Name: Centerville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as there was no recent report for comparison. Demand was good for the light offering. Trade was active.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.56/cwt on 403 head.

Average price

$143.56

403 head · 612 lb average

Value per head Derived

$878

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$17.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.99

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	615	146.02	898	337
Large 1	479	138.89	666	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	639	128.06	819	48

One grade step is worth $17.96/cwt here — about $79 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 sale403 hd

143.56

—

IA average6 barns · 1,405 hd

128.57

+14.99

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

36 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 1Unweaned	—	494	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	800	6
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	637	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	889	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	134.23/cwt	132.50–135.00	805	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	134.08/cwt	134.00–134.25	953	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	896	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,120	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	174.60/cwt	170.00–180.00	835	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	148.25/cwt	144.00–155.00	713	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	137.70/cwt	137.00–138.00	792	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	145.41/cwt	140.50–148.00	746	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	849	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,010	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	570	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	764	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	151.90/cwt	140.00–154.50	922	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	152.58/cwt	150.50–156.50	888	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	141.27/cwt	141.00–141.50	934	13
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	544	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	827	26
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	665	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	939	33
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	—	519	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	701	4
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	—	468	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	655	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	516	176.47/cwt	168.50–182.50	911	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	398	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	736	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	459	183.25/cwt	183.25–183.25	841	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	491	153.03/cwt	142.00–154.00	751	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	753	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	125.49/cwt	125.00–126.00	917	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	580	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	771	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	650	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	813	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	715	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	801	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	158.21/cwt	156.00–160.00	666	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	159.85/cwt	156.00–163.00	860	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	675	148.60/cwt	148.60–148.60	1,003	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	762	140.75/cwt	140.75–140.75	1,073	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	173.51/cwt	169.00–178.00	644	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	163.92/cwt	156.00–170.00	682	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	364	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	659	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	572	158.82/cwt	149.00–162.75	908	51

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 Oct 15, 2020

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

Receipts 924Last week 1,274Year ago 0

No trend as there was no recent report for comparison. Demand was good for the light offering. Trade was active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	494	162.00	162.00
15	—	637	139.50	139.50
26	—	544	152.00	152.00
33	—	665	141.25	141.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	711	134.00–134.25	134.08
22	—	896	125.00	125.00
24	—	478	170.00–180.00	174.60
27	—	607	140.00–154.50	151.90
36	—	582	150.50–156.50	152.58
13	—	661	141.00–141.50	141.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	516	168.50–182.50	176.47
8	—	398	185.00	185.00
8	—	459	183.25	183.25
51	—	572	149.00–162.75	158.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	464	154.00	154.00
6	—	556	144.00	144.00
7	—	421	156.00–160.00	158.21
18	—	538	156.00–163.00	159.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	600	132.50–135.00	134.23
18	—	481	144.00–155.00	148.25
20	—	575	137.00–138.00	137.70
25	—	513	140.50–148.00	145.41
9	—	849	119.00	119.00
6	—	371	169.00–178.00	173.51
8	—	416	156.00–170.00	163.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	570	134.00	134.00
54	—	491	142.00–154.00	153.03
8	—	364	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	519	135.00	135.00
14	—	468	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	579	130.00	130.00
12	—	731	125.00–126.00	125.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	580	133.00	133.00
15	—	650	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	675	148.60	148.60
79	—	762	140.75	140.75

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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