Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was good today. Supply was heavy.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $252.98/cwt on 901 head.

Average price

$252.98

901 head · 670 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,696

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$361

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

$1.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.68

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	530	254.86	1,350	38
Medium and Large 1	677	252.90	1,711	863

One grade step is worth $1.96/cwt here — about −$361 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 sale901 hd

252.98

—

IA average11 barns · 9,076 hd

249.30

+3.68

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

44 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	—	631	261.61/cwt	242.00–269.50	1,651	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,310	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,113	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,420	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	595	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,505	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	714	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,664	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,439	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	261.42/cwt	253.00–277.50	1,247	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	684	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,573	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	939	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,681	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,385	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,457	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	922	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	198.83/cwt	192.00–210.00	1,529	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	658	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,599	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	492	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,264	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	602	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,580	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	488	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,459	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	298.41/cwt	283.00–310.00	1,438	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	252.74/cwt	243.00–254.50	1,734	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	539	229.40/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,236	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	222.25/cwt	218.00–226.00	1,385	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,225	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	269.61/cwt	269.00–271.00	1,424	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	228.54/cwt	219.00–232.00	1,773	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	246.47/cwt	226.00–254.00	1,777	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	252.83/cwt	246.00–262.00	1,365	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	212.00/cwt	204.00–220.00	1,225	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	274.23/cwt	264.50–293.00	1,580	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	217.49/cwt	208.00–222.50	1,799	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	655	223.60/cwt	223.00–224.00	1,465	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	425	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,020	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	201.91/cwt	191.00–217.00	1,387	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	239.11/cwt	235.00–243.00	997	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	306.57/cwt	305.00–307.00	1,551	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	213.31/cwt	208.00–214.50	1,856	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,273	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	257.66/cwt	251.00–267.00	1,239	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	227.43/cwt	210.00–231.00	1,506	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	240.77/cwt	220.00–248.00	1,406	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,029	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	496	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,235	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	233.33/cwt	220.00–236.50	1,437	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	206.54/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,530	38

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 Jan 4, 2024

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

Receipts 1,714Last week 1,513Year ago 2,757

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was good today. Supply was heavy.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
208	—	631	242.00–269.50	261.61
4	—	444	295.00	295.00
48	—	482	283.00–310.00	298.41
93	—	686	243.00–254.50	252.74
3	—	395	310.00	310.00
141	—	776	219.00–232.00	228.54
201	—	721	226.00–254.00	246.47
62	—	576	264.50–293.00	274.23
30	—	827	208.00–222.50	217.49
14	—	506	305.00–307.00	306.57
16	—	870	208.00–214.50	213.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	424	262.50	262.50
4	—	594	239.00	239.00
5	—	685	210.00	210.00
9	—	477	253.00–277.50	261.42
13	—	528	269.00–271.00	269.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	595	253.00	253.00
7	—	714	233.00	233.00
12	—	658	243.00	243.00
15	—	602	262.50	262.50
3	—	488	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	492	257.00	257.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	684	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	939	179.00	179.00
4	—	714	194.00	194.00
5	—	694	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	358	257.50	257.50
8	—	769	192.00–210.00	198.83
63	—	540	246.00–262.00	252.83
39	—	481	251.00–267.00	257.66
159	—	662	210.00–231.00	227.43
122	—	584	220.00–248.00	240.77
31	—	616	220.00–236.50	233.33
38	—	741	200.00–220.00	206.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	539	225.00–232.00	229.40
20	—	623	218.00–226.00	222.25
15	—	655	223.00–224.00	223.60
7	—	496	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	578	204.00–220.00	212.00
7	—	687	191.00–217.00	201.91
8	—	417	235.00–243.00	239.11
5	—	624	204.00	204.00
5	—	474	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	240.00	240.00

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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