Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2021-03-11

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Mar 11
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
2,055 head
▼ 1,145 vs last sale 3,200▲ 2,055 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report two weeks ago (2/25) steer calves 450-600 lbs. steady to 3.00 higher, 600-850 lbs. firm to 3.00 lower. Heifer calves mostly steady. Trade active with good demand for the moderate offering of mostly larger cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.66/cwt on 1,067 head.
Average price
$140.66
1,067 head · 747 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,050
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$187
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$7.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.63
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2587148.2187041
Medium and Large 1753140.351,0571,026
One grade step is worth $7.86/cwt here — about −$187 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 sale1,067 hd
140.66
—
IA average10 barns · 6,649 hd
140.03
+0.63
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 1368176.80/cwt171.00–179.006515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2427172.63/cwt170.00–174.007375
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned465157.99/cwt157.00–164.007357
Steers—Medium and Large 1474168.52/cwt160.00–178.007998
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned508167.00/cwt167.00–167.008484
Steers—Medium and Large 1535176.79/cwt173.50–181.2594645
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535152.99/cwt151.00–157.008185
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568149.79/cwt146.50–154.0085114
Steers—Medium and Large 1573157.83/cwt155.00–163.009047
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned577153.00/cwt153.00–153.008833
Steers—Medium and Large 1631153.51/cwt149.00–155.0096969
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634141.00/cwt137.00–145.008947
Steers—Medium and Large 1672147.68/cwt141.50–156.50992170
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2687136.44/cwt135.00–140.0093710
Steers—Medium and Large 1734141.43/cwt135.50–145.251,03885
Steers—Medium and Large 1773134.60/cwt130.00–140.001,040199
Steers—Medium and Large 1811135.63/cwt130.25–137.001,100311
Steers—Medium and Large 1871123.98/cwt120.00–127.501,08041
Steers—Medium and Large 1923123.63/cwt123.00–124.001,14127
Steers—Medium and Large 1986119.84/cwt119.25–125.001,18228
Steers—Medium and Large 11,029118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,21917
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned332147.90/cwt146.00–150.004914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345137.00/cwt137.00–137.004732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369150.06/cwt148.00–154.005543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned375142.89/cwt140.50–145.005368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378133.21/cwt128.00–141.505049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423132.03/cwt130.00–135.005583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435148.38/cwt143.00–149.0064520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1495142.64/cwt141.00–143.0070622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned517134.88/cwt134.00–138.5069714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527146.22/cwt142.00–149.0077161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535136.29/cwt134.00–138.0072913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565139.50/cwt128.00–142.0078844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568143.06/cwt138.00–146.0081367
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618128.35/cwt127.00–129.0079312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned621129.00/cwt129.00–129.008018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626135.06/cwt132.00–139.00845109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676126.95/cwt122.00–131.7585888
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy716135.50/cwt135.50–135.5097036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728124.38/cwt122.50–126.5090579
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768126.64/cwt117.00–128.50973128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1811124.73/cwt123.00–125.001,01230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1860123.61/cwt120.50–125.501,06338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1914114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,04215

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.