Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, all steer weight groups sold lower, while 600 - 650 lbs. sold 2.00 lower and 700-750 lbs. sold 7.00 lower. All heifer weight groups also sharply lower, on last weeks light test. Demand was moderate today and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $236.40/cwt on 908 head.

Average price

$236.40

908 head · 612 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,446

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$319

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

$4.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.59

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	628	236.99	1,487	792
Medium and Large 1-2	503	232.36	1,168	116

One grade step is worth $4.63/cwt here — about $319 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 sale908 hd

236.40

—

IA average11 barns · 9,346 hd

235.80

+0.59

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

53 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	—	444	268.60/cwt	263.00–270.00	1,193	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,625	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	251.88/cwt	235.00–264.50	1,461	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	722	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,484	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	272.45/cwt	264.00–275.00	1,403	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	229.51/cwt	225.00–230.50	1,331	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	247.25/cwt	228.00–258.50	1,506	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	218.59/cwt	211.00–222.00	1,580	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	248.63/cwt	230.00–255.00	967	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	576	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,204	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	276.56/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,294	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	571	236.55/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,351	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	534	245.67/cwt	230.00–259.00	1,312	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	659	189.51/cwt	180.00–199.00	1,249	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	483	290.81/cwt	282.50–292.50	1,405	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	423	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,132	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	608	230.52/cwt	228.00–231.50	1,402	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	710	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,278	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	311	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	778	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	686	211.04/cwt	205.00–221.00	1,448	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	939	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	559	203.85/cwt	191.00–221.00	1,140	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	622	192.77/cwt	179.00–212.00	1,199	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	385	238.80/cwt	230.00–243.00	919	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	331	256.15/cwt	226.00–267.50	848	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	473	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,031	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	208.63/cwt	190.00–217.00	1,316	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	228.79/cwt	211.00–242.00	1,080	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	211.87/cwt	199.50–224.00	1,220	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	204.74/cwt	178.00–209.75	1,366	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	813	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	842	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	395	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	861	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	547	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,310	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	204.73/cwt	194.00–210.00	1,173	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	208.21/cwt	193.00–218.00	1,087	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,356	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,091	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	657	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,334	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	220.19/cwt	213.50–236.00	931	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	435	212.60/cwt	209.00–226.00	925	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	491	205.93/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,011	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	606	193.18/cwt	185.00–204.50	1,171	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	347	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	781	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	192.23/cwt	188.00–195.00	1,578	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	521	218.69/cwt	195.00–225.00	1,139	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	229.02/cwt	221.00–236.00	1,205	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	240.87/cwt	220.00–247.00	1,192	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	226.37/cwt	206.00–232.50	1,548	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	589	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,066	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,070	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	700	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,246	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	200.42/cwt	198.50–206.00	1,553	16

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 Dec 7, 2023

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

Receipts 1,930Last week 1,367Year ago 2,721

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	444	263.00–270.00	268.60
3	—	945	172.00	172.00
153	—	580	235.00–264.50	251.88
21	—	515	264.00–275.00	272.45
84	—	609	228.00–258.50	247.25
71	—	723	211.00–222.00	218.59
11	—	468	270.00–284.00	276.56
10	—	821	188.00–195.00	192.23
196	—	684	206.00–232.50	226.37
16	—	775	198.50–206.00	200.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	722	205.50	205.50
40	—	571	230.00–241.00	236.55
27	—	534	230.00–259.00	245.67
23	—	483	282.50–292.50	290.81
9	—	423	267.50	267.50
55	—	608	228.00–231.50	230.52
49	—	686	205.00–221.00	211.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	580	225.00–230.50	229.51
20	—	389	230.00–255.00	248.63
21	—	526	221.00–236.00	229.02
30	—	495	220.00–247.00	240.87
4	—	435	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	576	209.00	209.00
8	—	659	180.00–199.00	189.51
3	—	710	180.00	180.00
7	—	311	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	559	191.00–221.00	203.85
7	—	622	179.00–212.00	192.77
9	—	385	230.00–243.00	238.80
10	—	331	226.00–267.50	256.15
8	—	473	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	631	190.00–217.00	208.63
27	—	472	211.00–242.00	228.79
101	—	576	199.50–224.00	211.87
133	—	667	178.00–209.75	204.74
30	—	522	193.00–218.00	208.21
5	—	723	187.50	187.50
22	—	423	213.50–236.00	220.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	373	218.00	218.00
3	—	423	199.00	199.00
3	—	603	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	395	218.00	218.00
50	—	573	194.00–210.00	204.73
18	—	657	203.00	203.00
16	—	435	209.00–226.00	212.60
29	—	491	200.00–216.00	205.93
51	—	606	185.00–204.50	193.18
3	—	347	225.00	225.00
51	—	521	195.00–225.00	218.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	547	239.50	239.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	589	181.00	181.00
3	—	700	178.00	178.00

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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