Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2022-01-06

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Jan 6
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
2,102 head
▲ 167 vs last sale 1,935▼ 988 vs year ago 3,090 · −32.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend is available as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Buyer attendance and demand was good for a good sale supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.81/cwt on 1,167 head.
Average price
$164.81
1,167 head · 720 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,187
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$296
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$26.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.57
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1708167.421,185950
Medium and Large 1-2670158.031,059157
Large 11,048141.231,48060
One grade step is worth $26.20/cwt here — about −$296 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 sale1,167 hd
164.81
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IA average12 barns · 13,907 hd
171.38
−6.57
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

47 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 1403207.50/cwt207.50–207.508362
Steers—Medium and Large 1469208.66/cwt206.00–218.0097917
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471191.32/cwt187.50–194.0090114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517177.50/cwt177.50–177.5091811
Steers—Medium and Large 1519198.75/cwt187.00–204.001,03233
Steers—Medium and Large 1577186.71/cwt184.00–192.001,07785
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583171.02/cwt160.00–178.5099733
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2614160.72/cwt150.00–163.0098723
Steers—Medium and Large 1628172.54/cwt165.00–179.001,084156
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673147.94/cwt140.00–154.0099615
Steers—Medium and Large 1679170.87/cwt163.00–178.751,160247
Steers—Medium and Large 1723159.40/cwt154.50–166.751,152109
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723141.50/cwt135.00–146.001,02312
Steers—Medium and Large 1778152.94/cwt148.25–156.751,190128
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2793141.02/cwt137.00–144.501,11815
Steers—Medium and Large 1822152.56/cwt143.50–156.251,25460
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2824145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,19912
Steers—Medium and Large 1864148.00/cwt147.50–148.501,27914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2865139.11/cwt138.00–142.001,20322
Steers—Medium and Large 1927155.16/cwt145.50–159.251,43899
Steers—Large 1929138.22/cwt131.00–144.501,28411
Steers—Large 11,075141.90/cwt133.50–142.251,52549
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2414155.75/cwt150.00–159.0064515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427165.50/cwt163.00–170.0070724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489153.56/cwt151.00–155.0075124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529140.27/cwt140.00–141.007427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531154.45/cwt150.00–159.0082077
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577152.09/cwt149.00–155.75878186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586140.21/cwt130.00–146.0082230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624139.79/cwt138.50–141.0087251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626150.84/cwt144.00–153.7594452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673147.95/cwt145.00–150.00996148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719145.93/cwt144.00–147.251,04948
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2723142.74/cwt142.50–143.001,0328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,13910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1811134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,08711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1861134.95/cwt134.00–137.001,16216
Heifers—Large 1990120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1882
Heifers—Large 11,129126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,42316
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1388161.00/cwt161.00–161.006253
Bulls—Medium and Large 1452184.00/cwt184.00–184.008323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505163.00/cwt163.00–163.008233
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578152.00/cwt152.00–152.008794
Bulls—Medium and Large 1624150.00/cwt150.00–150.009367
Bulls—Medium and Large 1667161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,07415
Bulls—Medium and Large 1739150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,10912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1791139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0994

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.