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 1—733138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0123
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—431174.00/cwt174.00–174.007505
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—670146.00/cwt146.00–146.0097811
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—540165.00/cwt165.00–165.0089113
HeifersMedium 1—662132.95/cwt132.00–133.508808
HeifersMedium 1—637139.26/cwt138.00–141.0088721
SteersMedium and Large 1—867143.58/cwt143.00–145.501,24513
SteersMedium and Large 1—539186.58/cwt186.50–187.001,00617
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—674172.25/cwt172.25–172.251,16123
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—559194.50/cwt194.50–194.501,08728
SteersMedium and Large 1—840152.08/cwt137.50–154.251,27765
SteersMedium and Large 1—647177.00/cwt172.00–177.251,14539
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—523204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,06765
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—731144.99/cwt144.50–147.001,06020
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—579159.70/cwt158.50–161.5092520
HeifersMedium and Large 1—848129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,0985
SteersMedium and Large 1—716163.76/cwt154.50–168.001,173107
HeifersMedium and Large 1—587149.86/cwt146.00–155.0088031
SteersLarge 1—647159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,02910
SteersLarge 1—696148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,03425
SteersMedium and Large 1—668162.80/cwt155.00–168.001,08839
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—484146.00/cwt146.00–146.0070710
SteersMedium and Large 1—588183.99/cwt182.00–184.501,08235
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665147.91/cwt144.00–152.7598453
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530159.38/cwt157.00–160.5084530
HeifersMedium and Large 1—487160.00/cwt157.00–161.0077934
HeifersMedium and Large 1—745142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,06218
HeifersMedium and Large 1—616155.90/cwt152.75–160.00960118
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—728129.50/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.