Name: Centerville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Trade active with good demand for the limited offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $185.80/cwt on 365 head.

Average price

$185.80

365 head · 589 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,094

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$26.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.46

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	588	186.23	1,096	359
Medium and Large 1-2	605	160.13	968	6thin

One grade step is worth $26.10/cwt here — about $128 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 sale365 hd

185.80

—

IA average9 barns · 5,487 hd

187.26

−1.46

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

30 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	183.58/cwt	180.00–197.50	699	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	870	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	845	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,241	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	193.24/cwt	181.00–197.00	1,301	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	205.05/cwt	188.00–206.50	1,212	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	805	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	186.99/cwt	184.00–190.00	999	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	199.13/cwt	198.50–199.25	1,259	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	217.88/cwt	211.00–220.50	1,074	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	182.75/cwt	182.75–182.75	1,349	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	403	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	806	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	168.71/cwt	167.50–170.00	882	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	933	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	992	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	180.88/cwt	176.75–186.50	1,136	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	188.19/cwt	184.75–191.75	1,001	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	767	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,499	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	507	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,171	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	558	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,244	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	172.15/cwt	171.00–175.00	1,332	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	857	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	176.65/cwt	171.00–182.50	756	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,117	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,142	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	179.20/cwt	174.50–181.00	1,201	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	188.99/cwt	185.00–192.00	1,060	31

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 Feb 23, 2023

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

Receipts 664Last week 930Year ago 899

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Trade active with good demand for the limited offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	170.00	170.00
1	—	335	200.00	200.00
5	—	381	180.00–197.50	183.58
5	—	435	200.00	200.00
5	—	467	181.00	181.00
8	—	730	170.00	170.00
49	—	628	176.75–186.50	180.88
180	—	532	184.75–191.75	188.19
8	—	764	149.50	149.50
24	—	670	174.50–181.00	179.20
31	—	561	185.00–192.00	188.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	767	195.50	195.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	153.00	153.00
2	—	428	171.00–182.50	176.65
3	—	737	151.50	151.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	673	181.00–197.00	193.24
70	—	591	188.00–206.50	205.05
2	—	353	228.00	228.00
6	—	534	184.00–190.00	186.99
18	—	632	198.50–199.25	199.13
50	—	493	211.00–220.50	217.88
10	—	738	182.75	182.75
1	—	330	230.00	230.00
7	—	774	171.00–175.00	172.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	403	200.00	200.00
2	—	523	167.50–170.00	168.71
3	—	622	150.00	150.00
4	—	496	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	507	231.00	231.00
26	—	558	223.00	223.00

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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