Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Customer Appreciation BBQ. No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of reputation cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $257.68/cwt on 972 head.

Average price

$257.68

972 head · 776 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,999

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$568

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

$11.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.31

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	268.64	1,467	65
Medium and Large 1	792	256.89	2,035	907

One grade step is worth $11.74/cwt here — about −$568 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 sale972 hd

257.68

—

IA average4 barns · 1,567 hd

230.37

+27.31

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

36 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 1Fancy	—	547	290.25/cwt	290.25–290.25	1,588	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	489	292.09/cwt	286.00–293.75	1,428	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,925	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	275.62/cwt	275.00–276.00	1,147	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	226.55/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,744	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,131	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,041	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,336	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	265.35/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,743	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	250.92/cwt	236.00–261.50	1,932	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	316.61/cwt	310.00–320.50	1,615	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	522	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,462	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	288.80/cwt	275.00–301.10	1,779	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	301.72/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,774	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	262.35/cwt	251.00–272.00	1,884	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	258.86/cwt	235.00–263.25	2,107	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,597	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	225.13/cwt	223.25–225.60	2,166	290
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	226.55/cwt	224.00–228.00	2,089	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,719	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	255.39/cwt	250.00–263.00	1,443	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,250	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	286.63/cwt	247.50–297.00	1,384	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	242.95/cwt	227.00–248.50	2,089	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,208	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	237.40/cwt	225.00–256.75	1,716	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	258.25/cwt	242.00–265.00	1,751	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	226.95/cwt	222.00–233.00	1,845	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,189	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	239.99/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,500	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	276.48/cwt	268.00–279.75	1,485	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	276.82/cwt	269.00–287.25	1,581	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,470	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	935	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	248.70/cwt	239.00–256.50	1,092	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	240.95/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,373	22

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 Sep 7, 2023

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

Receipts 1,730Last week 1,439Year ago 2,556

Customer Appreciation BBQ. No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of reputation cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	547	290.25	290.25
28	—	489	286.00–293.75	292.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	850	226.50	226.50
8	—	416	275.00–276.00	275.62
15	—	770	222.00–230.00	226.55
16	—	973	219.00	219.00
60	—	922	224.00–228.00	226.55
65	—	723	225.00–256.75	237.40
72	—	678	242.00–265.00	258.25
19	—	813	222.00–233.00	226.95
34	—	458	259.50	259.50
41	—	625	235.00–242.00	239.99
64	—	537	268.00–279.75	276.48
65	—	571	269.00–287.25	276.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	483	250.00	250.00
7	—	631	233.00	233.00
9	—	392	238.50	238.50
20	—	439	239.00–256.50	248.70
22	—	570	230.00–250.00	240.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	932	219.00	219.00
6	—	390	342.50	342.50
19	—	657	262.00–270.00	265.35
36	—	770	236.00–261.50	250.92
48	—	510	310.00–320.50	316.61
57	—	616	275.00–301.10	288.80
80	—	588	280.00–305.00	301.72
106	—	718	251.00–272.00	262.35
198	—	814	235.00–263.25	258.86
290	—	962	223.25–225.60	225.13
50	—	860	227.00–248.50	242.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	522	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	668	239.00	239.00
9	—	809	212.50	212.50
10	—	565	250.00–263.00	255.39
13	—	425	294.00	294.00
27	—	483	247.50–297.00	286.63

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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