Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2021-09-30

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Sep 30
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
1,927 head
▼ 284 vs last sale 2,211▲ 1,927 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 moderate offerings. Several load lots were included in the offerings. Trading was active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.10/cwt on 971 head.
Average price
$155.10
971 head · 769 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,192
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$208
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.09
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1781156.201,220846
Medium and Large 1-2685147.701,012125
One grade step is worth $8.50/cwt here — about $208 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 sale971 hd
155.10
—
IA average6 barns · 3,252 hd
154.02
+1.09
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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned314179.00/cwt179.00–179.005624
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned395174.00/cwt174.00–174.006873
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2463164.20/cwt160.00–165.5076017
Steers—Medium and Large 1467172.93/cwt171.00–179.0080821
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned483181.00/cwt181.00–181.0087413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2550153.00/cwt153.00–153.008425
Steers—Medium and Large 1566167.00/cwt167.00–167.009459
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned627145.00/cwt145.00–145.009093
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2629145.91/cwt141.00–152.0091812
Steers—Medium and Large 1634156.96/cwt155.50–159.5099540
Steers—Medium and Large 1666160.41/cwt154.00–167.751,06830
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2697148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,03225
Steers—Medium and Large 1724158.22/cwt150.00–167.001,146174
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2726142.97/cwt141.50–144.001,03812
Steers—Medium and Large 1787159.00/cwt156.00–161.501,251250
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2788141.36/cwt139.00–145.001,11410
Steers—Medium and Large 1821157.72/cwt148.25–158.851,295150
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2844136.69/cwt132.00–141.501,15416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2869137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,19118
Steers—Medium and Large 1874143.01/cwt140.50–145.001,25038
Steers—Medium and Large 1923140.68/cwt139.00–141.251,29847
Steers—Medium and Large 1969146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,41560
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy980130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,27414
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned404144.00/cwt144.00–144.005825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460145.50/cwt145.50–145.506694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned488137.50/cwt137.50–137.5067117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528148.00/cwt148.00–148.007818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629149.96/cwt148.00–152.7594333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2644140.51/cwt140.00–141.0090531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1686147.40/cwt145.50–150.501,01173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724144.95/cwt138.50–148.501,049132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769145.26/cwt140.00–147.251,11790
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2809125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1819137.44/cwt135.00–138.251,12619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy860147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,26446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1867140.93/cwt135.10–145.751,222112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1927139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,2933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy943132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,24914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1994121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,2034
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1405161.00/cwt161.00–161.006523
Bulls—Medium and Large 1476158.09/cwt154.00–161.007535
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555140.00/cwt140.00–140.0077714
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned670131.00/cwt131.00–131.008782
Bulls—Medium and Large 199296.00/cwt96.00–96.009523

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.