Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2023-12-07

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Dec 7
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
1,930 head
▲ 563 vs last sale 1,367▼ 791 vs year ago 2,721 · −29.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, all steer weight groups sold lower, while 600 - 650 lbs. sold 2.00 lower and 700-750 lbs. sold 7.00 lower. All heifer weight groups also sharply lower, on last weeks light test. Demand was moderate today and included active internet bidding. Supply was heavy.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $236.40/cwt on 908 head.
Average price
$236.40
908 head · 612 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,446
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$319
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.59
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1628236.991,487792
Medium and Large 1-2503232.361,168116
One grade step is worth $4.63/cwt here — about $319 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 sale908 hd
236.40
—
IA average11 barns · 9,346 hd
235.80
+0.59
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

53 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned311250.00/cwt250.00–250.007787
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2389248.63/cwt230.00–255.0096720
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned423267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,1329
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,0704
Steers—Medium and Large 1444268.60/cwt263.00–270.001,19315
Steers—Medium and Large 1468276.56/cwt270.00–284.001,29411
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned483290.81/cwt282.50–292.501,40523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495240.87/cwt220.00–247.001,19230
Steers—Medium and Large 1515272.45/cwt264.00–275.001,40321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526229.02/cwt221.00–236.001,20521
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned534245.67/cwt230.00–259.001,31227
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned571236.55/cwt230.00–241.001,35140
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned576209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,2046
Steers—Medium and Large 1580251.88/cwt235.00–264.501,461153
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580229.51/cwt225.00–230.501,33117
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned608230.52/cwt228.00–231.501,40255
Steers—Medium and Large 1609247.25/cwt228.00–258.501,50684
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned659189.51/cwt180.00–199.001,2498
Steers—Medium and Large 1684226.37/cwt206.00–232.501,548196
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned686211.04/cwt205.00–221.001,44849
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned710180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2783
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned722205.50/cwt205.50–205.501,4849
Steers—Medium and Large 1723218.59/cwt211.00–222.001,58071
Steers—Medium and Large 1775200.42/cwt198.50–206.001,55316
Steers—Medium and Large 1821192.23/cwt188.00–195.001,57810
Steers—Medium and Large 1945172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,6253
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned347225.00/cwt225.00–225.007813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373218.00/cwt218.00–218.008135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned395218.00/cwt218.00–218.008619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423220.19/cwt213.50–236.0093122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423199.00/cwt199.00–199.008423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned435212.60/cwt209.00–226.0092516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472228.79/cwt211.00–242.001,08027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned491205.93/cwt200.00–216.001,01129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned521218.69/cwt195.00–225.001,13951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522208.21/cwt193.00–218.001,08730
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy547239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,31018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned573204.73/cwt194.00–210.001,17350
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576211.87/cwt199.50–224.001,220101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned589181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,0664
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2603181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,0913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned606193.18/cwt185.00–204.501,17151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631208.63/cwt190.00–217.001,31692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned657203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,33418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667204.74/cwt178.00–209.751,366133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned700178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,2463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,3565
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned331256.15/cwt226.00–267.5084810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned385238.80/cwt230.00–243.009199
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned473218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,0318
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned559203.85/cwt191.00–221.001,14023
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned622192.77/cwt179.00–212.001,1997
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2622151.00/cwt151.00–151.009393

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.