Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate that included several load lots of seven and eight weight cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $213.44/cwt on 1,039 head.

Average price

$213.44

1,039 head · 678 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,447

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$346

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

$16.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.46

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	682	214.06	1,460	1,000
Medium and Large 1-2	565	197.34	1,114	39

One grade step is worth $16.72/cwt here — about $346 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 sale1,039 hd

213.44

—

IA average9 barns · 6,883 hd

206.98

+6.46

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

48 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	—	472	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,152	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	370	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	910	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	507	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,176	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	602	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,252	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	513	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,149	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	222.38/cwt	222.00–223.00	838	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	197.30/cwt	176.00–200.25	1,545	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	226.01/cwt	224.00–229.00	1,309	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	254.62/cwt	253.00–256.00	1,082	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	251.88/cwt	240.00–258.50	1,297	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,193	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	226.16/cwt	224.00–227.00	1,203	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	195.25/cwt	195.25–195.25	1,710	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	260.35/cwt	255.00–266.00	1,216	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	179.53/cwt	178.00–182.00	1,641	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,203	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	212.93/cwt	200.00–220.50	1,448	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	201.77/cwt	185.00–209.00	1,453	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	205.01/cwt	180.00–220.00	990	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	954	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	185.44/cwt	170.00–189.50	1,547	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,056	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,205	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	211.11/cwt	210.00–212.50	1,113	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	179.73/cwt	174.00–187.00	1,211	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	201.36/cwt	186.00–214.00	1,164	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	176.02/cwt	169.00–180.00	1,338	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,044	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	184.39/cwt	184.00–184.75	972	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	563	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	949	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	164.17/cwt	160.00–166.50	1,331	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	160.67/cwt	160.00–162.50	1,494	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	772	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,016	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	194.45/cwt	180.00–205.00	908	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	165.49/cwt	160.00–176.00	1,028	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	652	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,063	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	737	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	178.90/cwt	173.00–181.75	1,292	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	213.25/cwt	190.00–219.00	1,130	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	193.17/cwt	192.00–195.00	1,223	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	225.95/cwt	222.00–229.50	1,082	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	222.22/cwt	210.00–230.50	1,393	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	566	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,364	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	428	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,211	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	216.90/cwt	207.50–226.00	944	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	397	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	754	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	192.88/cwt	179.00–200.00	1,011	24

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 Mar 23, 2023

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

Receipts 1,939Last week 3,199Year ago 2,145

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate that included several load lots of seven and eight weight cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	244.00	244.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	246.00	246.00
3	—	507	232.00	232.00
13	—	602	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	513	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	377	222.00–223.00	222.38
79	—	674	174.00–187.00	179.73
64	—	578	186.00–214.00	201.36
54	—	760	169.00–180.00	176.02
16	—	811	160.00–166.50	164.17
15	—	930	160.00–162.50	160.67
7	—	335	220.00	220.00
88	—	722	173.00–181.75	178.90
80	—	530	190.00–219.00	213.25
50	—	633	192.00–195.00	193.17
50	—	479	222.00–229.50	225.95
25	—	435	207.50–226.00	216.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	580	180.00	180.00
10	—	527	184.00–184.75	184.39
7	—	400	193.00	193.00
6	—	701	145.00	145.00
18	—	467	180.00–205.00	194.45
9	—	621	160.00–176.00	165.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	563	168.50	168.50
7	—	652	163.00	163.00
3	—	397	190.00	190.00
24	—	524	179.00–200.00	192.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	783	176.00–200.25	197.30
52	—	579	224.00–229.00	226.01
15	—	425	253.00–256.00	254.62
75	—	515	240.00–258.50	251.88
64	—	876	195.25	195.25
25	—	467	255.00–266.00	260.35
31	—	914	178.00–182.00	179.53
94	—	680	200.00–220.50	212.93
238	—	720	185.00–209.00	201.77
114	—	834	170.00–189.50	185.44
12	—	391	270.00	270.00
171	—	627	210.00–230.50	222.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	477	250.00	250.00
18	—	532	224.00–227.00	226.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	672	179.00	179.00
9	—	483	180.00–220.00	205.01
3	—	585	163.00	163.00
9	—	618	195.00	195.00
12	—	527	210.00–212.50	211.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	566	241.00	241.00
16	—	428	283.00	283.00

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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