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Lamoni Livestock Auction

Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-25

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Jan 25

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158

← Jan 18Jan 25Feb 1 →

Receipts

1,289 head

▲ 366 vs last sale 923▼ 1,752 vs year ago 3,041 · −57.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, steers sold sharply higher, except 700 to 750 lbs. sold 5.00 lower. Heifers with a lower undertone on this weeks light test. Demand was good. Supply was moderate.

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 $270.86/cwt on 641 head.

Average price

$270.86

641 head · 637 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,725

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

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

$25.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.19

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	639	272.56	1,741	598
Medium and Large 1-2	612	247.24	1,513	43

One grade step is worth $25.32/cwt here — about $228 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 sale641 hd

270.86

—

IA average14 barns · 12,378 hd

249.68

+21.19

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

Every lot

41 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	334	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	979	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	348	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	974	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,088	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	428	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,459	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	436	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,308	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	465	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,372	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	492	321.25/cwt	318.00–324.00	1,581	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	515	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,494	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	299.18/cwt	279.00–314.00	1,553	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	564	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,481	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	289.58/cwt	276.00–300.00	1,668	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	587	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,561	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	607	292.04/cwt	270.00–298.00	1,773	132
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	641	253.58/cwt	253.00–254.00	1,625	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	256.58/cwt	240.00–269.00	1,732	110
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	688	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,555	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	246.92/cwt	230.00–250.50	1,803	112
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	733	204.42/cwt	195.00–220.00	1,498	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	240.00/cwt	234.00–241.00	1,862	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,801	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,568	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	892	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,820	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	916	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,859	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	313	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	908	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	375	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,058	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	409	266.94/cwt	261.00–272.00	1,092	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	455	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,015	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	456	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,190	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	258.43/cwt	242.00–263.50	1,233	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	247.36/cwt	236.00–256.50	1,301	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	539	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,186	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	231.55/cwt	224.00–241.00	1,315	96
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	597	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,194	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	225.91/cwt	210.00–231.50	1,378	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	641	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,314	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	214.71/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,449	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	197.11/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,443	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,480	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	847	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,525	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	516	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,213	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	653	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,430	8

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 25, 2024

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

Receipts 1,289Last week 923Year ago 3,041

Compared to a week ago, steers sold sharply higher, except 700 to 750 lbs. sold 5.00 lower. Heifers with a lower undertone on this weeks light test. Demand was good. Supply was moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	675	210.00–218.00	214.71
17	—	732	190.00–200.00	197.11
3	—	847	180.00	180.00
8	—	779	190.00	190.00
53	—	526	236.00–256.50	247.36
61	—	477	242.00–263.50	258.43
47	—	610	210.00–231.50	225.91
27	—	409	261.00–272.00	266.94
96	—	568	224.00–241.00	231.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	313	290.00	290.00
3	—	597	200.00	200.00
9	—	456	261.00	261.00
7	—	375	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	539	220.00	220.00
6	—	641	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	641	253.00–254.00	253.58
3	—	375	290.00	290.00
3	—	688	226.00	226.00
5	—	436	300.00	300.00
3	—	348	280.00	280.00
3	—	587	266.00	266.00
4	—	825	190.00	190.00
8	—	733	195.00–220.00	204.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	334	293.00	293.00
10	—	564	262.50	262.50
5	—	515	290.00	290.00
9	—	465	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	892	204.00	204.00
14	—	815	221.00	221.00
110	—	675	240.00–269.00	256.58
58	—	576	276.00–300.00	289.58
112	—	730	230.00–250.50	246.92
10	—	916	203.00	203.00
33	—	492	318.00–324.00	321.25
43	—	519	279.00–314.00	299.18
35	—	776	234.00–241.00	240.00
132	—	607	270.00–298.00	292.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	428	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	653	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	516	235.00	235.00

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.