Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale a week ago, steers under 650 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher while heavier weights undertone was weaker. Heifer prices were 3.00 to 9.00 higher. A moderate to heavy supply today included a few load lots of reputation cattle. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $194.07/cwt on 1,387 head.

Average price

$194.07

1,387 head · 648 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,258

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$69.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.19

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	656	194.95	1,280	1,262
Medium and Large 1-2	551	186.73	1,030	122
Large 1	1,003	125.00	1,254	3thin

One grade step is worth $69.95/cwt here — about $26 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 sale1,387 hd

194.07

—

IA average13 barns · 17,819 hd

190.89

+3.19

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,392	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	187.39/cwt	184.00–190.00	740	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	210.84/cwt	204.00–219.50	1,111	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	175.32/cwt	166.00–178.50	1,371	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	192.39/cwt	178.00–198.50	1,301	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	206.91/cwt	199.00–214.00	1,184	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	181.62/cwt	172.00–191.00	1,117	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	191.87/cwt	170.00–197.50	1,003	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	225.34/cwt	224.00–227.00	924	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,577	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	221.57/cwt	212.00–230.00	1,048	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,482	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	820	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	773	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	174.43/cwt	161.00–176.50	1,446	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	186.88/cwt	172.00–193.25	1,344	324
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	651	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,208	90
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	678	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,119	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	626	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,045	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	502	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	904	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	914	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	842	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	165.10/cwt	160.00–172.50	1,086	107
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,197	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,436	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	168.11/cwt	160.25–179.00	1,214	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,372	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	163.65/cwt	145.00–167.00	1,046	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	706	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	155.94/cwt	147.00–165.00	909	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	184.76/cwt	165.00–192.00	981	174
Steers	Large 1	—	1,003	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,254	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,328	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	160.50/cwt	151.00–171.00	833	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	838	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	184.74/cwt	177.50–189.00	1,077	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	181.45/cwt	164.00–188.00	889	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	194.12/cwt	185.00–200.00	899	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	169.39/cwt	160.00–179.50	1,135	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	180.27/cwt	170.00–183.25	1,127	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	165.63/cwt	160.00–166.25	1,282	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	540	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	940	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	677	160.62/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,087	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	202.69/cwt	188.00–206.50	1,238	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,267	3

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 Jan 12, 2023

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

Receipts 2,795Last week 2,757Year ago 2,765

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	841	165.50	165.50
15	—	395	184.00–190.00	187.39
107	—	658	160.00–172.50	165.10
52	—	722	160.25–179.00	168.11
7	—	891	154.00	154.00
174	—	531	165.00–192.00	184.76
3	—	922	144.00	144.00
162	—	583	177.50–189.00	184.74
78	—	490	164.00–188.00	181.45
184	—	625	170.00–183.25	180.27
125	—	774	160.00–166.25	165.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	651	185.50	185.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,197	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	639	145.00–167.00	163.65
6	—	428	165.00	165.00
27	—	583	147.00–165.00	155.94
23	—	519	151.00–171.00	160.50
20	—	490	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	527	204.00–219.50	210.84
61	—	782	166.00–178.50	175.32
229	—	676	178.00–198.50	192.39
131	—	572	199.00–214.00	206.91
11	—	410	224.00–227.00	225.34
4	—	956	165.00	165.00
45	—	473	212.00–230.00	221.57
23	—	854	173.50	173.50
59	—	829	161.00–176.50	174.43
324	—	719	172.00–193.25	186.88
241	—	611	188.00–206.50	202.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	615	172.00–191.00	181.62
49	—	523	170.00–197.50	191.87
3	—	412	199.00	199.00
3	—	368	210.00	210.00
23	—	463	185.00–200.00	194.12
22	—	670	160.00–179.50	169.39
3	—	745	170.00	170.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,003	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	540	174.00	174.00
13	—	677	160.00–162.00	160.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	678	165.00	165.00
15	—	626	167.00	167.00
3	—	502	180.00	180.00
8	—	571	160.00	160.00
4	—	423	199.00	199.00

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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