Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last reported sales was three weeks ago making market comparisons difficult, however load lots sold steady to firm on both steers and heifers; packages of both steers and heifers sold with lower undertones. Market was active today with very good demand for long weaned spring and summer calves and moderate demand for short weaned and unweaned late summer and fall calves. Several load lots were seen with good to very good demand for load lot offerings. Supply was light to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $284.94/cwt on 195 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −140.68 against this barn's trailing median of $425.62.

Average price

$284.94

195 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

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

$19.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.71

vs IA average

+20.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	285.96	1,593	185
Medium and Large 1-2	592	266.00	1,575	10thin

One grade step is worth $19.96/cwt here — about $18 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $465.23, low $375.84, median $425.62 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale195 hd

284.94

—

IA average5 barns · 820 hd

281.23

+3.71

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

+20.42

This barn, trailing median13 sales

425.62

−140.68

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

38 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	Large 1	650–700	667	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,621	10
Steers	Large 1	700–750	709	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,666	6
Steers	Large 1	800–850	833	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,916	6
Heifers	Large 2	400–450	413	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	867	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	593	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,500	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	640	245.37/cwt	243.50–246.00	1,570	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	258.91/cwt	257.25–260.50	2,152	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	265.49/cwt	250.00–269.00	1,643	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	325.85/cwt	325.50–326.00	1,489	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	514	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,645	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	289.42/cwt	283.50–294.50	1,925	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	277.28/cwt	271.00–292.50	1,608	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	354	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,207	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	249.22/cwt	240.00–256.50	1,779	341
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	301.46/cwt	299.00–309.50	1,697	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	804	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,901	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	304.24/cwt	292.50–313.00	1,564	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	244.25/cwt	244.25–244.25	2,123	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	587	285.26/cwt	282.00–288.00	1,674	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	311.64/cwt	308.00–313.50	1,624	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	509	306.32/cwt	305.00–309.00	1,559	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	278.58/cwt	269.00–292.50	1,382	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	288.08/cwt	286.00–291.00	1,648	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	242.66/cwt	240.50–244.75	2,198	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	292.18/cwt	289.00–299.00	1,849	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	344.25/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,628	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	280.25/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,738	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,986	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,575	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	553	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,698	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,618	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	461	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,503	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,846	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,737	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	426	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,566	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,999	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	302.97/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,624	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,817	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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	667	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	413	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	593	253.00	253.00
19	600–650	640	243.50–246.00	245.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	457	325.50–326.00	325.85
36	500–550	514	292.50–313.00	304.24
107	550–600	580	271.00–292.50	277.28
91	600–650	619	250.00–269.00	265.49
29	650–700	663	262.00	262.00
341	700–750	714	240.00–256.50	249.22
21	800–850	839	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	341.00	341.00
13	450–500	461	326.00	326.00
27	500–550	509	305.00–309.00	306.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	496	269.00–292.50	278.58
10	550–600	592	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	553	307.00	307.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	709	235.00	235.00
6	800–850	833	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	450–500	473	335.00–350.00	344.25
40	500–550	521	308.00–313.50	311.64
41	550–600	563	299.00–309.50	301.46
20	600–650	633	289.00–299.00	292.18
37	650–700	665	283.50–294.50	289.42
75	700–750	705	283.50	283.50
133	800–850	831	257.25–260.50	258.91
65	850–900	869	244.25	244.25
126	900–950	906	240.50–244.75	242.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	426	367.50	367.50
7	450–500	476	340.00	340.00
20	500–550	514	320.00	320.00
18	550–600	587	282.00–288.00	285.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	536	300.00–306.00	302.97
12	550–600	572	286.00–291.00	288.08
22	600–650	620	270.00–289.00	280.25
18	650–700	699	260.00	260.00
5	750–800	796	249.50	249.50
8	800–850	804	236.50	236.50

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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