Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2021-05-20

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, May 20
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
2,697 head
▲ 1,144 vs last sale 1,553▲ 2,697 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 ( 5/6) steer calves 300-400 lbs. 25.00 higher, 400-700 lbs. 5.00-15.00 higher, 700-950 lbs. firm. Heifer calves 300-550 lbs. 15.00-20.00 higher, 550-800 lbs. 8.00-12.00 higher. Trade active with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.32/cwt on 1,686 head.
Average price
$151.32
1,686 head · 716 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,083
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$197
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.00
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1718151.381,0871,651
Medium and Large 1-2599148.6089135
One grade step is worth $2.77/cwt here — about $197 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 sale1,686 hd
151.32
—
IA average7 barns · 4,043 hd
147.32
+4.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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 1337199.40/cwt196.00–204.006725
Steers—Medium and Large 1390199.20/cwt195.00–205.007778
Steers—Medium and Large 1421189.77/cwt181.00–197.0079957
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2431172.00/cwt172.00–172.007417
Steers—Medium and Large 1472177.75/cwt170.00–180.0083969
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned492165.70/cwt161.00–169.0081519
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495156.00/cwt156.00–156.007724
Steers—Medium and Large 1521176.90/cwt169.00–183.00922112
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned528164.00/cwt164.00–164.008663
Steers—Medium and Large 1577170.05/cwt162.50–176.75981234
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned587153.72/cwt149.50–156.0090242
Steers—Medium and Large 1607171.18/cwt158.00–171.751,03973
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632145.18/cwt142.00–155.009186
Steers—Medium and Large 1672153.54/cwt146.50–157.751,032322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677139.00/cwt139.00–139.0094118
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned689134.00/cwt134.00–134.009239
Steers—Medium and Large 1738141.76/cwt139.50–147.501,04695
Steers—Medium and Large 1796138.05/cwt133.50–139.251,099133
Steers—Medium and Large 1865130.55/cwt120.00–133.501,12919
Steers—Medium and Large 1914127.75/cwt126.50–129.001,168208
Steers—Medium and Large 11,012125.62/cwt125.00–125.751,271243
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275158.26/cwt156.00–165.004355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340160.26/cwt151.00–165.5054519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367151.40/cwt148.00–163.005565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382167.00/cwt167.00–167.0063816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned416155.16/cwt151.50–157.506458
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425158.13/cwt151.00–163.5067271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429142.93/cwt137.00–146.006136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485154.20/cwt145.50–159.0074886
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490137.11/cwt135.00–139.5067211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned528135.02/cwt129.00–140.0071364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530152.34/cwt144.00–158.00807193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532132.12/cwt122.50–139.0070319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569135.20/cwt131.00–140.2576950
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579128.05/cwt125.00–130.0074113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned594132.00/cwt132.00–132.007845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned610120.00/cwt120.00–120.007323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625136.23/cwt127.00–142.0085172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673123.68/cwt121.00–125.008326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679133.86/cwt131.75–136.0090980
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy696124.50/cwt124.50–124.5086711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725124.21/cwt120.00–128.0090149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761126.37/cwt117.00–128.5096256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820120.00/cwt120.00–120.009847
Heifers—Medium and Large 1861119.81/cwt118.00–121.001,03215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1972112.98/cwt111.00–114.001,09826

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.