Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2023-11-16

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Nov 16
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
2,924 head
▲ 1,266 vs last sale 1,658▲ 163 vs year ago 2,761 · +5.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparison. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of yearling steer cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $244.33/cwt on 1,975 head.
Average price
$244.33
1,975 head · 746 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,822
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$584
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$75.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.34
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1734246.171,8071,903
Medium and Large 1-2619226.341,40132
Large 11,397171.132,39140
One grade step is worth $75.04/cwt here — about −$584 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 sale1,975 hd
244.33
—
IA average10 barns · 8,368 hd
240.99
+3.34
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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned387285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,10315
Steers—Medium and Large 1395282.72/cwt276.00–288.001,1179
Steers—Medium and Large 1430286.99/cwt282.50–293.001,23439
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned438273.60/cwt262.00–283.001,19823
Steers—Medium and Large 1475270.42/cwt264.00–275.001,28440
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned477230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0973
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned479257.59/cwt250.00–261.001,23410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2497247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,2286
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2245
Steers—Medium and Large 1519269.68/cwt255.00–277.501,40062
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy526294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,54685
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned537274.16/cwt260.00–279.501,47254
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned570268.93/cwt255.00–278.001,53350
Steers—Medium and Large 1572259.86/cwt245.00–274.001,48645
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3013
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy605279.25/cwt279.25–279.251,68990
Steers—Medium and Large 1627257.61/cwt245.00–266.001,61556
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned629248.69/cwt245.00–251.001,56475
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2649230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4937
Steers—Medium and Large 1669235.99/cwt235.00–238.001,57918
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned688234.84/cwt231.50–236.001,61639
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned719226.33/cwt222.00–234.001,62717
Steers—Medium and Large 1738235.84/cwt220.00–237.751,740107
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy749250.25/cwt250.25–250.251,87465
Steers—Medium and Large 1760242.08/cwt229.50–250.251,840116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2822197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,6238
Steers—Medium and Large 1839232.51/cwt220.00–234.001,951471
Steers—Medium and Large 1855232.54/cwt218.00–234.001,988194
Steers—Medium and Large 1947220.94/cwt215.00–221.252,09258
Steers—Medium and Large 1953221.92/cwt221.25–222.252,115165
Steers—Large 11,020185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,8873
Steers—Large 11,428170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,42837
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340246.00/cwt246.00–246.008364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned360249.96/cwt249.50–252.0090029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2368232.50/cwt232.50–232.508563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1399240.78/cwt230.00–257.0096110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned401231.50/cwt231.50–231.509284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned405251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,0175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430244.63/cwt234.00–253.001,05245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned473234.22/cwt220.00–240.001,10827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474251.23/cwt241.00–255.001,19185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned479213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,0204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,1417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532244.77/cwt220.00–250.001,30260
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned538243.38/cwt228.00–252.001,30969
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned554233.89/cwt230.00–235.001,29636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580235.15/cwt225.00–237.751,36450
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584208.37/cwt207.00–210.001,21711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622221.32/cwt212.00–233.001,37723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned635227.25/cwt226.85–228.501,44349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2646200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned654227.26/cwt215.00–230.001,48628
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666211.60/cwt206.00–215.001,40911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2701169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,1856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,58810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1791222.03/cwt218.00–224.001,75663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1811191.75/cwt180.00–199.001,5558
Heifers—Medium and Large 1865208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,7993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1926189.50/cwt189.00–190.001,75510
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2596223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,3325

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.