Name: Centerville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as last report was Oct. 17. Trade active with good demand. Supply included several load lots of steers off grass.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $304.24/cwt on 127 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −145.20 against this barn's trailing median of $449.44.

Average price

$304.24

127 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−5.25

vs IA average

−1.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	304.24	1,670	127

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 sale127 hd

304.24

—

IA average5 barns · 912 hd

309.49

−5.25

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

−1.20

This barn, trailing median1 sales

449.44

−145.20

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

31 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	300–350	328	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,074	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	568	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,505	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	425	329.65/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,401	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	633	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,453	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	506	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,305	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,647	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	275.96/cwt	268.50–284.00	1,708	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	346.00/cwt	345.00–347.00	1,439	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	564	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,726	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	333.40/cwt	300.00–344.50	1,534	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	238.23/cwt	235.00–240.50	2,089	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	485	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,576	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	519	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,624	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	853	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,260	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,803	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	292.89/cwt	290.00–294.50	1,599	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	2,091	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	248.95/cwt	242.00–258.00	1,656	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	241.95/cwt	239.00–245.75	2,340	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	261.83/cwt	258.00–267.00	1,524	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,639	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	288.91/cwt	280.00–291.00	1,531	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	351	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,062	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	413	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,367	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	544	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,746	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	579	264.95/cwt	258.00–270.25	1,534	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,848	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	285.17/cwt	272.00–291.50	1,392	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	276.36/cwt	267.50–278.00	1,445	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	636	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,647	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	323	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,066	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 Nov 14, 2024

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

Receipts 802Last week 485Year ago 1,114

No trend as last report was Oct. 17. Trade active with good demand. Supply included several load lots of steers off grass.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	327.50	327.50
7	400–450	425	305.00–340.00	329.65
3	550–600	568	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	506	258.00	258.00
5	600–650	633	229.50	229.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	488	272.00–291.50	285.17
25	500–550	523	267.50–278.00	276.36
21	550–600	582	258.00–267.00	261.83
12	600–650	631	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	330.00	330.00
8	350–400	351	302.50	302.50
7	400–450	413	331.00	331.00
25	500–550	530	280.00–291.00	288.91
19	550–600	579	258.00–270.25	264.95
20	600–650	636	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	416	345.00–347.00	346.00
17	450–500	460	300.00–344.50	333.40
45	500–550	546	290.00–294.50	292.89
22	550–600	567	289.00	289.00
90	600–650	619	268.50–284.00	275.96
13	650–700	665	242.00–258.00	248.95
13	700–750	712	259.50	259.50
68	750–800	773	270.50	270.50
11	850–900	877	235.00–240.50	238.23
117	950–1000	967	239.00–245.75	241.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	485	325.00	325.00
5	500–550	519	313.00	313.00
8	550–600	564	306.00	306.00
8	650–700	657	274.50	274.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	500–550	544	321.00	321.00
96	850–900	853	265.00	265.00

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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