Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2023-06-15

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Jun 15
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
1,736 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 1,784▼ 584 vs year ago 2,320 · −25.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction for comparison. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy with several load lots of quality yearlings cattle and fall feeders.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $242.95/cwt on 940 head.
Average price
$242.95
940 head · 769 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,869
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$590
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$29.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.16
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1779244.551,904889
Medium and Large 1-2611215.011,31451
One grade step is worth $29.54/cwt here — about $590 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 sale940 hd
242.95
—
IA average6 barns · 3,110 hd
238.78
+4.16
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

45 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 1-2330250.00/cwt250.00–250.008253
Steers—Medium and Large 1384317.68/cwt305.00–322.001,22016
Steers—Medium and Large 1433312.27/cwt307.50–322.501,35227
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1094
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned468267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,2523
Steers—Medium and Large 1479308.99/cwt308.50–310.001,48015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2489187.50/cwt187.50–187.509174
Steers—Medium and Large 1529296.28/cwt282.00–307.501,56768
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2549250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3738
Steers—Medium and Large 1564282.13/cwt263.00–290.001,59153
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583240.30/cwt233.00–250.001,4019
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned625231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4446
Steers—Medium and Large 1630259.35/cwt245.00–273.001,63463
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3273
Steers—Medium and Large 1676226.73/cwt222.50–229.001,53311
Steers—Medium and Large 1728231.07/cwt218.00–236.001,68230
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2753155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,17111
Steers—Medium and Large 1755215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6238
Steers—Medium and Large 1845233.37/cwt209.50–235.001,97274
Steers—Medium and Large 1858231.57/cwt228.50–235.001,987361
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2875190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6636
Steers—Medium and Large 1957219.24/cwt217.50–220.102,098157
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2301232.50/cwt232.50–232.507005
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned359271.00/cwt271.00–271.0097321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373237.58/cwt220.00–250.0088630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388275.11/cwt269.00–298.001,06714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned418270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,12935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432272.72/cwt261.00–293.001,17841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned436231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,0074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477265.61/cwt253.00–277.501,26766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2488216.44/cwt212.20–222.001,0567
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned525247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,29715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527261.44/cwt251.00–270.001,37880
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580258.98/cwt243.50–267.001,50262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned600211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,2668
Heifers—Medium and Large 1607240.70/cwt236.00–242.001,46114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677225.34/cwt222.00–228.001,52629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733214.17/cwt212.00–215.001,57011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1826197.48/cwt190.00–205.001,6316
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned303315.00/cwt315.00–315.0095417
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned382297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,13619
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385230.00/cwt230.00–230.008865
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2437180.00/cwt180.00–180.007873
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned443288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,27640
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned549236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,29622

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.