Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2021-01-14

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Jan 14
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
2,653 head
▼ 437 vs last sale 3,090▼ 214 vs year ago 2,867 · −7.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday steer calves 4.00-8.00 lower and heifer calves 3.00-6.00 lower. Trade active with good demand for the large numbers offered.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.12/cwt on 1,585 head.
Average price
$138.12
1,585 head · 683 lb average
Value per head Derived
$944
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.28
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1685138.309471,536
Medium and Large 1-2633132.6584049
One grade step is worth $5.65/cwt here — about $107 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 sale1,585 hd
138.12
—
IA average15 barns · 17,311 hd
140.41
−2.28
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

45 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365167.00/cwt167.00–167.006104
Steers—Medium and Large 1431173.47/cwt167.00–176.5074824
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned436168.00/cwt168.00–168.007326
Steers—Medium and Large 1481168.63/cwt166.50–176.0081150
Steers—Medium and Large 1519157.48/cwt153.25–165.00817128
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned533151.36/cwt151.00–152.0080714
Steers—Medium and Large 1577151.76/cwt144.50–157.50876108
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582139.81/cwt136.00–143.0081413
Steers—Medium and Large 1617146.68/cwt141.00–149.2590590
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned631130.97/cwt129.75–138.5082632
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2641134.03/cwt130.00–135.0085915
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy645133.50/cwt133.50–133.508619
Steers—Medium and Large 1665141.76/cwt134.00–147.00943369
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674122.94/cwt120.00–125.008295
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy697126.00/cwt126.00–126.0087818
Steers—Medium and Large 1726129.21/cwt124.00–131.50938258
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2733117.00/cwt117.00–117.008582
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2756115.51/cwt110.00–121.0087310
Steers—Medium and Large 1775127.18/cwt121.00–134.50986201
Steers—Medium and Large 1833124.24/cwt122.50–125.001,035146
Steers—Medium and Large 1880121.93/cwt118.50–123.501,07363
Steers—Medium and Large 1933115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,07315
Steers—Medium and Large 1994108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,0745
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned344150.00/cwt150.00–150.005164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1356151.00/cwt151.00–151.005384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416143.77/cwt142.00–145.0059851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned435139.00/cwt139.00–139.0060511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480146.00/cwt146.00–146.007014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned496130.00/cwt130.00–130.006455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515133.35/cwt130.00–137.50687102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528123.60/cwt120.00–129.506539
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned546120.02/cwt119.50–122.0065528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573130.87/cwt126.00–136.00750156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned581117.00/cwt117.00–117.0068025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2595116.25/cwt110.00–119.5069215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2607116.56/cwt115.00–117.507088
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627123.64/cwt120.00–126.00775136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned665110.00/cwt110.00–110.0073210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669119.16/cwt117.00–122.7579770
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730119.52/cwt115.00–121.00872161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761119.68/cwt116.00–120.2591146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1801118.50/cwt118.50–118.509499
Heifers—Medium and Large 1889109.90/cwt107.00–114.7597740
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned421171.74/cwt170.00–173.0072312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned554131.50/cwt131.50–131.5072917

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.