Sale reports / Iowa / Lamoni Livestock Auction / 2024-10-03

Lamoni Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lamoni, Iowa · Thu, Oct 3
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2158
Receipts
1,225 head
▲ 85 vs last sale 1,140▼ 670 vs year ago 1,895 · −35.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, 600 - 700 lb steers were 5.00 to 10.00 higher, 800 - 900 lb yearling cattle were fully steady. Today's heifer trade saw 700 -800 lb cattle 6.00 to 9.00 higher. No comparison today on light weight new crop calves due to small offering 2 weeks ago. Available today were load lots of quality, reputation yearling cattle coming off grass. Also a few smaller packages of new crop calves, double vaccinated and off the cow. Demand for today's moderate supply was very good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $253.00/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −158.16 against this barn's trailing median of $411.16.
Average price
$253.00
53 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,401
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.12
vs IA average
+6.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555257.811,43141
Medium and Large 1-2550236.591,30212thin
One grade step is worth $21.22/cwt here — about $129 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale53 hd
253.00
—
IA average5 barns · 475 hd
266.12
−13.12
National average172 barns · 12,740 hd
246.78
+6.22
This barn, trailing median13 sales
411.16
−158.16
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
479435391347median 411.1603/1205/0706/1809/2410/29
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $465.23, low $360.50, median $411.16 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

39 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1396345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3666
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424299.89/cwt292.50–312.501,27211
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,32516
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy488320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,56213
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490300.13/cwt286.00–314.751,47112
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,4604
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517288.53/cwt283.00–295.001,4929
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy553255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4106
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy569292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,66110
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5125
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1594279.01/cwt272.00–283.001,65711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy604283.23/cwt278.00–288.251,71135
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612294.84/cwt294.75–295.001,80437
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642246.24/cwt239.00–252.001,5819
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,6965
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1742270.14/cwt264.00–274.002,00462
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy745242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,80314
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1776247.85/cwt235.50–258.751,92373
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1841246.50/cwt246.50–246.502,0735
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1881248.25/cwt248.25–248.252,18761
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1935233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,17952
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1955230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,19742
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,108200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,2164
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320311.00/cwt311.00–311.009954
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,0455
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437263.24/cwt260.00–270.001,15019
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1486254.46/cwt249.00–275.001,23740
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518267.96/cwt257.00–276.501,38814
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536244.15/cwt243.00–245.001,3097
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2885
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574252.54/cwt239.00–257.001,45027
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy602245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,47526
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615246.62/cwt240.00–251.001,51728
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,74345
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1666261.99/cwt250.25–265.251,74564
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733239.17/cwt237.00–252.001,753100
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773241.24/cwt236.50–246.251,86570
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Spayed782236.50/cwt236.50–236.501,84933
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865223.75/cwt223.75–223.751,93524

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.