Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2022-11-10

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Nov 10
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
2,761 head
▲ 441 vs last sale 2,320▲ 517 vs year ago 2,244 · +23.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Several load lots with good demand and active trade. Many high quality yearlings and freshly weaned calves. Steers under 550 pounds were 4.50 to 23.00 lower compared to 2 weeks ago, while steers over 550 pounds were mixed. Heifers under 600 pounds were 12.50 to 23.00 lower compared to 2 weeks ago, while heifers over 600 pounds were mixed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $189.85/cwt on 1,570 head.
Average price
$189.85
1,570 head · 646 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,226
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$189
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.79
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1642191.471,2291,484
Large 11,013164.001,66116thin
Medium and Large 1-2644161.471,04070
One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $189 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 sale1,570 hd
189.85
—
IA average9 barns · 5,975 hd
185.07
+4.79
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

60 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1314216.28/cwt210.00–221.006797
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned325199.50/cwt199.50–199.5064811
Steers—Medium and Large 1379209.15/cwt199.00–217.5079341
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned389190.00/cwt190.00–190.0073924
Steers—Medium and Large 1432198.27/cwt193.00–206.0085720
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned436202.00/cwt202.00–202.008816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2441166.00/cwt166.00–166.007324
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy445233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,03730
Steers—Medium and Large 1475201.00/cwt191.50–215.50955134
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned486210.45/cwt200.00–221.001,02328
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2496162.50/cwt162.50–162.508064
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy497228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,13356
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned525191.75/cwt190.00–194.001,00717
Steers—Medium and Large 1529192.89/cwt175.00–196.501,02075
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy534220.75/cwt220.75–220.751,17915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534169.50/cwt165.00–174.0090510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned563167.00/cwt167.00–167.009403
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573170.00/cwt170.00–170.009744
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned574190.60/cwt182.00–199.751,094134
Steers—Medium and Large 1577199.76/cwt177.00–204.001,15399
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,07410
Steers—Medium and Large 1630174.08/cwt170.00–177.751,09740
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned633189.04/cwt181.50–195.501,19722
Steers—Medium and Large 1656180.46/cwt167.00–189.251,184141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned660162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0695
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned664178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,1854
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned700174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,2189
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy719196.51/cwt195.75–197.001,413189
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727153.01/cwt150.00–158.001,11217
Steers—Medium and Large 1760175.95/cwt164.50–179.501,33760
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2767150.70/cwt150.00–151.001,15610
Steers—Medium and Large 1835173.75/cwt172.50–174.501,45183
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2863145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2513
Steers—Medium and Large 1879176.65/cwt173.50–179.001,553239
Steers—Large 11,013164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,66116
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1337167.70/cwt150.00–173.0056525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388160.00/cwt160.00–160.006213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2410165.00/cwt165.00–165.006779
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424165.74/cwt160.00–171.0070341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned441168.00/cwt168.00–168.007415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned465160.00/cwt160.00–160.0074417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475162.30/cwt150.00–172.0077139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2488157.93/cwt150.00–160.0077123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2502150.00/cwt150.00–150.007533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy509195.00/cwt195.00–195.0099314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520165.46/cwt150.00–173.00860103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy555193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,0749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned563168.83/cwt163.00–170.0095125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584167.43/cwt150.00–172.0097885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616180.57/cwt166.00–182.501,112134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2636146.43/cwt142.00–148.0093111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674148.14/cwt145.00–153.0099815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679168.18/cwt164.00–172.501,14234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2712142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729175.75/cwt175.00–176.001,28193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776170.59/cwt170.50–171.001,32485
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2822147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,20831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy906145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3147
Heifers—Large 11,085126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,3675
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1393203.00/cwt203.00–203.007986

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.