Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2021-12-09

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Dec 9
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
1,935 head
▼ 795 vs last sale 2,730▲ 112 vs year ago 1,823 · +6.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday steer calves 350-450 lbs.5.00 higher, 450-600 lbs. firm, 600-800 lbs. 4.00 higher. Heifer calves 350-700 lbs. 5.00-15.00 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 $175.89/cwt on 981 head.
Average price
$175.89
981 head · 591 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,040
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$3
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$24.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.93
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1598176.201,053921
Medium and Large 1-2469173.5581453
Large 1691152.001,0507thin
One grade step is worth $24.20/cwt here — about $3 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 sale981 hd
175.89
—
IA average10 barns · 9,139 hd
167.96
+7.93
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

61 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 1-2277196.00/cwt196.00–196.005437
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned364205.00/cwt205.00–205.007465
Steers—Medium and Large 1375213.33/cwt202.50–222.5080028
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378194.13/cwt190.00–196.007346
Steers—Medium and Large 1433203.22/cwt200.00–207.0088064
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned443196.76/cwt193.00–198.0087212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2444192.50/cwt192.00–193.008556
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned449181.00/cwt181.00–181.008134
Steers—Medium and Large 1485190.95/cwt185.00–201.0092628
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned492178.00/cwt178.00–178.008763
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned508187.32/cwt181.00–189.0095215
Steers—Medium and Large 1524186.34/cwt176.00–193.50976165
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524153.91/cwt144.00–160.0080614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned540151.56/cwt150.00–154.008185
Steers—Medium and Large 1568176.48/cwt173.00–181.001,00282
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned583179.23/cwt170.00–183.251,045106
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584167.00/cwt167.00–167.009758
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned600177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,06514
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed602183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,10510
Steers—Medium and Large 1632171.28/cwt167.00–179.501,082101
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned662166.33/cwt165.50–167.501,10134
Steers—Medium and Large 1667165.75/cwt161.50–167.001,10688
Steers—Large 1691152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0507
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned702159.75/cwt159.75–159.751,12115
Steers—Medium and Large 1708161.18/cwt157.50–162.501,14139
Steers—Medium and Large 1751145.95/cwt142.00–148.001,09641
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned757156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,1859
Steers—Medium and Large 1823148.69/cwt148.00–154.001,22457
Steers—Medium and Large 1867142.00/cwt141.00–145.001,2318
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270178.45/cwt176.00–181.004822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned301160.00/cwt160.00–160.004824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2309158.67/cwt151.00–160.004907
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned352162.50/cwt162.50–162.505722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384175.02/cwt172.00–181.0067245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned409169.25/cwt164.00–171.0069220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425167.16/cwt154.00–174.0071054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430146.04/cwt141.00–153.0062810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476147.70/cwt138.00–152.0070312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483167.89/cwt159.00–172.0081170
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned491158.54/cwt154.00–159.5077834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned493140.00/cwt140.00–140.006902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2509150.71/cwt142.00–155.0076711
Heifers—Large 1517150.08/cwt148.00–158.0077619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518169.51/cwt163.00–175.0087870
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned531171.87/cwt170.00–173.5091354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570138.65/cwt136.00–141.007905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned575162.01/cwt161.75–162.2593231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583156.13/cwt145.00–163.00910128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616148.89/cwt143.50–157.0091738
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned630149.71/cwt148.00–152.5094362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678141.15/cwt139.00–147.5095741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721136.03/cwt132.00–138.0098133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned742130.00/cwt130.00–130.009657
Heifers—Medium and Large 1762134.61/cwt134.50–136.001,02627
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328192.50/cwt192.50–192.506313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned343205.00/cwt205.00–205.007032
Bulls—Medium and Large 1456173.73/cwt170.00–182.007928
Bulls—Medium and Large 1513168.00/cwt168.00–168.008622
Bulls—Medium and Large 1562165.62/cwt159.50–169.0093114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1645138.00/cwt138.00–138.008903
Bulls—Medium and Large 1705127.00/cwt127.00–127.008957

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.