Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2022-10-06

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Oct 6
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
1,500 head
▼ 1,056 vs last sale 2,556▲ 1,500 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent sales data for comparison. Demand was good with many load lots of heavier cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $187.30/cwt on 893 head.
Average price
$187.30
893 head · 729 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,365
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$289
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$30.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.13
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1705191.731,351752
Medium and Large 1-2507168.7385544
Large 11,016161.381,64097
One grade step is worth $30.35/cwt here — about −$289 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 sale893 hd
187.30
—
IA average7 barns · 3,877 hd
180.18
+7.13
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1326229.04/cwt227.50–230.007478
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2355197.50/cwt197.50–197.507013
Steers—Medium and Large 1357226.26/cwt217.00–231.0080827
Steers—Medium and Large 1407233.07/cwt229.00–234.0094955
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2414186.00/cwt186.00–186.007704
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy423203.00/cwt203.00–203.0085910
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned469197.07/cwt191.00–205.009247
Steers—Medium and Large 1478227.98/cwt222.00–229.001,09072
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned506220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,11614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2514161.00/cwt161.00–161.0082818
Steers—Medium and Large 1519211.29/cwt208.00–214.001,09718
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned544167.87/cwt160.00–175.0091319
Steers—Medium and Large 1570197.61/cwt187.00–202.001,12619
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned608172.11/cwt170.00–173.001,04610
Steers—Medium and Large 1661174.83/cwt174.00–175.001,15617
Steers—Medium and Large 1724176.75/cwt162.00–179.501,28096
Steers—Medium and Large 1784185.01/cwt170.00–186.001,45078
Steers—Medium and Large 1831185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,54268
Steers—Medium and Large 1875175.15/cwt166.50–177.251,533249
Steers—Medium and Large 1933159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,4834
Steers—Large 11,016161.38/cwt153.00–161.751,64097
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2352170.00/cwt170.00–170.005985
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377192.95/cwt175.00–199.0072770
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned429172.06/cwt170.00–174.0073810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434175.70/cwt165.00–183.0076323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned455199.00/cwt199.00–199.009058
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462159.76/cwt150.00–165.007389
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472190.93/cwt170.00–196.0090165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510155.00/cwt155.00–155.0079110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521179.02/cwt170.00–180.7593325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned538153.00/cwt153.00–153.0082311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned554151.00/cwt151.00–151.008377
Heifers—Medium and Large 1559171.19/cwt160.00–177.0095735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634170.96/cwt168.50–172.501,08451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,1115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2714150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,0755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733170.49/cwt160.00–172.251,25044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1871140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2194
Heifers—Large 11,170134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,5744
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1453165.00/cwt165.00–165.007475
Bulls—Medium and Large 1798132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0534
Bulls—Medium and Large 1998110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0985

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.