Sale reports / Iowa / Centerville Livestock Auction / 2019-10-10

Centerville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Centerville, Iowa · Thu, Oct 10
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2163
Receipts
1,115 head
216 vs last sale 899 1,115 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.71/cwt on 528 head.
Average price
$150.71
528 head · 691 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,041
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$49
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$18.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.29
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2507152.9177616thin
Medium and Large 1722152.321,099417
Large 1587143.7684490
Large 1-2542134.007265thin
One grade step is worth $18.91/cwt here — about $49 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 sale528 hd
150.71
IA average8 barns · 2,823 hd
141.42
+9.29
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

35 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1468175.29/cwt170.00–179.0082069
SteersMedium and Large 1431179.00/cwt179.00–179.0077111
SteersLarge 1553148.08/cwt144.50–151.0081920
HeifersMedium and Large 1562136.66/cwt132.00–143.0076871
HeifersMedium and Large 1377152.00/cwt152.00–152.0057310
HeifersLarge 1444141.00/cwt141.00–141.006266
SteersMedium and Large 11,015136.04/cwt135.75–136.351,38195
SteersMedium and Large 1679143.49/cwt137.50–148.0097430
SteersLarge 1612137.05/cwt136.00–137.5083921
HeifersMedium and Large 1629145.63/cwt142.50–146.35916106
HeifersMedium and Large 1333170.58/cwt162.50–173.0056813
HeifersLarge 1399151.00/cwt151.00–151.006027
SteersMedium and Large 1-2318162.50/cwt162.50–162.505173
HeifersMedium 1607134.75/cwt134.75–134.758185
HeifersMedium and Large 1428161.54/cwt160.00–162.0069129
SteersLarge 1845127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,07312
SteersMedium and Large 1385170.72/cwt167.00–175.0065711
SteersMedium and Large 1891143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,27962
HeifersLarge 1532134.23/cwt133.00–135.0071418
HeifersMedium and Large 1464150.00/cwt150.00–150.0069624
SteersLarge 1440154.50/cwt154.50–154.506804
SteersMedium and Large 1324185.10/cwt185.10–185.106007
SteersMedium and Large 1536164.54/cwt164.00–167.0088251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2552150.00/cwt150.00–150.0082810
HeifersLarge 1563129.32/cwt127.00–132.0072811
HeifersMedium and Large 1522144.62/cwt140.00–147.0075518
SteersLarge 1381165.00/cwt165.00–165.006294
SteersLarge 1-2542134.00/cwt134.00–134.007265
SteersMedium and Large 1621151.10/cwt146.50–155.5093844
SteersMedium and Large 1-2547153.00/cwt153.00–153.008373
HeifersLarge 1485136.00/cwt136.00–136.0066011
HeifersMedium and Large 1690131.62/cwt129.00–133.0090813
HeifersMedium and Large 1704141.15/cwt138.35–143.75994150
SteersLarge 1535148.16/cwt145.25–154.0079329
SteersMedium and Large 1831138.23/cwt135.00–141.001,14937

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.