Sale reports / Iowa / Centerville Livestock Auction / 2022-02-17

Centerville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Centerville, Iowa · Thu, Feb 17
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2163
Receipts
899 head
76 vs last sale 975 899 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 and demand moderate for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $174.86/cwt on 547 head.
Average price
$174.86
547 head · 678 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,185
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$26.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.28
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1676175.621,188531
Medium 1736149.501,10016thin
One grade step is worth $26.12/cwt here — about $87 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 sale547 hd
174.86
IA average7 barns · 5,792 hd
171.58
+3.28
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

28 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
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy590168.97/cwt165.00–173.009974
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy631134.17/cwt129.50–143.008476
HeifersMedium 1765125.00/cwt125.00–125.009566
HeifersMedium and Large 1348197.50/cwt197.50–197.506876
HeifersMedium and Large 1465182.16/cwt173.00–183.0084758
HeifersMedium and Large 1803137.11/cwt134.00–139.001,10116
HeifersMedium and Large 1786131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0308
SteersMedium and Large 11,012141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,4278
SteersMedium and Large 1383209.31/cwt207.50–211.008022
SteersMedium and Large 1914141.85/cwt139.00–145.001,29715
SteersMedium and Large 1488209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,02017
SteersMedium and Large 1762165.53/cwt158.00–168.251,26187
SteersMedium and Large 1285216.37/cwt210.00–235.006174
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy537165.50/cwt164.00–167.008896
SteersMedium and Large 1728166.44/cwt154.50–171.501,212117
SteersMedium and Large 1887144.41/cwt139.00–148.001,28110
SteersMedium and Large 1802150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,20317
SteersMedium and Large 1535189.29/cwt185.00–196.001,01339
HeifersMedium and Large 1426188.96/cwt185.00–190.0080514
HeifersMedium and Large 1571161.60/cwt157.00–175.00923114
SteersMedium and Large 1572194.54/cwt193.75–198.001,11370
SteersMedium and Large 1619186.77/cwt180.50–189.001,15682
HeifersMedium and Large 1673152.02/cwt145.00–153.501,02323
HeifersMedium and Large 1720133.29/cwt131.00–140.0096027
HeifersMedium and Large 1871130.34/cwt124.50–135.001,13516
HeifersMedium and Large 1627154.26/cwt153.00–156.0096718
SteersMedium 1736149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,10016
SteersMedium and Large 1676175.68/cwt166.00–179.251,18853

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.