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Lamoni Livestock Auction

Name: Lamoni Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-05

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Sep 5

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158

← Jun 13Sep 5Sep 19 →

Receipts

2,339 head

▲ 1,111 vs last sale 1,228▲ 609 vs year ago 1,730 · +35.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of yearling cattle coming off the grass.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $292.15/cwt on 142 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −168.94 against this barn's trailing median of $461.09.

Average price

$292.15

142 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,588

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$237

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

$36.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.98

vs IA average

+22.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	300.83	1,646	108
Medium and Large 1-2	532	264.59	1,409	34

One grade step is worth $36.24/cwt here — about $237 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 sale142 hd

292.15

—

IA average2 barns · 159 hd

291.18

+0.98

National average147 barns · 6,928 hd

269.40

+22.75

This barn, trailing median13 sales

461.09

−168.94

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

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

55 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	330	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,132	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	339	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	1,066	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	1,290	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	401	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,307	30
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	283.54/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,163	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	461	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,286	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	262.28/cwt	240.00–271.00	1,241	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	489	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,516	63
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	510	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,474	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	261.27/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,351	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	304.31/cwt	292.00–312.50	1,604	60
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	273.83/cwt	262.00–284.00	1,575	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	297.55/cwt	281.50–309.50	1,729	42
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,594	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	281.97/cwt	275.00–288.50	1,779	124
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	279.57/cwt	261.00–285.50	1,879	36
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	678	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,654	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	240.82/cwt	235.00–248.00	1,642	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	265.69/cwt	252.00–274.50	1,942	102
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	736	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,693	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	252.21/cwt	249.50–257.00	1,937	110
Steers	800–850	Large 1	805	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,876	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	249.13/cwt	249.00–249.50	2,010	57
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	856	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,977	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	237.32/cwt	226.00–239.25	2,079	280
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,102	7
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,182	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,080	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	319.07/cwt	317.00–320.50	1,027	21
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	333	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	833	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,062	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	377	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,255	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	399	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,173	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	289.57/cwt	285.00–294.00	1,254	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	276.21/cwt	267.00–282.00	1,318	34
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,224	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	274.97/cwt	270.00–279.50	1,444	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	533	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,452	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	538	295.25/cwt	295.25–295.25	1,588	35
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	546	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,346	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	270.92/cwt	264.50–281.00	1,523	76
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	250.32/cwt	242.00–260.00	1,592	102
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	640	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,507	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,515	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	257.18/cwt	247.50–259.50	1,690	89
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	242.23/cwt	235.00–247.00	1,725	134
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	225.77/cwt	217.00–228.00	1,741	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	238.75/cwt	231.00–244.00	1,850	203
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	231.67/cwt	226.00–235.00	1,879	11
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	228.30/cwt	216.00–230.00	1,986	36
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	223.17/cwt	221.00–224.50	2,046	29
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	980	209.64/cwt	204.50–218.00	2,054	15
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,021	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,093	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,063	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,202	6
Bulls	1000–1050	Large 1	1,042	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,719	5

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 Sep 5, 2024

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

Receipts 2,339Last week 1,228Year ago 1,730

No recent auction sale for comparison. Demand was very good today. Supply was heavy and included several load lots of yearling cattle coming off the grass.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	322	317.00–320.50	319.07
5	350–400	399	294.00	294.00
12	400–450	433	285.00–294.00	289.57
34	450–500	477	267.00–282.00	276.21
20	500–550	525	270.00–279.50	274.97
76	550–600	562	264.50–281.00	270.92
102	600–650	636	242.00–260.00	250.32
89	650–700	657	247.50–259.50	257.18
134	700–750	712	235.00–247.00	242.23
203	750–800	775	231.00–244.00	238.75
11	800–850	811	226.00–235.00	231.67
36	850–900	870	216.00–230.00	228.30
29	900–950	917	221.00–224.50	223.17
15	950–1000	980	204.50–218.00	209.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	1000–1050	1,021	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	377	333.00	333.00
35	500–550	538	295.25	295.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	250.00	250.00
6	350–400	374	284.00	284.00
12	450–500	478	256.00	256.00
4	500–550	546	246.50	246.50
4	650–700	650	233.00	233.00
15	750–800	771	217.00–228.00	225.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	533	272.50	272.50
5	600–650	640	235.50	235.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,042	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	405	262.50	262.50
6	500–550	503	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	805	233.00	233.00
5	1150–1200	1,182	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	395	326.50	326.50
60	500–550	527	292.00–312.50	304.31
42	550–600	581	281.50–309.50	297.55
124	600–650	631	275.00–288.50	281.97
36	650–700	672	261.00–285.50	279.57
102	700–750	731	252.00–274.50	265.69
110	750–800	768	249.50–257.00	252.21
57	800–850	807	249.00–249.50	249.13
280	850–900	876	226.00–239.25	237.32
7	900–950	918	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	330	343.00	343.00
30	400–450	401	326.00	326.00
63	450–500	489	310.00	310.00
6	500–550	510	289.00	289.00
8	650–700	678	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	410	280.00–285.00	283.54
21	450–500	473	240.00–271.00	262.28
25	500–550	517	250.00–280.00	261.27
9	550–600	575	262.00–284.00	273.83
6	600–650	613	260.00	260.00
9	650–700	682	235.00–248.00	240.82
5	700–750	736	230.00	230.00
4	850–900	856	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	339	314.50	314.50
12	450–500	461	279.00	279.00

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.