Name: Centerville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. 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 $257.07/cwt on 432 head.

Average price

$257.07

432 head · 632 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,626

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$378

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$53.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.77

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	649	261.60	1,699	358
Medium and Large 1-2	526	243.26	1,279	57
Medium 1	635	207.94	1,321	17thin

One grade step is worth $53.66/cwt here — about $378 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 sale432 hd

257.07

—

IA average11 barns · 9,076 hd

249.30

+7.77

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

32 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	Large 1	—	499	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,160	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	239.51/cwt	239.00–240.00	759	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,596	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	252.76/cwt	244.00–267.50	1,208	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	241.15/cwt	229.00–249.75	1,485	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	983	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	283.83/cwt	282.00–293.00	1,496	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	703	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,624	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	225.75/cwt	225.75–225.75	2,063	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	261.25/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,126	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	259.35/cwt	256.00–262.50	1,198	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	240.02/cwt	226.00–260.00	1,272	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	247.18/cwt	235.00–249.50	1,671	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	269.92/cwt	261.00–274.50	1,587	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	570	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,664	37
Steers	Medium 1	—	507	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,128	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,302	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	550	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,546	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	236.75/cwt	236.75–236.75	1,937	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	235.76/cwt	234.00–236.25	1,738	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	231.25/cwt	230.50–235.00	1,337	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	246.46/cwt	240.00–250.00	924	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	232.95/cwt	226.00–240.00	1,342	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	275.19/cwt	273.00–276.50	1,681	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	478	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,152	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	639	216.72/cwt	216.00–217.00	1,385	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,504	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	540	227.10/cwt	224.00–229.00	1,226	13
Steers	Medium 1	—	705	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,410	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	300.49/cwt	299.00–301.00	1,232	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	263.66/cwt	249.00–265.00	1,437	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	393	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	975	10

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 Jan 4, 2024

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

Receipts 907Last week 1,114Year ago 635

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	499	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	317	239.00–240.00	239.51
7	—	744	214.50	214.50
60	—	478	244.00–267.50	252.76
130	—	616	229.00–249.75	241.15
8	—	423	232.50	232.50
23	—	578	230.50–235.00	231.25
10	—	375	240.00–250.00	246.46
12	—	682	220.50	220.50
57	—	545	249.00–265.00	263.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	478	241.00	241.00
7	—	639	216.00–217.00	216.72
13	—	540	224.00–229.00	227.10
10	—	393	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	527	282.00–293.00	283.83
7	—	914	225.75	225.75
62	—	676	235.00–249.50	247.18
32	—	588	261.00–274.50	269.92
5	—	461	282.50	282.50
62	—	818	236.75	236.75
37	—	737	234.00–236.25	235.76
40	—	611	273.00–276.50	275.19
16	—	410	299.00–301.00	300.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	703	231.00	231.00
13	—	550	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	431	260.00–265.00	261.25
11	—	462	256.00–262.50	259.35
10	—	530	226.00–260.00	240.02
28	—	576	226.00–240.00	232.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	570	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	507	222.50	222.50
11	—	705	200.00	200.00

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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