Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly steady to 13.00 lower. Heifers under 600 lbs. sold sharply higher, while those heavier sold with a lower undertone on a light test two weeks ago. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of yearling cattle coming off the grass.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $298.84/cwt on 336 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −189.78 against this barn's trailing median of $488.63.

Average price

$298.84

336 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$21.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.83

vs IA average

−10.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	299.61	1,689	324
Medium and Large 1-2	540	278.13	1,503	12thin

One grade step is worth $21.48/cwt here — about $186 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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.23, low $414.77, median $488.63 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 sale336 hd

298.84

—

IA average9 barns · 1,898 hd

305.68

−6.83

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

−10.42

This barn, trailing median13 sales

488.63

−189.78

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

47 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	600–650	601	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,490	11
Steers	Large 1	600–650	645	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,709	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	479	324.10/cwt	321.00–328.00	1,552	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	834	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,943	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,621	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,888	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	248.09/cwt	246.00–250.00	1,556	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	296.44/cwt	280.00–301.00	1,725	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	264.81/cwt	263.00–272.00	1,856	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	340.19/cwt	331.00–350.00	1,684	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	357.63/cwt	352.50–367.50	1,506	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	644	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	290.90/cwt	272.00–296.50	1,545	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,028	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	307.96/cwt	302.00–320.00	1,614	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	311.54/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,449	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,066	212.99/cwt	212.00–214.00	2,270	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	293.71/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,571	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	254.74/cwt	254.00–255.50	2,323	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	302.87/cwt	300.00–309.00	1,302	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	257.58/cwt	255.50–260.75	2,287	423
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,942	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,742	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	258.98/cwt	252.00–265.00	1,492	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	565	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,605	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	277.46/cwt	255.00–296.00	1,346	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,281	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	237.50/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,615	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,991	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	288.63/cwt	278.00–300.00	1,388	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	283.93/cwt	275.00–291.00	1,505	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	270.58/cwt	260.00–287.00	1,177	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,499	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	558	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,451	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	434	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,094	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	284.54/cwt	271.00–288.00	1,610	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	272.32/cwt	266.00–282.00	1,825	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	694	261.96/cwt	256.00–265.00	1,818	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	712	261.67/cwt	260.00–266.50	1,863	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	287.85/cwt	274.00–292.00	1,767	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	537	265.93/cwt	262.00–273.00	1,428	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	278.89/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,746	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	363.89/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,368	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	440	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,254	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,920	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	313.90/cwt	302.50–327.50	1,114	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	254.91/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,588	105

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 Nov 21, 2024

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

Receipts 2,395Last week 1,566Year ago 2,924

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	601	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	450–500	479	321.00–328.00	324.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	355	302.50–327.50	313.90
26	400–450	430	300.00–309.00	302.87
21	450–500	465	300.00–316.00	311.54
144	500–550	531	272.00–296.50	290.90
52	550–600	566	271.00–288.00	284.54
16	600–650	627	246.00–250.00	248.09
8	650–700	680	235.00–240.00	237.50
77	700–750	726	240.00	240.00
130	800–850	826	245.50	245.50
5	850–900	878	215.00	215.00
6	950–1000	957	208.00	208.00
6	1050–1100	1,066	212.00–214.00	212.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	435	260.00–287.00	270.58
30	450–500	485	255.00–296.00	277.46
39	550–600	576	252.00–265.00	258.98
5	600–650	610	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	440	285.00	285.00
6	450–500	481	278.00–300.00	288.63
19	500–550	537	262.00–273.00	265.93
15	550–600	558	260.00	260.00
105	600–650	623	240.00–261.00	254.91
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	645	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	834	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	376	360.00–375.00	363.89
10	400–450	421	352.50–367.50	357.63
43	450–500	495	331.00–350.00	340.19
92	500–550	524	302.00–320.00	307.96
220	550–600	582	280.00–301.00	296.44
48	600–650	626	270.00–285.00	278.89
56	650–700	670	266.00–282.00	272.32
20	700–750	701	263.00–272.00	264.81
8	750–800	787	244.00	244.00
6	800–850	809	240.00	240.00
423	850–900	888	255.50–260.75	257.58
121	900–950	912	254.00–255.50	254.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	535	285.00–300.00	293.71
154	600–650	614	274.00–292.00	287.85
84	650–700	694	256.00–265.00	261.96
27	700–750	712	260.00–266.50	261.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	530	275.00–291.00	283.93
5	550–600	555	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	434	252.00	252.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	637	254.50	254.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	565	284.00	284.00
4	600–650	644	250.00	250.00

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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