Name: Centerville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend, no recent report. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.59/cwt on 513 head.

Average price

$153.59

513 head · 595 lb average

Value per head Derived

$914

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$4.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.17

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	600	153.99	925	431
Large 1	568	152.46	866	54
Medium and Large 1-2	561	149.66	840	28

One grade step is worth $4.33/cwt here — about $85 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 sale513 hd

153.59

—

IA average7 barns · 2,620 hd

142.42

+11.17

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

41 lots · USDA AMS · Appanoose County Livestock Feeder Cattle - Centerville, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Large 1	—	553	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	867	20
Heifers	Large 1	—	409	158.33/cwt	153.00–163.00	648	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	123.55/cwt	123.00–124.50	1,007	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	551	2
Steers	Large 1	—	442	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	712	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	155.17/cwt	154.00–155.50	746	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	159.24/cwt	156.50–161.75	922	81
Heifers	Large 1	—	588	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	823	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	899	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,083	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	136.98/cwt	132.00–142.00	703	59
Steers	Large 1	—	792	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,065	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	180.14/cwt	179.00–184.50	652	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	147.94/cwt	146.50–152.50	919	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	153.35/cwt	153.00–155.00	885	11
Heifers	Large 1	—	506	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	683	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	126.77/cwt	123.00–130.00	918	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	138.57/cwt	136.75–144.50	820	37
Steers	Large 1	—	624	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	886	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,112	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	144.20/cwt	142.50–146.50	1,044	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	137.96/cwt	136.00–138.50	928	9
Heifers	Large 1	—	602	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	768	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,021	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,118	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	144.14/cwt	136.00–153.50	699	37
Steers	Large 1	—	486	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	763	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	602	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	144.75/cwt	141.00–149.00	961	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	696	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	621	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	820	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	597	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	132.79/cwt	128.50–137.25	890	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	125.42/cwt	124.00–126.00	653	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	497	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	845	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	135.38/cwt	132.00–142.25	1,036	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	517	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	705	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	885	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	758	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	980	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	136.90/cwt	131.00–141.25	849	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	657	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	172.43/cwt	171.00–176.50	714	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	162.80/cwt	155.00–167.00	851	83

How this sale compares

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 →

Appanoose County Livestock Feeder Cattle - Centerville, IA

Thu Sep 19, 2019

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No trend, no recent report. Trade active with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	553	156.75	156.75
15	—	442	161.00	161.00
10	—	792	134.50	134.50
5	—	624	142.00	142.00
4	—	486	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	481	154.00–155.50	155.17
81	—	579	156.50–161.75	159.24
5	—	362	179.00–184.50	180.14
75	—	621	146.50–152.50	147.94
3	—	800	139.00	139.00
64	—	724	142.50–146.50	144.20
2	—	348	173.00	173.00
48	—	664	141.00–149.00	144.75
21	—	765	132.00–142.25	135.38
17	—	414	171.00–176.50	172.43
83	—	523	155.00–167.00	162.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	577	153.00–155.00	153.35
9	—	673	136.00–138.50	137.96
6	—	443	157.00	157.00
2	—	323	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	497	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	409	153.00–163.00	158.33
8	—	588	140.00	140.00
7	—	506	135.00	135.00
3	—	602	127.50	127.50
15	—	758	129.25	129.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	815	123.00–124.50	123.55
15	—	899	120.50	120.50
59	—	513	132.00–142.00	136.98
13	—	724	123.00–130.00	126.77
37	—	592	136.75–144.50	138.57
4	—	1,021	109.50	109.50
37	—	485	136.00–153.50	144.14
4	—	373	160.00	160.00
33	—	670	128.50–137.25	132.79
29	—	620	131.00–141.25	136.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	145.00	145.00
10	—	521	124.00–126.00	125.42
4	—	490	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	621	132.00	132.00
5	—	705	125.50	125.50

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.

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