Name: Centerville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There was no recent market coverage for comparison. Trade was active with light to moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.51/cwt on 498 head.

Average price

$127.51

498 head · 616 lb average

Value per head Derived

$785

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$11

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

$17.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.26

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	594	131.22	780	394
Medium and Large 1-2	698	113.44	791	104

One grade step is worth $17.79/cwt here — about −$11 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 sale498 hd

127.51

—

IA average8 barns · 3,492 hd

128.76

−1.26

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

37 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	840	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	121.32/cwt	121.00–121.50	952	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	140.31/cwt	136.00–145.00	665	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	837	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,080	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	840	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	932	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	628	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	112.22/cwt	110.75–114.00	821	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	615	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	738	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	128.49/cwt	125.50–134.00	807	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	121.25/cwt	121.25–121.25	788	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	131.74/cwt	125.00–136.00	703	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	793	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	833	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	513	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	109.17/cwt	107.50–110.00	835	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,097	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	147.47/cwt	144.00–150.00	553	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	130.60/cwt	126.00–132.25	743	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	778	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	863	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,113	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	735	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	114.39/cwt	113.50–119.50	741	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	115.25/cwt	115.25–115.25	1,065	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	853	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	154.59/cwt	154.00–155.50	869	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	126.78/cwt	122.00–128.50	1,022	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	141.59/cwt	134.00–147.50	736	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	249	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	479	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	840	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	182.89/cwt	179.00–187.00	673	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	160.77/cwt	157.00–170.50	854	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	136.56/cwt	129.00–141.00	837	8
Steers	Large 1	—	663	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	922	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	298	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	542	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	147.17/cwt	144.00–148.50	907	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	133.05/cwt	131.50–134.50	953	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	150.14/cwt	146.00–154.00	1,006	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	142.42/cwt	140.00–147.00	833	31

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 Mar 12, 2020

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

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There was no recent market coverage for comparison. Trade was active with light to moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	715	117.50	117.50
37	—	785	121.00–121.50	121.32
49	—	474	136.00–145.00	140.31
33	—	628	125.50–134.00	128.49
44	—	650	121.25	121.25
83	—	534	125.00–136.00	131.74
7	—	892	123.00	123.00
43	—	375	144.00–150.00	147.47
56	—	569	126.00–132.25	130.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	837	129.00	129.00
20	—	863	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	840	111.00	111.00
6	—	793	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	483	130.00	130.00
36	—	732	110.75–114.00	112.22
5	—	424	121.00	121.00
21	—	765	107.50–110.00	109.17
4	—	593	124.00	124.00
20	—	648	113.50–119.50	114.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	615	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	707	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	924	115.25	115.25
11	—	448	190.50	190.50
23	—	562	154.00–155.50	154.59
53	—	806	122.00–128.50	126.78
4	—	249	192.50	192.50
7	—	459	183.00	183.00
21	—	368	179.00–187.00	182.89
52	—	531	157.00–170.50	160.77
6	—	298	182.00	182.00
14	—	616	144.00–148.50	147.17
23	—	716	131.50–134.50	133.05
124	—	670	146.00–154.00	150.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	520	134.00–147.50	141.59
8	—	613	129.00–141.00	136.56
31	—	585	140.00–147.00	142.42
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	663	139.00	139.00

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.

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