Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2019-12-05

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Dec 5
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
2,740 head
▲ 1,016 vs last sale 1,724▲ 2,740 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There was no recent market coverage for comparison. Trade was active. Demand was good for the heavy offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.95/cwt on 1,461 head.
Average price
$151.95
1,461 head · 651 lb average
Value per head Derived
$989
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.88
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1651153.971,0021,180
Medium and Large 1-2651143.49934281
One grade step is worth $10.48/cwt here — about $68 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 sale1,461 hd
151.95
—
IA average9 barns · 9,658 hd
148.07
+3.88
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned384183.57/cwt181.00–186.007056
Steers—Medium and Large 1387180.83/cwt180.00–182.0070024
Steers—Medium and Large 1424184.00/cwt179.00–188.0078041
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned426178.23/cwt176.00–180.007597
Steers—Medium and Large 1476176.40/cwt174.00–182.0084075
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478163.34/cwt162.50–164.0078111
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned487173.13/cwt170.50–177.5084349
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned521166.15/cwt160.25–170.5086622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525157.06/cwt155.00–161.0082524
Steers—Medium and Large 1526166.68/cwt160.00–174.0087746
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned528157.28/cwt154.50–160.0083039
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned564154.50/cwt152.00–156.0087124
Steers—Medium and Large 1573157.19/cwt150.50–161.50901102
Steers—Medium and Large 1626150.68/cwt147.25–155.00943123
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned627146.63/cwt143.75–151.25919160
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628139.08/cwt135.00–143.0087332
Steers—Medium and Large 1666145.94/cwt143.75–147.00972120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672138.71/cwt136.00–141.0093252
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned682138.55/cwt137.50–139.5094566
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715130.95/cwt125.00–135.0093610
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned719136.25/cwt136.25–136.2598023
Steers—Medium and Large 1732149.79/cwt141.10–155.001,09688
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned748130.00/cwt130.00–130.009726
Steers—Medium and Large 1768148.17/cwt148.00–150.001,13884
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2779141.34/cwt140.25–141.751,10127
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2834136.24/cwt130.00–138.751,13614
Steers—Medium and Large 1891141.96/cwt140.00–143.001,265186
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned352148.81/cwt147.00–149.5052411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381151.00/cwt151.00–151.005759
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418150.02/cwt149.00–152.5062756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419138.02/cwt137.00–140.0057819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483146.66/cwt144.25–152.5070867
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned484145.39/cwt144.50–147.0070416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489136.98/cwt130.00–139.0067034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned519140.27/cwt134.00–142.50728116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned520130.00/cwt130.00–130.006764
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522139.08/cwt135.00–145.5072668
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532131.39/cwt125.00–133.5069962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy564122.00/cwt122.00–122.006885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned565130.31/cwt125.00–132.0073628
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569138.76/cwt138.00–140.0079035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574131.78/cwt129.00–134.0075638
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616132.33/cwt130.00–133.5081536
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617138.32/cwt134.50–144.5085356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned619133.10/cwt132.50–133.50824111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned625134.36/cwt134.25–134.5084027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1654137.50/cwt137.50–137.5089931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy675120.00/cwt120.00–120.0081012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723137.36/cwt129.50–138.0099356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2726123.10/cwt122.00–123.5089411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1777129.79/cwt127.25–130.251,00826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2849122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,04010
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1700120.00/cwt120.00–120.008407

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.