Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2020-04-30

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Apr 30
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
2,793 head
▲ 1,437 vs last sale 1,356▲ 2,793 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to limited numbers two weeks ago. Trade was active with good demand on the offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.58/cwt on 1,474 head.
Average price
$147.58
1,474 head · 639 lb average
Value per head Derived
$943
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.21
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1642148.519541,343
Medium and Large 1-2608137.98839131
One grade step is worth $10.54/cwt here — about $114 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 sale1,474 hd
147.58
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IA average5 barns · 4,248 hd
142.37
+5.21
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

51 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1326176.02/cwt170.00–187.0057411
Steers—Medium and Large 1367185.04/cwt175.00–195.0067946
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370161.00/cwt161.00–161.005962
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429159.60/cwt157.00–165.006859
Steers—Medium and Large 1432183.77/cwt175.00–191.0079470
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468154.00/cwt154.00–154.007213
Steers—Medium and Large 1483174.08/cwt166.00–178.00841154
Steers—Medium and Large 1516170.32/cwt158.00–177.00879168
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527147.27/cwt147.00–151.0077614
Steers—Medium and Large 1572156.19/cwt152.00–168.5089388
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581141.64/cwt136.00–147.0082358
Steers—Medium and Large 1616152.22/cwt145.00–155.00938112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2645136.47/cwt115.00–139.0088011
Steers—Medium and Large 1682136.88/cwt130.00–146.50934190
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2699126.77/cwt124.50–127.0088611
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy714143.25/cwt143.25–143.251,023189
Steers—Medium and Large 1717125.25/cwt124.00–126.5089814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2721113.06/cwt110.00–117.008156
Steers—Medium and Large 1783124.21/cwt120.00–129.00973132
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2794117.86/cwt117.00–119.7593617
Steers—Medium and Large 1808119.31/cwt112.50–120.5096433
Steers—Medium and Large 1885106.87/cwt105.00–107.509464
Steers—Medium and Large 1917110.30/cwt105.25–110.751,011109
Steers—Medium and Large 11,015100.25/cwt100.25–100.251,01823
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1322158.18/cwt155.00–162.0050917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2364127.24/cwt120.00–138.004635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379157.41/cwt153.25–168.0059717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422142.83/cwt134.00–150.5060338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422127.13/cwt123.00–130.005365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476143.33/cwt133.00–151.50682142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481128.72/cwt125.00–130.006198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516136.98/cwt131.00–141.00707123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526125.00/cwt120.00–127.0065812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2558117.01/cwt115.00–118.006533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573126.84/cwt120.00–134.00727109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621121.92/cwt118.00–126.00757122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621115.14/cwt106.00–116.0071521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673118.56/cwt115.00–120.5079834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683109.70/cwt108.00–110.0074913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2714107.32/cwt105.00–109.5076619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1717115.06/cwt112.00–116.2582568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765104.00/cwt104.00–104.007962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1783111.66/cwt107.25–114.0087473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1823101.50/cwt101.50–101.508352
Heifers—Medium and Large 187397.50/cwt97.50–97.508518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1935101.89/cwt101.25–102.5095321
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1303160.00/cwt160.00–160.004853
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425140.00/cwt140.00–140.005952
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505145.50/cwt145.50–145.507353
Bulls—Medium and Large 1564150.00/cwt150.00–150.008466
Bulls—Medium and Large 1787104.28/cwt102.00–109.008213

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.