Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2021-05-06

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, May 6
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
1,553 head
▲ 428 vs last sale 1,125▲ 1,553 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous Thursday feeder calves mostly 3.00-4.00 higher with several load lots 750-800 lbs. 8.00 higher, heifer calves 350-700 lbs. 3.00-5.00 lower, 700-800 lb. load lots sold firm. Trade moderate with moderate demand on most offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.19/cwt on 891 head.
Average price
$145.19
891 head · 711 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,033
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$370
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$22.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.71
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2430155.1566733
Medium and Large 1716146.031,046782
Large 1784132.261,03776
One grade step is worth $22.89/cwt here — about −$370 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 sale891 hd
145.19
—
IA average7 barns · 2,712 hd
141.48
+3.71
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

50 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2290169.37/cwt168.00–170.004913
Steers—Medium and Large 1324170.00/cwt170.00–170.005516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2339159.61/cwt158.00–165.005418
Steers—Medium and Large 1369167.56/cwt167.00–168.0061812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2393160.00/cwt160.00–160.006297
Steers—Medium and Large 1422184.28/cwt180.00–186.0077814
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned471161.00/cwt161.00–161.0075811
Steers—Medium and Large 1482170.45/cwt165.00–177.0082225
Steers—Large 1483158.00/cwt158.00–158.007637
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2490150.00/cwt150.00–150.007355
Steers—Large 1508149.05/cwt146.50–150.0075715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2508147.00/cwt147.00–147.007476
Steers—Medium and Large 1519161.60/cwt154.00–164.0083941
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned538155.00/cwt155.00–155.008345
Steers—Medium and Large 1587158.05/cwt154.75–159.0092853
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned588148.00/cwt148.00–148.0087011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589145.73/cwt145.00–148.008584
Steers—Medium and Large 1622147.51/cwt145.00–151.5091825
Steers—Large 1631140.54/cwt137.00–142.008877
Steers—Large 1Unweaned636135.00/cwt135.00–135.008594
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned639134.00/cwt134.00–134.008567
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy677153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,036155
Steers—Medium and Large 1688135.55/cwt134.50–137.2593339
Steers—Large 1Unweaned726125.50/cwt125.50–125.509118
Steers—Medium and Large 1784142.53/cwt141.75–143.501,117137
Steers—Medium and Large 1801143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,14958
Steers—Medium and Large 1869131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,143111
Steers—Medium and Large 1927126.03/cwt125.00–129.751,16872
Steers—Large 11,024119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,22435
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Large 1275145.00/cwt145.00–145.003992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327144.08/cwt142.00–145.004713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361140.42/cwt140.00–141.005077
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416141.85/cwt140.00–146.0059024
Heifers—Large 1441128.09/cwt127.00–130.0056511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned457142.58/cwt139.00–143.5065215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470135.70/cwt130.00–140.0063845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519131.65/cwt127.00–135.0068343
Heifers—Large 1556125.00/cwt125.00–125.006955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned574126.97/cwt125.00–130.5072919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576127.57/cwt126.00–132.0073515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned600124.50/cwt124.50–124.507474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631123.28/cwt120.00–125.0077828
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned642118.00/cwt118.00–118.0075822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1656124.00/cwt124.00–124.0081324
Heifers—Large 1698115.00/cwt115.00–115.008032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1738126.60/cwt126.60–126.60934142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1791118.25/cwt118.25–118.2593554
Heifers—Large 1907111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0079
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1466158.00/cwt158.00–158.007365
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555146.00/cwt146.00–146.008102

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.