Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2021-02-04

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Feb 4
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
2,226 head
▲ 953 vs last sale 1,273▼ 79 vs year ago 2,305 · −3.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous Thursday steer calves mostly steady, heifer calves firm with 650-850 lb. feeders haveing a weaker undertone. Trade active with good demand . Quite a few load lots offered today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.06/cwt on 1,321 head.
Average price
$139.06
1,321 head · 733 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,020
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$200
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$12.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.02
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1737139.281,0271,260
Medium and Large 1-2652136.8689347
Large 1-2651127.0082714thin
One grade step is worth $12.28/cwt here — about $200 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 sale1,321 hd
139.06
—
IA average10 barns · 8,789 hd
144.08
−5.02
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1475167.00/cwt167.00–167.007933
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477151.00/cwt151.00–151.0072013
Steers—Medium and Large 1509174.00/cwt174.00–174.008867
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532153.28/cwt150.00–158.008155
Steers—Medium and Large 1575155.16/cwt147.00–159.0089262
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582147.64/cwt145.00–149.008599
Steers—Large 1-2596131.00/cwt131.00–131.0078110
Steers—Medium and Large 1616149.25/cwt143.25–152.25919113
Steers—Medium and Large 1663145.56/cwt140.50–148.75965133
Steers—Medium and Large 1725140.11/cwt133.00–142.851,016494
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2729121.70/cwt120.00–127.008874
Steers—Medium and Large 1768137.37/cwt129.50–139.501,055120
Steers—Large 1-2790117.00/cwt117.00–117.009244
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2824119.50/cwt119.50–119.509859
Steers—Medium and Large 1834130.23/cwt123.45–134.001,086214
Steers—Medium and Large 1869129.79/cwt125.00–132.751,12881
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2889116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0317
Steers—Medium and Large 1940118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,10925
Steers—Medium and Large 1981111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,0948
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418133.53/cwt127.00–137.005588
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484135.17/cwt135.00–136.0065412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522129.37/cwt127.00–133.0067530
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578135.84/cwt128.50–139.0078591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580118.76/cwt115.00–122.006895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616131.75/cwt126.00–135.0081269
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628118.85/cwt116.00–120.5074611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy664136.00/cwt136.00–136.0090319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678126.99/cwt123.10–130.25861255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy713133.35/cwt133.35–133.3595115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715121.96/cwt120.50–122.1087276
Heifers—Medium and Large 1779123.84/cwt120.00–125.25965103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1807120.66/cwt119.75–122.5097421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1900119.75/cwt119.75–119.751,07812

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.