Sale reports / Iowa / Centerville Livestock Auction / 2022-10-13

Centerville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Centerville, Iowa · Thu, Oct 13
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2163
Receipts
720 head
522 vs last sale 1,242 263 vs year ago 983 · 26.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as this sale last reported one month ago. Trade active with moderate demand for the moderate offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $169.21/cwt on 324 head.
Average price
$169.21
324 head · 630 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,066
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$241
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.48
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1636173.621,104275
Medium 1545153.388368thin
Medium and Large 1-2605142.7286341
One grade step is worth $30.90/cwt here — about $241 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 sale324 hd
169.21
IA average7 barns · 2,243 hd
167.73
+1.48
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

34 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 1398222.50/cwt222.50–222.508864
BullsMedium and Large 1524178.17/cwt171.00–179.0093410
BullsMedium and Large 1448184.00/cwt184.00–184.008242
HeifersMedium 1545153.38/cwt153.00–154.008368
HeifersMedium and Large 1668156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0424
HeifersMedium and Large 1444179.50/cwt179.50–179.507975
SteersMedium and Large 1532201.20/cwt196.00–207.501,07079
SteersMedium and Large 1369232.26/cwt205.00–235.0085711
SteersMedium and Large 1328227.50/cwt227.50–227.507462
SteersMedium and Large 1627166.51/cwt161.25–168.751,04433
SteersMedium and Large 1778170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3236
SteersMedium and Large 1277239.11/cwt235.00–242.506623
HeifersMedium and Large 1768164.75/cwt164.75–164.751,26517
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed688180.35/cwt180.35–180.351,24175
SteersMedium and Large 1866159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,3775
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed637179.50/cwt179.50–179.501,1433
SteersLarge 1534186.83/cwt185.00–189.5099825
SteersMedium and Large 1588176.47/cwt170.00–178.001,03840
HeifersMedium and Large 1340205.00/cwt205.00–205.006971
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2701139.00/cwt139.00–139.009748
SteersMedium and Large 1473208.51/cwt202.00–218.0098635
SteersMedium and Large 1674167.74/cwt156.00–176.001,13138
HeifersMedium and Large 1371198.09/cwt195.00–202.5073514
HeifersMedium and Large 1580152.19/cwt151.00–154.0088315
HeifersMedium and Large 1608152.00/cwt152.00–152.009247
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2613130.00/cwt130.00–130.007977
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed769173.10/cwt173.10–173.101,33174
SteersLarge 1578163.00/cwt163.00–163.009422
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2491153.84/cwt149.00–156.0075516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2683142.50/cwt142.50–142.509732
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2548146.00/cwt146.00–146.008003
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2807129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0415
HeifersMedium and Large 1470170.62/cwt163.00–178.0080255
HeifersMedium and Large 1509172.32/cwt167.50–174.008778

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.