Name: Centerville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report available.. Trade was light with moderate demand. Supply was moderate with desirable feeders offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $315.03/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −134.41 against this barn's trailing median of $449.44.

Average price

$315.03

64 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,743

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$39.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.93

vs IA average

+9.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	319.33	1,754	57
Large 1	584	280.00	1,635	7thin

One grade step is worth $39.33/cwt here — about $119 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale64 hd

315.03

—

IA average8 barns · 853 hd

315.96

−0.93

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

+9.55

This barn, trailing median1 sales

449.44

−134.41

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	Large 1	550–600	582	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,374	3
Steers	Large 1	700–750	704	237.40/cwt	236.50–239.00	1,671	14
Steers	Large 1	300–350	311	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	967	4
Steers	Large 1	350–400	383	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,210	4
Steers	Large 1	400–450	405	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,256	4
Steers	Large 1	550–600	584	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,635	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,616	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,823	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	329.65/cwt	329.00–330.00	1,223	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	347.52/cwt	335.00–356.00	1,484	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	335.31/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,646	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,838	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	281.70/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,758	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	300.52/cwt	292.00–320.00	1,731	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	249.44/cwt	247.00–263.00	1,826	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	236.60/cwt	236.60–236.60	2,167	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	794	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,056	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	855	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	281.14/cwt	260.00–286.00	1,504	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	241.56/cwt	240.25–249.00	1,546	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	319.15/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,391	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	266.05/cwt	256.00–268.50	1,482	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	278.53/cwt	277.50–280.00	1,331	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	272.29/cwt	260.00–285.50	863	6
Steers	Medium 2	300–350	303	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	947	12
Steers	Medium 2	200–250	246	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	763	4
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	352	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,038	6
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	424	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,191	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	502	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,536	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	319.35/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,459	14

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 Apr 11, 2024

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

Receipts 690Last week 907Year ago 570

No trend as no recent report available.. Trade was light with moderate demand. Supply was moderate with desirable feeders offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	582	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	436	300.00–330.00	319.15
14	450–500	457	305.00–330.00	319.35
15	500–550	535	260.00–286.00	281.14
119	550–600	557	256.00–268.50	266.05
22	600–650	640	240.25–249.00	241.56
90	650–700	672	240.50	240.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	300.00	300.00
6	300–350	317	260.00–285.50	272.29
5	450–500	478	277.50–280.00	278.53
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	311	311.00	311.00
4	350–400	383	316.00	316.00
4	400–450	405	310.00	310.00
7	550–600	584	280.00	280.00
14	700–750	704	236.50–239.00	237.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	371	329.00–330.00	329.65
13	400–450	427	335.00–356.00	347.52
13	450–500	491	332.50–340.00	335.31
21	500–550	525	350.00	350.00
30	550–600	576	292.00–320.00	300.52
23	600–650	624	270.00–285.00	281.70
3	650–700	688	265.00	265.00
51	700–750	732	247.00–263.00	249.44
70	750–800	794	259.00	259.00
56	900–950	916	236.60	236.60
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	246	310.00	310.00
12	300–350	303	312.50	312.50
6	350–400	352	295.00	295.00
8	400–450	424	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	502	306.00	306.00

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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