Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2021-07-22

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Jul 22
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
769 head
▼ 642 vs last sale 1,411▲ 769 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the light offerings. Load lots were included in the supply. Trade was active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.01/cwt on 495 head.
Average price
$143.01
495 head · 722 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,032
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$32
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$16.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.65
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1726143.211,039483
Medium and Large 1-2480137.786619thin
Large 1793127.001,0073thin
One grade step is worth $16.21/cwt here — about $32 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 sale495 hd
143.01
—
IA average6 barns · 1,396 hd
137.36
+5.65
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

20 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Large 1475160.00/cwt160.00–160.007603
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538165.00/cwt165.00–165.0088811
Steers—Medium and Large 1568171.12/cwt164.00–176.0097219
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577154.19/cwt147.00–158.0089011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610149.05/cwt140.00–155.0090910
Steers—Medium and Large 1613156.00/cwt156.00–156.009564
Steers—Medium and Large 1683158.85/cwt156.50–162.001,08565
Steers—Medium and Large 1740150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1105
Steers—Medium and Large 1895135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,20811
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2444140.00/cwt140.00–140.006225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470151.00/cwt151.00–151.0071011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510153.11/cwt146.00–161.5078132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525135.00/cwt135.00–135.007094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1594143.53/cwt143.50–144.0085357
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637144.00/cwt144.00–144.0091719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1689143.25/cwt135.00–144.25987118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769141.77/cwt132.00–145.101,090113
Heifers—Large 1793127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1848135.75/cwt135.75–135.751,15111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1865141.60/cwt141.60–141.601,225122

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.