Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good supply of quality cattle. Several freshly weaned calves. No recent sales for comparison.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $163.00/cwt on 986 head.

Average price

$163.00

986 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$938

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$15.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.60

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	163.42	944	959
Medium and Large 1-2	493	148.18	731	27

One grade step is worth $15.24/cwt here — about $213 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 sale986 hd

163.00

—

IA average8 barns · 6,184 hd

170.60

−7.60

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

47 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	—	617	163.42/cwt	143.00–167.50	1,008	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,392	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,200	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	182.70/cwt	165.00–186.50	1,138	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	579	186.13/cwt	170.00–190.00	1,078	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	528	199.21/cwt	180.00–205.00	1,052	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	693	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	832	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	638	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	931	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	767	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,074	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	719	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,247	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	433	204.79/cwt	202.00–207.00	887	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	671	180.59/cwt	179.50–181.50	1,212	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	196.38/cwt	193.00–201.00	872	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,344	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	808	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,172	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	184.47/cwt	176.00–188.00	1,168	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	320	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	752	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,301	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	210.36/cwt	191.00–215.50	1,003	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	174.39/cwt	169.00–177.25	1,259	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	204.35/cwt	190.00–215.50	983	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	343	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	566	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	377	199.42/cwt	190.00–218.00	752	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,295	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	765	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	171.18/cwt	153.00–174.75	1,477	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	206.29/cwt	194.00–210.50	1,091	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	691	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,213	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	482	163.58/cwt	156.00–173.00	788	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	160.78/cwt	140.00–165.00	921	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	413	173.48/cwt	165.00–183.00	716	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	502	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	816	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	161.88/cwt	145.00–170.00	950	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	187.15/cwt	175.00–196.00	1,082	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	152.68/cwt	145.00–155.00	774	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	349	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	503	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	174.45/cwt	163.00–184.00	748	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	172.92/cwt	161.00–184.00	911	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	848	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,289	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	379	176.25/cwt	175.00–177.00	668	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	153.55/cwt	145.00–160.00	941	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	794	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	152.86/cwt	144.00–157.50	1,043	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	157.97/cwt	157.50–160.00	1,134	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	652	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	880	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	168.64/cwt	157.00–176.00	816	87

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 1, 2022

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

Receipts 2,280Last week 2,761Year ago 2,730

Good supply of quality cattle. Several freshly weaned calves. No recent sales for comparison.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	617	143.00–167.50	163.42
12	—	910	153.00	153.00
44	—	750	160.00	160.00
6	—	397	174.00	174.00
173	—	587	145.00–170.00	161.88
19	—	429	163.00–184.00	174.45
73	—	527	161.00–184.00	172.92
25	—	848	152.00	152.00
27	—	682	144.00–157.50	152.86
42	—	718	157.50–160.00	157.97
87	—	484	157.00–176.00	168.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	767	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	343	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	482	156.00–173.00	163.58
150	—	573	140.00–165.00	160.78
47	—	413	165.00–183.00	173.48
9	—	502	162.50	162.50
8	—	379	175.00–177.00	176.25
20	—	613	145.00–160.00	153.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	507	145.00–155.00	152.68
4	—	349	144.00	144.00
4	—	588	135.00	135.00
3	—	652	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	623	165.00–186.50	182.70
57	—	579	170.00–190.00	186.13
63	—	528	180.00–205.00	199.21
15	—	719	173.50	173.50
18	—	433	202.00–207.00	204.79
24	—	671	179.50–181.50	180.59
3	—	320	235.00	235.00
52	—	477	191.00–215.50	210.36
21	—	377	190.00–218.00	199.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	444	193.00–201.00	196.38
3	—	927	145.00	145.00
150	—	633	176.00–188.00	184.47
10	—	765	170.00	170.00
86	—	722	169.00–177.25	174.39
79	—	481	190.00–215.50	204.35
74	—	863	153.00–174.75	171.18
73	—	529	194.00–210.50	206.29
15	—	654	185.50	185.50
104	—	578	175.00–196.00	187.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	808	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	855	151.50	151.50
3	—	450	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	693	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	638	146.00	146.00

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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