Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 9.00 higher, while 600 to 650 lbs. steers sold 6.00 lower. Demand was good to very good today. Supply was heavy that included many yearlings. Several load lots of reputation cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $195.72/cwt on 1,933 head.

Average price

$195.72

1,933 head · 672 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,316

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$293

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

$5.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.71

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	674	195.78	1,320	1,909
Medium and Large 1-2	538	190.74	1,027	24

One grade step is worth $5.05/cwt here — about $293 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 sale1,933 hd

195.72

—

IA average9 barns · 8,151 hd

193.01

+2.71

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

38 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	—	510	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,097	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,330	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	770	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	166.07/cwt	165.75–167.00	1,355	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	200.02/cwt	192.00–203.00	846	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	165.07/cwt	160.00–167.50	1,268	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	228.94/cwt	216.00–241.00	1,076	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	183.83/cwt	171.00–189.00	1,349	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	191.47/cwt	174.00–201.00	1,277	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	181.81/cwt	174.50–189.25	1,405	426
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,166	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	491	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,080	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	176.06/cwt	173.00–179.00	1,463	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	239.78/cwt	235.00–246.00	1,017	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,063	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	197.36/cwt	190.00–216.50	1,241	373
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	603	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,055	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	951	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,427	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	226.55/cwt	208.00–231.00	1,164	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	174.24/cwt	160.00–181.50	1,519	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	174.58/cwt	164.50–180.00	1,175	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	188.18/cwt	171.00–194.25	997	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	213.78/cwt	199.00–219.00	1,195	269
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	897	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	853	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,616	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	790	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,268	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	879	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	183.96/cwt	176.00–190.00	1,041	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	200.25/cwt	181.00–212.00	819	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	182.17/cwt	164.00–190.00	1,131	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	173.22/cwt	166.50–177.75	1,242	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	189.65/cwt	179.00–199.00	895	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	179.67/cwt	167.00–185.00	1,109	277
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	592	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	977	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,030	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	505	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	904	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	856	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	538	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 Feb 2, 2023

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

Receipts 3,462Last week 3,041Year ago 2,373

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	510	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	858	155.00	155.00
15	—	364	211.50	211.50
16	—	816	165.75–167.00	166.07
34	—	423	192.00–203.00	200.02
79	—	768	160.00–167.50	165.07
118	—	673	164.50–180.00	174.58
204	—	530	171.00–194.25	188.18
215	—	566	176.00–190.00	183.96
90	—	717	166.50–177.75	173.22
99	—	472	179.00–199.00	189.65
277	—	617	167.00–185.00	179.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	628	140.00	140.00
5	—	552	155.00	155.00
3	—	313	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	592	165.00	165.00
5	—	628	164.00	164.00
10	—	505	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	470	216.00–241.00	228.94
127	—	734	171.00–189.00	183.83
234	—	667	174.00–201.00	191.47
426	—	773	174.50–189.25	181.81
32	—	831	173.00–179.00	176.06
31	—	424	235.00–246.00	239.78
373	—	629	190.00–216.50	197.36
5	—	951	150.00	150.00
107	—	514	208.00–231.00	226.55
161	—	872	160.00–181.50	174.24
269	—	559	199.00–219.00	213.78
3	—	395	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	524	222.50	222.50
5	—	491	220.00	220.00
3	—	603	175.00	175.00
7	—	790	160.50	160.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	202.50	202.50
8	—	409	181.00–212.00	200.25
13	—	621	164.00–190.00	182.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	853	189.50	189.50

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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