Name: Centerville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade was active with moderate demand for the limited offerings. Many unweaned offerings today plus several load lots of yearling heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $255.52/cwt on 347 head.

Average price

$255.52

347 head · 610 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,558

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$551

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 1

$31.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.18

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	619	257.19	1,591	327
Medium and Large 1-2	481	233.00	1,121	7thin
Small and Medium 1	461	225.62	1,040	13thin

One grade step is worth $31.57/cwt here — about $551 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 sale347 hd

255.52

—

IA average6 barns · 2,086 hd

237.34

+18.18

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

40 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,338	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	711	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,358	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	651	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,504	7
Bulls	Small 1Unweaned	—	488	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	927	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	333	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,002	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,436	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	424	358.94/cwt	340.00–382.00	1,522	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	558	290.24/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,620	54
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	520	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	884	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	408	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	734	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	601	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,695	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	618	286.70/cwt	282.50–291.00	1,772	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	502	267.62/cwt	250.00–273.00	1,343	37
Steers	Medium 1	—	560	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	389	385.49/cwt	345.00–395.00	1,500	10
Steers	Small 1Unweaned	—	497	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,193	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	282.41/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,615	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,558	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	480	270.52/cwt	250.00–277.00	1,298	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	362	275.56/cwt	252.50–300.00	998	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	304.91/cwt	297.50–312.50	1,552	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,721	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	658	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	417	270.00/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,126	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,121	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	242.78/cwt	235.00–245.50	1,486	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	519	339.69/cwt	292.00–361.00	1,763	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,560	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	252.42/cwt	238.00–254.10	1,845	86
Heifers	Small and Medium 1Unweaned	—	413	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	940	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	164.61/cwt	160.00–181.00	1,121	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	624	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,379	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	554	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,490	15
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	—	502	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,124	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,247	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	241.59/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,290	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	335	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	838	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	197.70/cwt	182.50–208.00	1,340	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,915	76

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 Oct 12, 2023

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

Receipts 675Last week 1,221Year ago 720

No trend as no recent report. Trade was active with moderate demand for the limited offerings. Many unweaned offerings today plus several load lots of yearling heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	265.00	265.00
7	—	711	191.00	191.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	651	231.00	231.00
3	—	333	301.00	301.00
3	—	532	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Small 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	488	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	681	160.00–181.00	164.61
1	—	640	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	424	340.00–382.00	358.94
54	—	558	280.00–292.50	290.24
20	—	618	282.50–291.00	286.70
10	—	389	345.00–395.00	385.49
77	—	519	292.00–361.00	339.69
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	170.00	170.00
2	—	408	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	601	282.00	282.00
6	—	572	280.00–284.00	282.41
3	—	457	341.00	341.00
4	—	509	297.50–312.50	304.91
8	—	745	231.00	231.00
3	—	650	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	162.50	162.50
Steers — Small 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	497	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	502	250.00–273.00	267.62
39	—	480	250.00–277.00	270.52
6	—	362	252.50–300.00	275.56
2	—	658	210.00	210.00
32	—	417	255.00–285.00	270.00
7	—	624	221.00	221.00
15	—	554	269.00	269.00
2	—	335	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	481	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	612	235.00–245.50	242.78
86	—	731	238.00–254.10	252.42
6	—	487	256.00	256.00
6	—	534	240.00–250.00	241.59
5	—	678	182.50–208.00	197.70
76	—	757	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	413	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	502	224.00	224.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Centerville Livestock Auction