Name: Centerville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with good demand for the limited offerings of both calves and yearlings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $276.88/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −172.56 against this barn's trailing median of $449.44.

Average price

$276.88

71 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,557

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$7.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.25

vs IA average

+10.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	278.19	1,586	58
Large 1	527	271.00	1,428	13thin

One grade step is worth $7.19/cwt here — about $158 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale71 hd

276.88

—

IA average4 barns · 905 hd

295.12

−18.25

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

+10.24

This barn, trailing median1 sales

449.44

−172.56

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

25 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 1Unweaned	450–500	488	265.42/cwt	260.00–271.00	1,295	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	385	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	963	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	590	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,298	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	783	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,762	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,816	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,421	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	258.71/cwt	247.00–265.50	1,736	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	239.50/cwt	238.00–242.00	1,856	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	277.69/cwt	272.50–280.75	1,583	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,633	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	224.42/cwt	220.00–227.50	2,071	5
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,428	13
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	633	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,630	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	251.08/cwt	248.50–253.00	1,577	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,468	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	278.99/cwt	263.00–290.00	1,317	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	448	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,322	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	272	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	952	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	763	260.81/cwt	255.75–263.75	1,990	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	292.74/cwt	282.00–300.00	1,528	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	236.70/cwt	231.00–243.50	1,910	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	221.75/cwt	221.75–221.75	2,122	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	246.75/cwt	246.75–246.75	1,658	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,742	4
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,313	15

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 Sep 19, 2024

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

Receipts 510Last week 690Year ago 1,221

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with good demand for the limited offerings of both calves and yearlings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	488	260.00–271.00	265.42
1	550–600	590	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	783	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	592	240.00	240.00
7	600–650	628	248.50–253.00	251.08
15	650–700	672	246.75	246.75
4	700–750	714	244.00	244.00
3	800–850	800	227.00	227.00
15	950–1000	957	221.75	221.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	272	350.00	350.00
6	400–450	448	295.00	295.00
25	450–500	472	263.00–290.00	278.99
20	500–550	522	282.00–300.00	292.74
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	525	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	573	285.00	285.00
14	650–700	671	247.00–265.50	258.71
13	750–800	775	238.00–242.00	239.50
39	800–850	807	231.00–243.50	236.70
5	900–950	923	220.00–227.50	224.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	469	313.00	313.00
54	550–600	570	272.50–280.75	277.69
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	527	271.00	271.00
31	600–650	633	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
103	750–800	763	255.75–263.75	260.81

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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