Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2021-01-21

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Jan 21
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
1,586 head
▼ 1,067 vs last sale 2,653▲ 1,586 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, 700-750 lbs sharply higher at 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder Heifers sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher with 600-700 lbs selling 8.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.23/cwt on 936 head.
Average price
$137.23
936 head · 774 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,062
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$283
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$22.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.27
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2488160.007817thin
Medium and Large 1776137.061,064929
One grade step is worth $22.94/cwt here — about −$283 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 sale936 hd
137.23
—
IA average12 barns · 12,018 hd
138.50
−1.27
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

22 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488160.00/cwt160.00–160.007817
Steers—Medium and Large 1529163.00/cwt163.00–163.008627
Steers—Medium and Large 1580154.83/cwt149.50–158.50898107
Steers—Medium and Large 1619146.78/cwt144.50–151.0090916
Steers—Medium and Large 1671144.13/cwt139.50–145.5096790
Steers—Medium and Large 1719143.12/cwt134.75–146.501,029286
Steers—Medium and Large 1778131.07/cwt128.75–134.751,02034
Steers—Medium and Large 1819126.39/cwt124.25–128.501,03536
Steers—Medium and Large 1885126.01/cwt120.50–126.501,115235
Steers—Medium and Large 1980125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,225118
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421142.00/cwt142.00–142.0059810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481140.35/cwt140.00–140.5067510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2503130.50/cwt130.50–130.506564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543142.42/cwt138.00–143.0077349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567133.25/cwt128.00–134.5075658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2596121.53/cwt121.00–122.0072415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634131.84/cwt129.25–134.5083653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2656125.50/cwt125.50–125.508237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676134.95/cwt133.25–135.50912118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720123.19/cwt119.00–123.5088730
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768129.81/cwt123.25–132.5099728
Heifers—Medium and Large 1835119.00/cwt119.00–119.009943

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.