Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2023-07-13

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Jul 13
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
1,439 head
▼ 297 vs last sale 1,736▲ 504 vs year ago 935 · +53.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate with several load lots of yearling steers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $249.02/cwt on 953 head.
Average price
$249.02
953 head · 830 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,066
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$472
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.19
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1835249.572,084919
Medium and Large 1-2688234.151,61234
One grade step is worth $15.42/cwt here — about $472 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 sale953 hd
249.02
—
IA average7 barns · 3,380 hd
231.83
+17.19
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2463200.00/cwt200.00–200.009263
Steers—Medium and Large 1495290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4364
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4197
Steers—Medium and Large 1521303.81/cwt298.00–311.001,58321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2554236.02/cwt227.00–245.001,3086
Steers—Medium and Large 1565297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,68126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4643
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned613249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,5266
Steers—Medium and Large 1614264.91/cwt248.00–279.001,62712
Steers—Medium and Large 1651250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6284
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned690230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5877
Steers—Medium and Large 1724260.70/cwt258.00–262.751,887122
Steers—Medium and Large 1781241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,8824
Steers—Medium and Large 1833254.66/cwt254.50–255.002,121178
Steers—Medium and Large 1868246.46/cwt229.25–254.502,139248
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2883220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,94315
Steers—Medium and Large 1921233.91/cwt227.00–242.102,154233
Steers—Medium and Large 1955242.10/cwt242.10–242.102,31254
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2398230.00/cwt230.00–230.009153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned419240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,00610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435270.51/cwt268.00–272.001,1778
Heifers—Medium and Large 1456297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,3577
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2500244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,2203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533263.93/cwt261.00–268.001,40718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2558233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563260.40/cwt240.00–263.501,46632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635206.16/cwt194.00–211.001,30910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,65050
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,68313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1762225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,71510
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,1373
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3534

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.