Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2022-02-17

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Feb 17
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
2,715 head
▲ 342 vs last sale 2,373▲ 2,715 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steer calves under 700 lbs. were mostly 8.00 higher; 700-900 lbs. sold 2.00-6.00 higher. Heifers under 650 lbs. were 3.00-10.00 higher; 650-800 lbs. sold 3.00-6.00 higher. Demand was good for the heavy 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 $175.13/cwt on 1,745 head.
Average price
$175.13
1,745 head · 702 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,230
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$227
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$43.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.54
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1696177.041,2321,607
Medium and Large 1-2728155.841,135120
Large 11,096133.131,45918thin
One grade step is worth $43.91/cwt here — about −$227 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 sale1,745 hd
175.13
—
IA average7 barns · 5,792 hd
171.58
+3.54
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

49 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1374212.50/cwt212.50–212.507954
Steers—Medium and Large 1479209.14/cwt201.00–216.001,00221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned498180.00/cwt180.00–180.008964
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2513179.00/cwt179.00–179.009188
Steers—Medium and Large 1522208.50/cwt197.00–217.001,088112
Steers—Medium and Large 1578198.51/cwt194.00–209.251,147181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0193
Steers—Medium and Large 1631187.38/cwt178.00–194.501,182259
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2645165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0646
Steers—Medium and Large 1664182.72/cwt176.50–187.501,213131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned667151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0078
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2671163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,09718
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727161.29/cwt161.00–161.501,17316
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy728160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,16813
Steers—Medium and Large 1729169.95/cwt165.50–175.001,239525
Steers—Medium and Large 1771164.24/cwt155.00–166.751,266153
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2791149.07/cwt148.00–150.001,17917
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy798146.75/cwt146.75–146.751,17115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2804139.25/cwt138.00–140.001,1208
Steers—Medium and Large 1831150.73/cwt146.00–155.001,25349
Steers—Medium and Large 1866153.81/cwt148.00–157.501,332110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2869144.28/cwt142.00–145.001,25417
Steers—Medium and Large 1943135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,27312
Steers—Medium and Large 1972139.10/cwt135.00–139.751,35237
Steers—Large 11,096133.13/cwt131.00–135.251,45918
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428184.60/cwt180.00–190.0079016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429170.00/cwt170.00–170.007295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned443177.00/cwt177.00–177.007844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1459173.00/cwt173.00–173.007945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515175.34/cwt167.00–180.0090364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515153.36/cwt145.00–162.0079018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575171.44/cwt165.50–177.00986135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned577160.00/cwt160.00–160.009239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2587160.45/cwt160.00–162.0094230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619166.30/cwt157.00–169.751,029143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627155.00/cwt155.00–155.0097217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy649146.00/cwt146.00–146.009484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674157.91/cwt149.00–161.251,064152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2695148.00/cwt147.00–149.001,0296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1713151.98/cwt145.00–154.251,08449
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned717140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765148.95/cwt143.00–151.501,13924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1803144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,1566
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2829131.86/cwt131.00–132.501,09314
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy870138.25/cwt138.25–138.251,20321
Heifers—Large 11,017125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2715
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1495168.00/cwt168.00–168.008322
Bulls—Medium and Large 1524168.50/cwt168.50–168.508834
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618157.00/cwt157.00–157.009705

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.