Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2022-12-01

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Dec 1
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
2,280 head
▼ 481 vs last sale 2,761▼ 450 vs year ago 2,730 · −16.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good supply of quality cattle. Several freshly weaned calves. No recent sales for comparison.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $163.00/cwt on 986 head.
Average price
$163.00
986 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$938
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.60
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1578163.42944959
Medium and Large 1-2493148.1873127
One grade step is worth $15.24/cwt here — about $213 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 sale986 hd
163.00
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IA average8 barns · 6,184 hd
170.60
−7.60
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 1Unweaned320235.00/cwt235.00–235.007523
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned377199.42/cwt190.00–218.0075221
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned433204.79/cwt202.00–207.0088718
Steers—Medium and Large 1444196.38/cwt193.00–201.008727
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2450170.00/cwt170.00–170.007653
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned477210.36/cwt191.00–215.501,00352
Steers—Medium and Large 1481204.35/cwt190.00–215.5098379
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned528199.21/cwt180.00–205.001,05263
Steers—Medium and Large 1529206.29/cwt194.00–210.501,09173
Steers—Medium and Large 1578187.15/cwt175.00–196.001,082104
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned579186.13/cwt170.00–190.001,07857
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned623182.70/cwt165.00–186.501,13854
Steers—Medium and Large 1633184.47/cwt176.00–188.001,168150
Steers—Medium and Large 1654185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,21315
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned671180.59/cwt179.50–181.501,21224
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned719173.50/cwt173.50–173.501,24715
Steers—Medium and Large 1722174.39/cwt169.00–177.251,25986
Steers—Medium and Large 1765170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,30110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned808145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1728
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2855151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,2953
Steers—Medium and Large 1863171.18/cwt153.00–174.751,47774
Steers—Medium and Large 1927145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3443
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned343165.00/cwt165.00–165.005663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2349144.00/cwt144.00–144.005034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned379176.25/cwt175.00–177.006688
Heifers—Medium and Large 1397174.00/cwt174.00–174.006916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned413173.48/cwt165.00–183.0071647
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429174.45/cwt163.00–184.0074819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned482163.58/cwt156.00–173.0078886
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484168.64/cwt157.00–176.0081687
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned502162.50/cwt162.50–162.508169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2507152.68/cwt145.00–155.0077413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527172.92/cwt161.00–184.0091173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned573160.78/cwt140.00–165.00921150
Heifers—Medium and Large 1587161.88/cwt145.00–170.00950173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2588135.00/cwt135.00–135.007944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned613153.55/cwt145.00–160.0094120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617163.42/cwt143.00–167.501,008128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2652135.00/cwt135.00–135.008803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1682152.86/cwt144.00–157.501,04327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718157.97/cwt157.50–160.001,13442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1750160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,20044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy767140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1848152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,28925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1910153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,39212
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned638146.00/cwt146.00–146.009313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1693120.00/cwt120.00–120.008325

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.