Name: Centerville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend, no recent report. Trade active, moderate demand for the mostly uniform feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $288.68/cwt on 123 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −160.76 against this barn's trailing median of $449.44.

Average price

$288.68

123 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,644

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.67

vs IA average

−10.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	288.68	1,644	123

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale123 hd

288.68

—

IA average3 barns · 159 hd

286.02

+2.67

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−10.65

This barn, trailing median1 sales

449.44

−160.76

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	593	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,026	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,714	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	335.94/cwt	295.00–357.50	1,099	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,938	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,733	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	593	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,637	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	305.59/cwt	291.00–315.00	1,555	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,691	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	324	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,348	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	287.87/cwt	270.00–294.00	1,655	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	378.72/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,450	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	398	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,264	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	337	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,213	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	668	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,804	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,813	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	625	263.34/cwt	256.00–269.00	1,646	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	423	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,502	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	300.57/cwt	300.00–301.00	1,172	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,430	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	292.24/cwt	288.00–297.00	1,432	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	332.55/cwt	330.50–340.00	1,470	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,374	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	541	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,396	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	266.95/cwt	252.20–276.00	1,524	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	621	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,559	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	552	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,499	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	418	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,578	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,592	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	286.47/cwt	270.50–292.00	1,467	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	431	317.21/cwt	294.00–359.00	1,367	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	597	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,552	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,416	3

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 17, 2024

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

Receipts 485Last week 510Year ago 675

No trend, no recent report. Trade active, moderate demand for the mostly uniform feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	431	294.00–359.00	317.21
8	550–600	593	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	597	260.00	260.00
3	700–750	708	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	327	295.00–357.50	335.94
14	350–400	390	300.00–301.00	300.57
7	450–500	493	290.00	290.00
44	500–550	512	270.50–292.00	286.47
24	550–600	571	252.20–276.00	266.95
6	600–650	622	256.00	256.00
3	650–700	672	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	337	360.00	360.00
8	350–400	398	317.50	317.50
3	450–500	482	285.00	285.00
4	500–550	541	258.00	258.00
7	550–600	552	271.50	271.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	621	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	383	365.00–385.00	378.72
20	400–450	442	330.50–340.00	332.55
15	450–500	490	288.00–297.00	292.24
13	500–550	509	291.00–315.00	305.59
99	550–600	575	270.00–294.00	287.87
25	600–650	604	280.00	280.00
9	650–700	693	250.00	250.00
5	700–750	725	250.00	250.00
7	800–850	804	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	324	416.00	416.00
18	400–450	423	355.00	355.00
11	550–600	593	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	668	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	625	256.00–269.00	263.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	377.50	377.50

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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