Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2024-05-16

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, May 16
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
3,163 head
▲ 1,478 vs last sale 1,685▲ 623 vs year ago 2,540 · +24.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, steers sold 5.00 to 23.00 higher. Heifers under 550 lbs. sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower; while heifers over 550 lbs. sold mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Several groups of quality unweaned calves were offered today without the usual discounts. Supply was heavy today and included several load lots of yearling cattle. Demand was very good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $344.93/cwt on 405 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −116.16 against this barn's trailing median of $461.09.
Average price
$344.93
405 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,900
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$173
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$42.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.87
vs IA average
+34.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546354.541,938313
Medium and Large 1-2565312.261,76592
One grade step is worth $42.28/cwt here — about $173 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale405 hd
344.93
—
IA average2 barns · 454 hd
341.06
+3.87
National average163 barns · 10,302 hd
310.77
+34.16
This barn, trailing median13 sales
461.09
−116.16
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales
523474424374median 461.0903/1205/0706/1809/2410/29
Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.23, low $388.25, median $461.09 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

56 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy353426.00/cwt426.00–426.001,50417
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1354392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,3895
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425371.81/cwt370.00–375.001,5808
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,60511
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy438415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,81819
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned438400.50/cwt400.50–400.501,75433
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478364.09/cwt354.00–378.001,740119
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485324.98/cwt284.00–342.001,57642
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508363.33/cwt348.00–368.001,84649
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned526368.28/cwt337.50–369.501,937105
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533314.67/cwt296.00–324.001,67719
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned535313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,67512
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy560370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,07233
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575335.62/cwt326.00–347.001,930126
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581311.36/cwt293.00–319.001,80961
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned610318.74/cwt294.00–322.501,94432
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621310.59/cwt295.00–319.001,929157
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2639287.83/cwt286.00–289.001,83918
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned650280.18/cwt280.00–281.001,82117
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674289.71/cwt275.00–291.751,95399
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710277.31/cwt275.00–280.501,96971
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned729245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7869
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765278.37/cwt256.00–280.502,130184
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy770251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,93312
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1822253.53/cwt245.00–257.002,084209
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1874249.77/cwt238.00–254.002,183130
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1919244.63/cwt241.50–246.252,248191
Steers900–950Large 1942220.25/cwt220.25–220.252,07536
Steers1000–1050Large 11,010224.80/cwt199.00–228.752,27070
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335371.09/cwt360.00–380.001,2437
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372346.00/cwt337.50–352.501,28748
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned413334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,37918
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440323.65/cwt317.00–334.001,424105
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474310.45/cwt296.00–319.001,472101
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned477323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,54149
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed513317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,62635
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530301.75/cwt300.00–305.001,59946
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531277.85/cwt258.00–292.001,47516
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned537281.67/cwt272.00–294.001,51325
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed552302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,67025
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578294.76/cwt280.00–298.001,70453
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned580300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,74011
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586266.07/cwt260.00–270.001,55937
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611247.26/cwt230.00–260.001,5117
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613282.65/cwt272.00–291.751,73388
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned625250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5636
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,5825
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1692251.40/cwt242.00–252.751,74043
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720244.11/cwt239.00–248.001,75831
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1758243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,84273
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1841227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,9098
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1936216.25/cwt216.25–216.252,02451
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1412345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,42110
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1456296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,3506
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521282.80/cwt281.00–288.001,47316
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1689245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6885

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.