Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction for comparison. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy with several load lots of quality yearlings cattle and fall feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $242.95/cwt on 940 head.

Average price

$242.95

940 head · 769 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,869

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$590

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

$29.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.16

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	779	244.55	1,904	889
Medium and Large 1-2	611	215.01	1,314	51

One grade step is worth $29.54/cwt here — about $590 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 sale940 hd

242.95

—

IA average6 barns · 3,110 hd

238.78

+4.16

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

45 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	—	385	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	886	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	549	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,296	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	443	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,276	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	303	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	954	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	382	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,136	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	787	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	240.30/cwt	233.00–250.00	1,401	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,171	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	317.68/cwt	305.00–322.00	1,220	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	231.07/cwt	218.00–236.00	1,682	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	282.13/cwt	263.00–290.00	1,591	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,327	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,109	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,623	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	468	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,252	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	957	219.24/cwt	217.50–220.10	2,098	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	308.99/cwt	308.50–310.00	1,480	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,444	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	917	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,663	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	312.27/cwt	307.50–322.50	1,352	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	436	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,007	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	237.58/cwt	220.00–250.00	886	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	272.72/cwt	261.00–293.00	1,178	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	225.34/cwt	222.00–228.00	1,526	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	216.44/cwt	212.20–222.00	1,056	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	301	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	700	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	240.70/cwt	236.00–242.00	1,461	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	259.35/cwt	245.00–273.00	1,634	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	525	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,297	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	418	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,129	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	265.61/cwt	253.00–277.50	1,267	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	275.11/cwt	269.00–298.00	1,067	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	214.17/cwt	212.00–215.00	1,570	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	825	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,373	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	226.73/cwt	222.50–229.00	1,533	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	258.98/cwt	243.50–267.00	1,502	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	197.48/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,631	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	261.44/cwt	251.00–270.00	1,378	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	231.57/cwt	228.50–235.00	1,987	361
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	233.37/cwt	209.50–235.00	1,972	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	296.28/cwt	282.00–307.50	1,567	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	359	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	973	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	600	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,266	8

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 Jun 15, 2023

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

Receipts 1,736Last week 1,784Year ago 2,320

No recent auction for comparison. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy with several load lots of quality yearlings cattle and fall feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	385	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	549	236.00	236.00
40	—	443	288.00	288.00
17	—	303	315.00	315.00
19	—	382	297.50	297.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	437	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	583	233.00–250.00	240.30
11	—	753	155.50	155.50
3	—	632	210.00	210.00
4	—	435	255.00	255.00
4	—	489	187.50	187.50
6	—	875	190.00	190.00
3	—	330	250.00	250.00
8	—	549	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	384	305.00–322.00	317.68
30	—	728	218.00–236.00	231.07
53	—	564	263.00–290.00	282.13
8	—	755	215.00	215.00
157	—	957	217.50–220.10	219.24
15	—	479	308.50–310.00	308.99
27	—	433	307.50–322.50	312.27
63	—	630	245.00–273.00	259.35
11	—	676	222.50–229.00	226.73
361	—	858	228.50–235.00	231.57
74	—	845	209.50–235.00	233.37
68	—	529	282.00–307.50	296.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	625	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	436	231.00	231.00
8	—	600	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	373	220.00–250.00	237.58
7	—	488	212.20–222.00	216.44
5	—	301	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	432	261.00–293.00	272.72
29	—	677	222.00–228.00	225.34
14	—	607	236.00–242.00	240.70
66	—	477	253.00–277.50	265.61
14	—	388	269.00–298.00	275.11
11	—	733	212.00–215.00	214.17
62	—	580	243.50–267.00	258.98
6	—	826	190.00–205.00	197.48
80	—	527	251.00–270.00	261.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	525	247.00	247.00
35	—	418	270.00	270.00
21	—	359	271.00	271.00

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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