Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate with several load lots of yearling steers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $249.02/cwt on 953 head.

Average price

$249.02

953 head · 830 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,066

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$472

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

$15.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.19

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	835	249.57	2,084	919
Medium and Large 1-2	688	234.15	1,612	34

One grade step is worth $15.42/cwt here — about $472 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 sale953 hd

249.02

—

IA average7 barns · 3,380 hd

231.83

+17.19

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

34 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	246.46/cwt	229.25–254.50	2,139	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,526	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	690	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,587	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,137	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,353	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,444	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,357	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	270.51/cwt	268.00–272.00	1,177	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,715	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,882	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,681	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	260.70/cwt	258.00–262.75	1,887	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,419	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	926	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	233.91/cwt	227.00–242.10	2,154	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,628	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	254.66/cwt	254.50–255.00	2,121	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	242.10/cwt	242.10–242.10	2,312	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	260.40/cwt	240.00–263.50	1,466	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	236.02/cwt	227.00–245.00	1,308	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	264.91/cwt	248.00–279.00	1,627	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,436	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,943	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	419	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,006	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,220	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,464	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	303.81/cwt	298.00–311.00	1,583	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,000	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	206.16/cwt	194.00–211.00	1,309	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	915	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,300	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,683	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	263.93/cwt	261.00–268.00	1,407	18

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 Jul 13, 2023

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

Receipts 1,439Last week 1,736Year ago 935

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate with several load lots of yearling steers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
248	—	868	229.25–254.50	246.46
4	—	781	241.00	241.00
26	—	565	297.50	297.50
122	—	724	258.00–262.75	260.70
233	—	921	227.00–242.10	233.91
4	—	651	250.00	250.00
178	—	833	254.50–255.00	254.66
54	—	955	242.10	242.10
12	—	614	248.00–279.00	264.91
4	—	495	290.00	290.00
21	—	521	298.00–311.00	303.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	613	249.00	249.00
7	—	690	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	516	275.00	275.00
3	—	463	200.00	200.00
6	—	554	227.00–245.00	236.02
15	—	883	220.00	220.00
3	—	610	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	243.00	243.00
4	—	615	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	628	230.00	230.00
7	—	456	297.50	297.50
8	—	435	268.00–272.00	270.51
10	—	762	225.00	225.00
32	—	563	240.00–263.50	260.40
50	—	660	250.00	250.00
13	—	727	231.50	231.50
18	—	533	261.00–268.00	263.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	419	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	500	244.00	244.00
4	—	495	202.00	202.00
10	—	635	194.00–211.00	206.16
3	—	398	230.00	230.00
3	—	558	233.00	233.00

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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