Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2021-04-08

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Apr 8
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
2,430 head
▲ 1,495 vs last sale 935▲ 2,430 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday steer calves 400-600 lbs. 5.00-10.00 higher, 600-900 lbs. mostly steady, 900-1050 lbs. strong market on several load lots. Heifer calves 400-600 lbs. 2.00-5.00 higher, 600-800 lbs. 5.00-8.00 higher with a number of load lots offered today. Trade active with good demand for the large offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.69/cwt on 1,355 head.
Average price
$144.69
1,355 head · 648 lb average
Value per head Derived
$937
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$194
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.00
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1640146.609391,137
Large 1709134.97957185
Medium and Large 1-2559133.3474533
One grade step is worth $13.26/cwt here — about $194 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 sale1,355 hd
144.69
—
IA average10 barns · 5,290 hd
142.69
+2.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

54 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1376214.92/cwt205.00–220.0080819
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned377198.55/cwt197.00–202.007496
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned408198.73/cwt195.00–202.508112
Steers—Medium and Large 1447194.12/cwt193.50–198.0086829
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy459222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,0215
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned470190.34/cwt184.00–194.0089523
Steers—Medium and Large 1480185.50/cwt184.00–187.508907
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533165.64/cwt164.00–168.0088317
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned534172.43/cwt170.00–175.0092115
Steers—Medium and Large 1540185.49/cwt174.00–189.251,00295
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned574162.42/cwt160.00–164.0093222
Steers—Medium and Large 1578173.16/cwt169.00–177.001,001176
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2613149.00/cwt149.00–149.009134
Steers—Medium and Large 1626157.46/cwt155.00–163.0098620
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned633145.00/cwt145.00–145.009182
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2681139.53/cwt137.00–150.0095010
Steers—Medium and Large 1685154.52/cwt153.50–161.001,05899
Steers—Medium and Large 1714153.35/cwt147.50–157.251,09558
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned722136.50/cwt136.50–136.5098615
Steers—Medium and Large 1774141.77/cwt135.50–145.001,09719
Steers—Medium and Large 1824129.02/cwt125.00–133.001,06316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2828119.50/cwt119.50–119.509894
Steers—Medium and Large 1894136.95/cwt136.50–137.001,22462
Steers—Medium and Large 1906136.17/cwt135.75–137.001,234168
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2927118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0947
Steers—Large 1989119.75/cwt119.75–119.751,1845
Steers—Medium and Large 11,018128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,308113
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310177.50/cwt177.50–177.505501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned375167.50/cwt167.50–167.506281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378160.00/cwt160.00–160.006053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned407156.00/cwt156.00–156.0063516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438152.36/cwt148.00–156.0066723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1456167.04/cwt167.00–168.0076229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned476148.53/cwt148.00–151.0070711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned513148.24/cwt141.00–150.0076015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519150.71/cwt144.00–152.2578241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed530161.50/cwt161.50–161.5085680
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531131.91/cwt130.00–140.0070020
Heifers—Large 1557137.00/cwt137.00–137.0076315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576137.56/cwt135.00–141.0079250
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy580149.75/cwt149.75–149.7586932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580127.00/cwt127.00–127.007374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned609132.00/cwt132.00–132.008044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed621154.50/cwt154.50–154.50959218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625139.54/cwt132.00–147.0087277
Heifers—Large 1681136.00/cwt136.00–136.00926107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1684143.02/cwt135.00–144.50978230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned707123.00/cwt123.00–123.0087012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719137.85/cwt132.00–142.75991178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2727129.00/cwt129.00–129.009386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1786134.54/cwt126.00–137.001,05785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement788169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,33230
Heifers—Large 1792132.75/cwt132.75–132.751,05163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1889124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,1074

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.