Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2024-02-29

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Feb 29
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
2,869 head
▼ 993 vs last sale 3,862▼ 330 vs year ago 3,199 · −10.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold 8.00 to 17.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly steady to 19.00 higher, except the 550 to 600 lbs. heifers sold 16.00 lower. Supply was heavy today that included several load lots of steers across many weight groups. Demand was very good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $271.51/cwt on 1,671 head.
Average price
$271.51
1,671 head · 714 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,938
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$422
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$13.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.78
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547284.091,554162
Medium and Large 1732270.161,9761,509
One grade step is worth $13.93/cwt here — about −$422 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 sale1,671 hd
271.51
—
IA average6 barns · 3,807 hd
267.74
+3.78
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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1387402.09/cwt400.00–405.001,55612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2392308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,2075
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2414339.14/cwt322.50–347.501,4049
Steers—Medium and Large 1420383.33/cwt372.50–397.501,61011
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned427330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4093
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2466286.51/cwt235.00–320.001,33523
Steers—Medium and Large 1491346.73/cwt343.00–350.001,70256
Steers—Medium and Large 1528334.73/cwt325.00–342.501,76745
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534288.61/cwt270.00–303.001,54174
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2563280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5767
Steers—Medium and Large 1570318.35/cwt303.00–330.501,81576
Steers—Medium and Large 1620300.47/cwt289.00–314.001,863222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2629269.10/cwt265.00–270.001,69338
Steers—Medium and Large 1681275.15/cwt260.00–280.501,874173
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2693232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,6083
Steers—Medium and Large 1728263.53/cwt256.00–271.001,918284
Steers—Medium and Large 1768252.70/cwt230.00–255.501,941156
Steers—Medium and Large 1824243.17/cwt238.50–246.752,004103
Steers—Medium and Large 1861241.37/cwt221.00–249.752,078187
Steers—Medium and Large 1905230.00/cwt213.50–233.752,082117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2923200.50/cwt200.50–200.501,8513
Steers—Medium and Large 1957205.34/cwt200.00–212.501,96512
Steers—Medium and Large 11,028208.50/cwt208.50–208.502,14352
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370311.20/cwt308.00–315.001,15121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427308.75/cwt305.00–315.001,3188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned445280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473254.47/cwt239.00–268.001,20415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482296.65/cwt280.00–305.001,430101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy484315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5259
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy503315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,58424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528284.45/cwt269.00–295.501,50251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2547254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,3893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1590268.98/cwt259.50–285.501,587211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622270.10/cwt259.00–275.501,680176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1664261.74/cwt259.00–262.501,73841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2694226.50/cwt226.50–226.501,57211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733238.84/cwt229.50–243.001,751202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy761247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,88323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1787223.62/cwt219.00–228.001,76068
Heifers—Medium and Large 1819211.04/cwt210.00–212.501,72812

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.