Sale reports / Iowa / Centerville Livestock Auction / 2022-01-27

Centerville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Centerville, Iowa · Thu, Jan 27
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2163
Receipts
975 head
111 vs last sale 1,086 975 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $170.36/cwt on 506 head.
Average price
$170.36
506 head · 669 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,140
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$22.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.60
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1670173.561,162431
Medium and Large 1-2655152.3599840
Large 1682151.501,03335
One grade step is worth $22.06/cwt here — about $129 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 sale506 hd
170.36
IA average12 barns · 11,811 hd
167.76
+2.60
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

29 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
BullsMedium and Large 1733138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0123
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned431174.00/cwt174.00–174.007505
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned670146.00/cwt146.00–146.0097811
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned540165.00/cwt165.00–165.0089113
HeifersMedium 1662132.95/cwt132.00–133.508808
HeifersMedium 1637139.26/cwt138.00–141.0088721
SteersMedium and Large 1867143.58/cwt143.00–145.501,24513
SteersMedium and Large 1539186.58/cwt186.50–187.001,00617
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed674172.25/cwt172.25–172.251,16123
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed559194.50/cwt194.50–194.501,08728
SteersMedium and Large 1840152.08/cwt137.50–154.251,27765
SteersMedium and Large 1647177.00/cwt172.00–177.251,14539
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed523204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,06765
SteersMedium and Large 1-2731144.99/cwt144.50–147.001,06020
SteersMedium and Large 1-2579159.70/cwt158.50–161.5092520
HeifersMedium and Large 1848129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,0985
SteersMedium and Large 1716163.76/cwt154.50–168.001,173107
HeifersMedium and Large 1587149.86/cwt146.00–155.0088031
SteersLarge 1647159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,02910
SteersLarge 1696148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,03425
SteersMedium and Large 1668162.80/cwt155.00–168.001,08839
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned484146.00/cwt146.00–146.0070710
SteersMedium and Large 1588183.99/cwt182.00–184.501,08235
HeifersMedium and Large 1665147.91/cwt144.00–152.7598453
HeifersMedium and Large 1530159.38/cwt157.00–160.5084530
HeifersMedium and Large 1487160.00/cwt157.00–161.0077934
HeifersMedium and Large 1745142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,06218
HeifersMedium and Large 1616155.90/cwt152.75–160.00960118
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned728129.50/cwt129.50–129.509435

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.