Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2020-09-24

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Sep 24
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
1,048 head
▼ 2,185 vs last sale 3,233▲ 1,048 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend, as there was no recent report for comparison. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Supply included several load lots. Trade was active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.30/cwt on 506 head.
Average price
$129.30
506 head · 811 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,048
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$218
per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.94
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1-2556132.007344thin
Medium and Large 1813129.341,052497
Medium and Large 1-2771123.509525thin
One grade step is worth $8.50/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 sale506 hd
129.30
—
IA average7 barns · 2,038 hd
127.36
+1.94
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

27 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1520163.00/cwt163.00–163.008488
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521135.00/cwt135.00–135.007036
Steers—Medium and Large 1581156.38/cwt155.50–158.5090910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632136.00/cwt136.00–136.0086010
Steers—Medium and Large 1634152.43/cwt152.00–157.0096633
Steers—Medium and Large 1680147.90/cwt145.00–150.251,00645
Steers—Medium and Large 1729147.42/cwt144.50–148.501,07557
Steers—Medium and Large 1781139.37/cwt138.00–143.501,08828
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2797134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0689
Steers—Medium and Large 1860144.33/cwt144.00–144.501,241180
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2881129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1365
Steers—Medium and Large 1994129.29/cwt121.00–129.751,28555
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535132.57/cwt132.00–135.0070910
Heifers—Medium 1-2556132.00/cwt132.00–132.007344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617130.72/cwt128.00–136.0080715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671134.76/cwt134.50–135.009048
Heifers—Medium and Large 1712130.31/cwt124.50–135.0092849
Heifers—Medium and Large 1767135.29/cwt132.10–138.101,038133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2771123.50/cwt123.50–123.509525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy787123.50/cwt123.50–123.509727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1846123.31/cwt123.00–125.001,04336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy851117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,0007
Heifers—Medium and Large 1880127.18/cwt126.25–129.001,119214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1915122.50/cwt120.00–123.501,1217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1967121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,17511
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned491155.50/cwt155.50–155.507644
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned538147.00/cwt147.00–147.007913

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.