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Lamoni Livestock Auction

Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-07

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Sep 7

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158

← Jul 13Sep 7Oct 5 →

Receipts

1,730 head

▲ 291 vs last sale 1,439▼ 826 vs year ago 2,556 · −32.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Customer Appreciation BBQ. No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of reputation cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $257.68/cwt on 972 head.

Average price

$257.68

972 head · 776 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,999

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$568

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$11.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.31

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	268.64	1,467	65
Medium and Large 1	792	256.89	2,035	907

One grade step is worth $11.74/cwt here — about −$568 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 sale972 hd

257.68

—

IA average4 barns · 1,567 hd

230.37

+27.31

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,336	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,250	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	286.63/cwt	247.50–297.00	1,384	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	510	316.61/cwt	310.00–320.50	1,615	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	522	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,462	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	255.39/cwt	250.00–263.00	1,443	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	588	301.72/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,774	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	288.80/cwt	275.00–301.10	1,779	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	265.35/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,743	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,597	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	262.35/cwt	251.00–272.00	1,884	106
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	250.92/cwt	236.00–261.50	1,932	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	809	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,719	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	258.86/cwt	235.00–263.25	2,107	198
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	860	242.95/cwt	227.00–248.50	2,089	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	932	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,041	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	962	225.13/cwt	223.25–225.60	2,166	290
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	392	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	935	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	275.62/cwt	275.00–276.00	1,147	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	439	248.70/cwt	239.00–256.50	1,092	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	458	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,189	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,208	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	489	292.09/cwt	286.00–293.75	1,428	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	537	276.48/cwt	268.00–279.75	1,485	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	547	290.25/cwt	290.25–290.25	1,588	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	240.95/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,373	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	276.82/cwt	269.00–287.25	1,581	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	239.99/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,500	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,470	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	258.25/cwt	242.00–265.00	1,751	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	237.40/cwt	225.00–256.75	1,716	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	226.55/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,744	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	813	226.95/cwt	222.00–233.00	1,845	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	850	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,925	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	226.55/cwt	224.00–228.00	2,089	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	973	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,131	16

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lamoni Livestock Feeder Cattle - Lamoni, IA

Thu Sep 7, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 1,730Last week 1,439Year ago 2,556

Customer Appreciation BBQ. No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of reputation cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	547	290.25	290.25
28	—	489	286.00–293.75	292.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	850	226.50	226.50
8	—	416	275.00–276.00	275.62
15	—	770	222.00–230.00	226.55
16	—	973	219.00	219.00
60	—	922	224.00–228.00	226.55
65	—	723	225.00–256.75	237.40
72	—	678	242.00–265.00	258.25
19	—	813	222.00–233.00	226.95
34	—	458	259.50	259.50
41	—	625	235.00–242.00	239.99
64	—	537	268.00–279.75	276.48
65	—	571	269.00–287.25	276.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	483	250.00	250.00
7	—	631	233.00	233.00
9	—	392	238.50	238.50
20	—	439	239.00–256.50	248.70
22	—	570	230.00–250.00	240.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	932	219.00	219.00
6	—	390	342.50	342.50
19	—	657	262.00–270.00	265.35
36	—	770	236.00–261.50	250.92
48	—	510	310.00–320.50	316.61
57	—	616	275.00–301.10	288.80
80	—	588	280.00–305.00	301.72
106	—	718	251.00–272.00	262.35
198	—	814	235.00–263.25	258.86
290	—	962	223.25–225.60	225.13
50	—	860	227.00–248.50	242.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	522	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	668	239.00	239.00
9	—	809	212.50	212.50
10	—	565	250.00–263.00	255.39
13	—	425	294.00	294.00
27	—	483	247.50–297.00	286.63

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.