Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2024-02-15

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Feb 15
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
3,862 head
▲ 249 vs last sale 3,613▲ 2,224 vs year ago 1,638 · +135.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers under 650 lbs. sold higher on this weeks light test, while steers 650 lbs. and over sold steady to 9.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs. sold sharply higher, while heifers 600 lbs. and over sold mostly 6.00 to 12.00 higher. Demand was very good with lighter heifers seeing the greatest demand. Supply was heavy and included several load lots.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $255.58/cwt on 2,221 head.
Average price
$255.58
2,221 head · 736 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,882
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$460
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$65.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.01
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2601259.861,562162
Medium and Large 1744255.781,9042,041
Large 11,038194.862,02318thin
One grade step is worth $65.00/cwt here — about −$460 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 sale2,221 hd
255.58
—
IA average8 barns · 8,429 hd
264.59
−9.01
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

64 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1385390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5025
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned416375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,56012
Steers—Medium and Large 1418367.70/cwt360.00–377.501,53719
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429308.78/cwt301.00–330.001,32511
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned453327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,4844
Steers—Medium and Large 1478345.15/cwt326.00–354.001,65019
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487309.43/cwt303.00–317.501,50711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned496282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,4015
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy517338.30/cwt337.00–339.001,74937
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525255.52/cwt237.00–275.001,34119
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned526310.95/cwt288.00–314.001,63633
Steers—Medium and Large 1537308.87/cwt286.00–311.001,65957
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned560283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,58512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573260.48/cwt229.00–270.001,49333
Steers—Medium and Large 1588301.96/cwt274.00–306.501,77671
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy613317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,94338
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned616295.06/cwt280.00–299.001,81852
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628260.31/cwt252.00–264.001,63547
Steers—Medium and Large 1635292.19/cwt270.00–302.001,855144
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned641257.76/cwt255.00–261.001,65213
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned668260.33/cwt259.00–262.001,73911
Steers—Medium and Large 1683257.82/cwt235.00–265.001,761207
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2697225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5683
Steers—Medium and Large 1723249.15/cwt231.00–258.001,801215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2734205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5054
Steers—Medium and Large 1773244.58/cwt225.50–254.751,891386
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,70010
Steers—Medium and Large 1826230.12/cwt220.00–236.001,901300
Steers—Medium and Large 1864228.55/cwt216.00–230.001,975159
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2881195.54/cwt191.00–200.001,7236
Steers—Medium and Large 1915218.43/cwt210.00–225.251,999138
Steers—Medium and Large 1961215.85/cwt203.50–224.752,074122
Steers—Large 11,016202.50/cwt202.50–202.502,0577
Steers—Large 11,052190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,99911
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1322314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,0113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2399285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned413320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,32219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned457290.18/cwt282.00–300.001,32611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475292.01/cwt278.00–300.001,38738
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned503287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,44418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy510308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,57115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522256.02/cwt217.00–265.001,33627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531281.38/cwt268.00–294.001,49478
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573284.60/cwt261.00–295.001,631128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577236.49/cwt227.00–245.001,36517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned579256.40/cwt245.50–270.001,48561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned619235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4558
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627251.55/cwt235.00–269.501,577215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633231.69/cwt230.00–234.001,46712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665250.12/cwt230.00–262.251,663157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned699223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,5595
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716236.83/cwt224.00–246.001,696358
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2746201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,4998
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768223.19/cwt200.00–225.251,714165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1816218.12/cwt216.00–219.001,78034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1897192.25/cwt192.25–192.251,72422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1953195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,8583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2968178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,7233
Heifers—Large 11,086182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,9774
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned578257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,4855
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,5826
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned716232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,6614
Bulls—Large 11,151142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,6345

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.