Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2023-12-14

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Dec 14
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
1,513 head
▼ 417 vs last sale 1,930▼ 1,208 vs year ago 2,721 · −44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, steers sold with a higher undertone on last weeks light test. Heifers sold with a higher undertone on this weeks light test . Demand was good today. Supply was moderate and included several load lots of reputation cattle of seven and eight weight.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $227.82/cwt on 1,122 head.
Average price
$227.82
1,122 head · 782 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,782
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$457
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.93
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2566236.271,33830
Medium and Large 1788227.591,7941,092
One grade step is worth $8.68/cwt here — about −$457 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 sale1,122 hd
227.82
—
IA average10 barns · 6,613 hd
234.75
−6.93
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

31 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 1373285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0634
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,1075
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned460255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1735
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2484258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,2496
Steers—Medium and Large 1524277.27/cwt272.00–282.501,45335
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,2114
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned545252.31/cwt240.00–256.001,37517
Steers—Medium and Large 1565279.50/cwt279.50–279.501,57926
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2595237.90/cwt237.00–240.001,41610
Steers—Medium and Large 1617253.82/cwt249.00–254.501,56648
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned635229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4544
Steers—Medium and Large 1684240.26/cwt218.00–244.251,64392
Steers—Medium and Large 1723228.29/cwt220.00–231.001,65116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2774191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,4785
Steers—Medium and Large 1779225.35/cwt225.25–225.501,755356
Steers—Medium and Large 1813214.89/cwt197.50–221.501,74725
Steers—Medium and Large 1872217.89/cwt200.00–218.751,900402
Steers—Medium and Large 1967206.50/cwt206.50–206.501,99762
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2368215.00/cwt215.00–215.007913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418228.76/cwt227.00–232.009569
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475238.48/cwt231.00–247.501,13332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned527235.65/cwt232.50–237.501,24228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582186.70/cwt182.50–190.001,0877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1586222.48/cwt220.00–225.251,30465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3857
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670204.53/cwt200.00–219.001,37021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2908180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6344
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2429233.50/cwt233.50–233.501,0028
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2535221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,18213
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2752170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,27812

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.