Sale reports / Iowa / Centerville Livestock Auction / 2020-01-30

Centerville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Centerville, Iowa · Thu, Jan 30
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2163
Receipts
1,355 head
1,355 vs last sale 0 1,355 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent report so no trend. Trade active with moderate to good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.47/cwt on 767 head.
Average price
$157.47
767 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$995
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$25
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$24.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.26
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1630158.941,001701
Medium 1598147.0087913thin
Medium and Large 1-2628144.0090433
Large 1724134.8597620
One grade step is worth $24.09/cwt here — about $25 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 sale767 hd
157.47
IA average9 barns · 8,751 hd
153.21
+4.26
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
HeifersMedium and Large 1241162.00/cwt162.00–162.0039012
HeifersMedium and Large 1418153.10/cwt150.00–157.5064014
HeifersMedium and Large 1634138.52/cwt131.00–143.0087834
HeifersMedium and Large 1936129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,2079
SteersMedium and Large 1531176.76/cwt173.00–181.0093958
HeifersMedium and Large 1534140.40/cwt136.00–147.00750137
SteersMedium and Large 1427180.14/cwt174.50–186.2576917
SteersMedium and Large 1711145.77/cwt137.50–148.751,03673
SteersMedium and Large 1684145.81/cwt140.50–149.0099797
SteersMedium and Large 1636154.72/cwt149.00–159.75984145
SteersMedium and Large 1572169.34/cwt159.00–174.50969181
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2448143.00/cwt143.00–143.006415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2537127.00/cwt127.00–127.006828
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2605122.25/cwt122.25–122.2574011
HeifersMedium and Large 1652132.41/cwt130.00–138.0086320
HeifersMedium and Large 1476154.25/cwt154.25–154.2573438
HeifersMedium and Large 1583138.96/cwt130.00–142.5081038
HeifersMedium and Large 1362178.41/cwt171.00–186.0064610
HeifersMedium and Large 1728124.60/cwt124.00–126.0090710
BullsMedium and Large 1636132.50/cwt132.50–132.508431
BullsMedium and Large 1225203.00/cwt203.00–203.004575
BullsMedium and Large 1365160.00/cwt160.00–160.005846
BullsMedium and Large 1273167.00/cwt167.00–167.0045615
HeifersMedium 1659125.75/cwt125.75–125.7582918
HeifersMedium and Large 1337155.52/cwt152.50–157.005249
SteersLarge 1724134.85/cwt134.75–135.0097620
SteersMedium 1598147.00/cwt147.00–147.0087913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628144.00/cwt144.00–144.0090433
SteersMedium and Large 1758142.92/cwt137.00–143.501,08323
SteersMedium and Large 1929130.56/cwt124.00–131.501,21324
SteersMedium and Large 1801136.55/cwt135.00–138.001,09431
SteersMedium and Large 1478184.28/cwt178.00–185.7588152
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement687148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,02010
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement756143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,08111
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed516151.00/cwt151.00–151.0077911

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.