Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2021-10-21

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Oct 21
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
1,612 head
▼ 315 vs last sale 1,927▲ 1,612 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. Offerings included several load lots. The tone of the market was firm. Trade 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 $159.95/cwt on 954 head.
Average price
$159.95
954 head · 776 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,241
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$246
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$17.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.39
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1748162.401,214798
Medium and Large 1-2675154.181,04141
Large 11,007145.011,460115
One grade step is worth $17.39/cwt here — about −$246 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 sale954 hd
159.95
—
IA average8 barns · 4,914 hd
160.34
−0.39
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

48 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned358191.00/cwt191.00–191.006843
Steers—Medium and Large 1464177.91/cwt175.00–180.0082610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471166.00/cwt166.00–166.0078211
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned486176.00/cwt176.00–176.008558
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned509172.18/cwt171.00–173.0087617
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned543157.00/cwt157.00–157.008533
Steers—Medium and Large 1559161.37/cwt152.00–166.0090230
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned575166.64/cwt163.50–171.5095836
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned621158.36/cwt158.00–159.0098314
Steers—Medium and Large 1628160.41/cwt154.00–164.501,00734
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0457
Steers—Medium and Large 1675166.70/cwt159.75–170.001,125146
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0634
Steers—Medium and Large 1730160.51/cwt157.50–166.001,17241
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy748155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1596
Steers—Large 1772137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,0627
Steers—Medium and Large 1782162.67/cwt153.50–166.251,272172
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2791153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,2107
Steers—Medium and Large 1816157.26/cwt150.00–163.501,28332
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2857142.26/cwt137.00–146.501,2199
Steers—Medium and Large 1873158.79/cwt156.75–160.851,386249
Steers—Large 11,022145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,487108
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2300155.00/cwt155.00–155.004655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned331175.00/cwt175.00–175.005795
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned393158.00/cwt158.00–158.006214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned410156.50/cwt156.50–156.506424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419161.30/cwt160.00–162.506766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464157.00/cwt157.00–157.007284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned489155.61/cwt152.00–160.0076118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518159.75/cwt156.50–161.2582825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529139.00/cwt139.00–139.007359
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned547153.92/cwt152.00–155.5084211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573149.36/cwt145.00–154.0085625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned580146.71/cwt143.00–153.0085119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633150.14/cwt148.00–151.0095025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674149.78/cwt148.00–151.501,01043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy704159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,12364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2709138.05/cwt133.50–140.0097924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740148.01/cwt147.00–151.001,09533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1767145.89/cwt145.50–146.001,11926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1816141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,1558
Heifers—Medium and Large 1869140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1927139.93/cwt139.75–141.501,29730
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned388168.00/cwt168.00–168.006522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned428161.00/cwt161.00–161.006892
Bulls—Medium and Large 1467152.00/cwt152.00–152.007105
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560148.00/cwt148.00–148.008292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned592139.00/cwt139.00–139.008235

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.