Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday steer calves 350-450 lbs.5.00 higher, 450-600 lbs. firm, 600-800 lbs. 4.00 higher. Heifer calves 350-700 lbs. 5.00-15.00 higher. Trade active with good demand .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.89/cwt on 981 head.

Average price

$175.89

981 head · 591 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,040

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$24.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.93

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	598	176.20	1,053	921
Medium and Large 1-2	469	173.55	814	53
Large 1	691	152.00	1,050	7thin

One grade step is worth $24.20/cwt here — about $3 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 sale981 hd

175.89

—

IA average10 barns · 9,139 hd

167.96

+7.93

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

61 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	—	513	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	862	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	328	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	631	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	890	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	705	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	895	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	165.62/cwt	159.50–169.00	931	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	343	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	703	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	449	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	813	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	364	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	746	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	662	166.33/cwt	165.50–167.50	1,101	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	492	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	876	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	602	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,105	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	540	151.56/cwt	150.00–154.00	818	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	583	179.23/cwt	170.00–183.25	1,045	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	145.95/cwt	142.00–148.00	1,096	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	600	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,065	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	176.48/cwt	173.00–181.00	1,002	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	186.34/cwt	176.00–193.50	976	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	165.75/cwt	161.50–167.00	1,106	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	213.33/cwt	202.50–222.50	800	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	190.95/cwt	185.00–201.00	926	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	508	187.32/cwt	181.00–189.00	952	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	203.22/cwt	200.00–207.00	880	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	975	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	171.28/cwt	167.00–179.50	1,082	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	277	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	543	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	757	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,185	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	148.69/cwt	148.00–154.00	1,224	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	153.91/cwt	144.00–160.00	806	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	142.00/cwt	141.00–145.00	1,231	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	194.13/cwt	190.00–196.00	734	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	150.71/cwt	142.00–155.00	767	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	301	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	482	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	517	150.08/cwt	148.00–158.00	776	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	456	173.73/cwt	170.00–182.00	792	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	148.89/cwt	143.50–157.00	917	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	138.65/cwt	136.00–141.00	790	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	134.61/cwt	134.50–136.00	1,026	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	156.13/cwt	145.00–163.00	910	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	147.70/cwt	138.00–152.00	703	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	309	158.67/cwt	151.00–160.00	490	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	167.89/cwt	159.00–172.00	811	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	146.04/cwt	141.00–153.00	628	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	141.15/cwt	139.00–147.50	957	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	136.03/cwt	132.00–138.00	981	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	175.02/cwt	172.00–181.00	672	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	575	162.01/cwt	161.75–162.25	932	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	491	158.54/cwt	154.00–159.50	778	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	178.45/cwt	176.00–181.00	482	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	531	171.87/cwt	170.00–173.50	913	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	742	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	965	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	352	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	169.51/cwt	163.00–175.00	878	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	443	196.76/cwt	193.00–198.00	872	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	167.16/cwt	154.00–174.00	710	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	702	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	1,121	15
Steers	Large 1	—	691	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,050	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	493	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	630	149.71/cwt	148.00–152.50	943	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	161.18/cwt	157.50–162.50	1,141	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	409	169.25/cwt	164.00–171.00	692	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	192.50/cwt	192.00–193.00	855	6

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 Dec 9, 2021

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

Receipts 1,935Last week 2,730Year ago 1,823

Compared to last Thursday steer calves 350-450 lbs.5.00 higher, 450-600 lbs. firm, 600-800 lbs. 4.00 higher. Heifer calves 350-700 lbs. 5.00-15.00 higher. Trade active with good demand .

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	168.00	168.00
3	—	328	192.50	192.50
3	—	645	138.00	138.00
7	—	705	127.00	127.00
14	—	562	159.50–169.00	165.62
8	—	456	170.00–182.00	173.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	343	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	449	181.00	181.00
3	—	492	178.00	178.00
5	—	540	150.00–154.00	151.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	364	205.00	205.00
34	—	662	165.50–167.50	166.33
106	—	583	170.00–183.25	179.23
14	—	600	177.50	177.50
15	—	508	181.00–189.00	187.32
9	—	757	156.50	156.50
12	—	443	193.00–198.00	196.76
15	—	702	159.75	159.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	602	183.50	183.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	751	142.00–148.00	145.95
82	—	568	173.00–181.00	176.48
165	—	524	176.00–193.50	186.34
88	—	667	161.50–167.00	165.75
28	—	375	202.50–222.50	213.33
28	—	485	185.00–201.00	190.95
64	—	433	200.00–207.00	203.22
101	—	632	167.00–179.50	171.28
57	—	823	148.00–154.00	148.69
8	—	867	141.00–145.00	142.00
39	—	708	157.50–162.50	161.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	584	167.00	167.00
7	—	277	196.00	196.00
14	—	524	144.00–160.00	153.91
6	—	378	190.00–196.00	194.13
6	—	444	192.00–193.00	192.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	691	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	509	142.00–155.00	150.71
5	—	570	136.00–141.00	138.65
12	—	476	138.00–152.00	147.70
7	—	309	151.00–160.00	158.67
10	—	430	141.00–153.00	146.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	301	160.00	160.00
31	—	575	161.75–162.25	162.01
34	—	491	154.00–159.50	158.54
54	—	531	170.00–173.50	171.87
7	—	742	130.00	130.00
2	—	352	162.50	162.50
62	—	630	148.00–152.50	149.71
20	—	409	164.00–171.00	169.25
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	517	148.00–158.00	150.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	616	143.50–157.00	148.89
27	—	762	134.50–136.00	134.61
128	—	583	145.00–163.00	156.13
70	—	483	159.00–172.00	167.89
41	—	678	139.00–147.50	141.15
33	—	721	132.00–138.00	136.03
45	—	384	172.00–181.00	175.02
2	—	270	176.00–181.00	178.45
70	—	518	163.00–175.00	169.51
54	—	425	154.00–174.00	167.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	140.00	140.00

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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