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Lamoni Livestock Auction

Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-11

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Jan 11

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158

← Jan 4Jan 11Jan 18 →

Receipts

1,570 head

▼ 144 vs last sale 1,714▼ 1,225 vs year ago 2,795 · −43.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 650 lbs. sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, while steers over 650 lbs. sold mostly 7.00 to 10.00 lower. Heifers sold 5.00 to sharply lower. Demand was good today. Supply was moderate and included a few load lots.

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 $249.06/cwt on 893 head.

Average price

$249.06

893 head · 686 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$450

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

$7.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.09

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	493	256.43	1,265	14thin
Medium and Large 1	689	248.94	1,715	879

One grade step is worth $7.49/cwt here — about −$450 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 sale893 hd

249.06

—

IA average7 barns · 10,536 hd

249.15

−0.09

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

Every lot

30 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,329	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	314.93/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,468	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,276	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	275.46/cwt	264.00–283.00	1,465	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	543	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,336	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	549	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,208	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	275.74/cwt	261.00–286.50	1,561	130
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	265.89/cwt	249.50–272.25	1,670	179
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	635	219.27/cwt	216.00–226.00	1,392	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	242.37/cwt	236.00–257.50	1,624	132
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	239.19/cwt	219.00–245.50	1,710	128
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	791	216.81/cwt	215.50–222.50	1,715	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	813	214.49/cwt	210.50–219.00	1,744	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	228.48/cwt	207.00–229.50	1,976	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	958	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,098	54
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	469	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,219	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	242.06/cwt	225.00–248.00	1,138	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,130	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	540	235.87/cwt	220.00–238.00	1,274	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	234.89/cwt	220.00–242.00	1,358	153
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	578	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,220	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	592	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,243	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	220.06/cwt	200.50–228.50	1,378	142
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	207.37/cwt	198.00–216.25	1,406	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	708	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,324	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	204.53/cwt	195.75–211.50	1,462	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,505	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	559	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,219	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	651	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,335	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,290	4

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 Jan 11, 2024

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

Receipts 1,570Last week 1,714Year ago 2,795

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	651	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	559	218.00	218.00
4	—	679	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	469	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	762	197.50	197.50
27	—	715	195.75–211.50	204.53
39	—	470	225.00–248.00	242.06
32	—	540	220.00–238.00	235.87
36	—	678	198.00–216.25	207.37
142	—	626	200.50–228.50	220.06
153	—	578	220.00–242.00	234.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	708	187.00	187.00
8	—	578	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	538	210.00	210.00
6	—	592	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	549	220.00	220.00
10	—	471	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	566	261.00–286.50	275.74
132	—	670	236.00–257.50	242.37
31	—	532	264.00–283.00	275.46
128	—	715	219.00–245.50	239.19
5	—	422	315.00	315.00
23	—	466	300.00–318.00	314.93
179	—	628	249.50–272.25	265.89
54	—	958	219.00	219.00
53	—	813	210.50–219.00	214.49
58	—	791	215.50–222.50	216.81
68	—	865	207.00–229.50	228.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	543	246.00	246.00
12	—	635	216.00–226.00	219.27

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.