423	183.00	183.00

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