Name: Centerville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with good demand on moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.04/cwt on 777 head.

Average price

$148.04

777 head · 717 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,062

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$255

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 1

$5.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.69

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	537	153.14	822	48
Medium and Large 1	729	147.70	1,077	729

One grade step is worth $5.43/cwt here — about −$255 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 sale777 hd

148.04

—

IA average10 barns · 7,478 hd

146.35

+1.69

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	305	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	503	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	466	141.57/cwt	133.00–150.00	660	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	126.23/cwt	125.00–127.50	981	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	138.76/cwt	135.25–143.25	876	93
Heifers	Large 1	—	502	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	734	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	120.25/cwt	120.25–120.25	1,118	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,081	49
Heifers	Large 1	—	333	160.67/cwt	160.00–164.00	535	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	161.42/cwt	160.00–164.00	686	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	144.86/cwt	143.00–145.00	820	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	992	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,285	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	425	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	727	11
Steers	Large 1	—	448	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	762	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	847	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,232	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	623	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,022	47
Steers	Large 1	—	479	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	771	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	640	148.76/cwt	148.00–151.00	952	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	154.33/cwt	152.50–157.00	946	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	133.37/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,098	27
Steers	Large 1	—	537	151.95/cwt	149.00–153.00	816	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	651	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	963	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	136.09/cwt	129.00–136.60	1,202	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	139.67/cwt	135.50–142.25	1,096	29
Steers	Large 1	—	619	143.24/cwt	137.00–146.00	887	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	522	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	887	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	167.99/cwt	158.00–175.50	890	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	1,284	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	872	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,059	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	145.19/cwt	139.50–146.00	1,028	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	150.95/cwt	147.50–154.50	1,037	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	183.77/cwt	177.50–187.00	658	6
Steers	Large 1	—	333	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	563	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	162.11/cwt	160.00–164.00	914	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	153.79/cwt	145.50–157.50	801	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	801	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	949	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	131.96/cwt	127.00–138.00	900	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	496	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	729	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	950	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	1,166	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	973	19

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 17, 2020

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

Receipts 1,274Last week 0Year ago 899

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with good demand on moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	165.00	165.00
7	—	496	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	466	133.00–150.00	141.57
11	—	502	146.25	146.25
6	—	333	160.00–164.00	160.67
59	—	950	122.75	122.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	777	125.00–127.50	126.23
93	—	631	135.25–143.25	138.76
11	—	930	120.25	120.25
49	—	851	127.00	127.00
11	—	425	160.00–164.00	161.42
42	—	566	143.00–145.00	144.86
1	—	310	167.50	167.50
34	—	521	145.50–157.50	153.79
23	—	682	127.00–138.00	131.96
19	—	721	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	801	118.50	118.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	992	129.50	129.50
9	—	476	178.00	178.00
50	—	916	134.50	134.50
57	—	613	152.50–157.00	154.33
27	—	823	130.00–135.00	133.37
72	—	883	129.00–136.60	136.09
29	—	785	135.50–142.25	139.67
79	—	530	158.00–175.50	167.99
35	—	1,005	127.75	127.75
94	—	708	139.50–146.00	145.19
49	—	687	147.50–154.50	150.95
6	—	358	177.50–187.00	183.77
24	—	564	160.00–164.00	162.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	425	171.00	171.00
19	—	640	148.00–151.00	148.76
19	—	651	148.00	148.00
26	—	522	170.00	170.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	448	170.00	170.00
6	—	479	161.00	161.00
15	—	537	149.00–153.00	151.95
18	—	619	137.00–146.00	143.24
3	—	333	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	623	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	872	121.50	121.50

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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