Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2020-05-14

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, May 14
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
2,082 head
▼ 711 vs last sale 2,793▲ 2,082 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder calf and yearling sale today: Compared to (4-30-2020) two weeks ago. Feeder steers 2.00-7.00 higher, feeder heifer 2.00-8.00 higher. 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 $151.26/cwt on 1,151 head.
Average price
$151.26
1,151 head · 642 lb average
Value per head Derived
$971
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.10
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1639152.089721,110
Medium and Large 1-2705129.0791041
One grade step is worth $23.01/cwt here — about $63 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 sale1,151 hd
151.26
—
IA average5 barns · 3,787 hd
151.36
−0.10
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1320197.74/cwt196.00–201.006338
Steers—Medium and Large 1380189.89/cwt181.00–197.5072249
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2400147.00/cwt147.00–147.005881
Steers—Medium and Large 1415178.69/cwt170.00–190.0074242
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2452143.02/cwt140.00–149.006463
Steers—Medium and Large 1479173.46/cwt165.00–184.50831172
Steers—Medium and Large 1524171.40/cwt160.00–177.50898132
Steers—Medium and Large 1582156.34/cwt146.00–161.50910162
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588135.00/cwt135.00–135.007943
Steers—Medium and Large 1627147.07/cwt143.50–153.0092265
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635138.32/cwt135.00–140.0087818
Steers—Medium and Large 1669147.67/cwt140.00–150.7598872
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2689131.00/cwt131.00–131.009034
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2705122.48/cwt120.00–125.008632
Steers—Medium and Large 1722142.55/cwt130.50–144.751,029147
Steers—Medium and Large 1784129.95/cwt127.00–137.251,01961
Steers—Medium and Large 1832119.91/cwt118.75–125.5099853
Steers—Medium and Large 1877121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,06637
Steers—Medium and Large 1946117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,10755
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2979105.20/cwt104.00–109.001,03010
Steers—Medium and Large 1980114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,11755
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2332140.00/cwt140.00–140.004653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335158.00/cwt158.00–158.005293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374160.58/cwt150.00–168.0060115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386145.45/cwt135.00–147.005617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420125.00/cwt125.00–125.005251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429144.54/cwt137.00–151.0062037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478137.23/cwt134.00–142.0065663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481129.38/cwt128.00–131.006228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525138.40/cwt131.00–142.2572798
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528129.00/cwt129.00–129.006813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567127.66/cwt125.00–129.007243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570135.01/cwt130.00–138.0077079
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618128.98/cwt122.00–132.0079786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632118.00/cwt118.00–118.0074610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659125.42/cwt122.50–129.5082735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2690110.00/cwt110.00–110.007591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement722128.89/cwt127.75–129.2593133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722118.97/cwt118.00–121.008593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772115.50/cwt115.50–115.508927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1840106.90/cwt104.00–107.508989
Heifers—Medium and Large 1857106.99/cwt106.00–109.009175

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.