Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2022-02-24

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Feb 24
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
2,145 head
▼ 570 vs last sale 2,715▼ 1,055 vs year ago 3,200 · −33.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday steer calves 400-550 lbs. 4.00 higher, 550-700 lbs. 5.00 lower, over 700 lbs. firm. Heifer calves 450-800 lbs. 5.00 lower, over 800 lbs. firm. Trade active with good demand . A number of load lots from 650 lbs. and up in todays offerings of steers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.78/cwt on 1,508 head.
Average price
$164.78
1,508 head · 776 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,279
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$235
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.40
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1779165.211,2861,461
Medium and Large 1-2694151.421,05247
One grade step is worth $13.80/cwt here — about $235 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 sale1,508 hd
164.78
—
IA average11 barns · 11,930 hd
170.19
−5.40
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1368202.50/cwt202.50–202.507452
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2377181.84/cwt174.00–187.506865
Steers—Medium and Large 1440208.20/cwt204.00–212.5091612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2456187.00/cwt187.00–187.008534
Steers—Medium and Large 1488205.15/cwt198.00–210.001,0015
Steers—Medium and Large 1537209.54/cwt207.00–213.001,12537
Steers—Medium and Large 1576190.47/cwt187.50–197.001,09743
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625172.43/cwt170.00–174.001,0785
Steers—Medium and Large 1632182.74/cwt177.00–186.501,15596
Steers—Medium and Large 1673179.10/cwt174.00–185.501,205418
Steers—Medium and Large 1719165.83/cwt157.00–176.001,19247
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed762171.25/cwt171.25–171.251,30599
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2782139.31/cwt136.00–142.001,08933
Steers—Medium and Large 1785154.57/cwt151.00–166.001,213178
Steers—Medium and Large 1818150.98/cwt143.50–154.501,23549
Steers—Medium and Large 1850155.14/cwt150.25–158.101,319106
Steers—Medium and Large 1913143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,31089
Steers—Medium and Large 1952145.25/cwt145.25–145.251,383116
Steers—Medium and Large 11,043142.85/cwt142.85–142.851,490153
Steers—Medium and Large 11,085138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,49711
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320154.83/cwt152.50–160.004954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366185.73/cwt180.00–192.5068013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2390159.00/cwt159.00–159.006202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2406170.31/cwt155.00–177.006918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418199.26/cwt193.50–200.7583324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482177.41/cwt173.00–180.008558
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490157.00/cwt155.00–159.007692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2512136.87/cwt130.00–151.0070111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531174.98/cwt167.00–178.0092964
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583164.07/cwt158.00–171.0095752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2588146.70/cwt141.00–150.0086313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623158.90/cwt149.00–165.75990106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630130.03/cwt128.00–131.008193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2667131.97/cwt126.00–134.008808
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677152.30/cwt148.00–156.501,03112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714153.23/cwt146.00–154.601,094152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776147.25/cwt147.25–147.251,14317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1863130.99/cwt130.00–132.001,13010

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.