Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2019-09-19

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Sep 19
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
1,472 head
▲ 470 vs last sale 1,002▲ 1,472 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage to reflect accurate market trend. Moderate offerings of good quality cattle was met by good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.58/cwt on 1,044 head.
Average price
$140.58
1,044 head · 807 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,134
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$218
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.84
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1813140.711,143999
Medium and Large 1-2672137.7292645
One grade step is worth $2.99/cwt here — about $218 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 sale1,044 hd
140.58
—
IA average7 barns · 2,620 hd
142.42
−1.84
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1431168.62/cwt165.00–170.0072721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2456156.00/cwt156.00–156.007114
Steers—Medium and Large 1507161.00/cwt161.00–161.008165
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530145.00/cwt145.00–145.007693
Steers—Medium and Large 1556153.82/cwt149.00–157.0085541
Steers—Medium and Large 1627153.59/cwt151.00–162.0096363
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2631145.60/cwt145.00–146.0091915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676140.00/cwt140.00–140.009465
Steers—Medium and Large 1679149.07/cwt144.50–157.001,01265
Steers—Medium and Large 1725144.07/cwt137.00–146.001,04528
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2737126.00/cwt120.00–129.009299
Steers—Medium and Large 1773142.76/cwt137.75–147.001,104207
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2818124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,0189
Steers—Medium and Large 1827138.69/cwt134.00–141.251,147122
Steers—Medium and Large 1859142.33/cwt142.25–142.501,223192
Steers—Medium and Large 1911134.31/cwt130.00–135.351,22470
Steers—Medium and Large 1991126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,254128
Steers—Medium and Large 11,001125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,25157
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420139.00/cwt139.00–139.005844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472137.03/cwt133.00–140.006477
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477127.00/cwt127.00–127.006063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566135.95/cwt130.00–139.0076935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622135.18/cwt130.50–142.5084177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2641129.00/cwt129.00–129.008275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1689124.37/cwt121.50–129.5085717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732133.93/cwt125.00–137.25980143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1759124.46/cwt124.00–125.0094513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1844119.31/cwt117.00–124.001,00712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1861115.18/cwt111.00–120.0099216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1921122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,12419

This sale against other markets

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.