Name: Centerville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Active trade with good demand for the moderate offerings .

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $321.09/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −128.35 against this barn's trailing median of $449.44.

Average price

$321.09

91 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,725

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−5.36

vs IA average

−3.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	321.09	1,725	91

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 sale91 hd

321.09

—

IA average8 barns · 1,945 hd

326.45

−5.36

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−3.26

This barn, trailing median1 sales

449.44

−128.35

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

29 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	500–550	545	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,390	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,641	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	601	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,605	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	385	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,136	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	185.71/cwt	183.00–191.00	1,783	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	180.85/cwt	172.00–194.00	1,510	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,827	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	436	380.78/cwt	349.00–394.00	1,660	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	366	373.02/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,365	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	574	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	1,754	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	944	253.74/cwt	250.00–256.75	2,395	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,884	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	324.93/cwt	299.00–342.50	1,716	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	651	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,693	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	300	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,110	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	349	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,064	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	270	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	499	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,452	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	633	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,620	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	234.61/cwt	231.00–245.00	1,668	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,447	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,848	69
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,751	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	290.10/cwt	274.00–306.00	1,523	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	270	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,517	5
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	555	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,401	4
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	650–700	673	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,824	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	428	313.92/cwt	282.50–330.00	1,344	34

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 Dec 12, 2024

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

Receipts 536Last week 802Year ago 1,114

No trend as no recent report. Active trade with good demand for the moderate offerings .

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	295.00	295.00
1	500–550	545	255.00	255.00
9	600–650	601	267.00	267.00
1	650–700	650	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	579	262.00	262.00
69	700–750	719	257.00	257.00
5	800–850	835	172.00–194.00	180.85
3	950–1000	960	183.00–191.00	185.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	300.00	300.00
3	300–350	349	305.00	305.00
34	400–450	428	282.50–330.00	313.92
5	450–500	499	291.00	291.00
32	500–550	525	274.00–306.00	290.10
5	600–650	633	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	555	252.50	252.50
9	650–700	673	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	310.00	310.00
1	300–350	300	370.00	370.00
11	350–400	366	355.00–385.00	373.02
10	400–450	436	349.00–394.00	380.78
73	500–550	528	299.00–342.50	324.93
18	550–600	574	305.50	305.50
3	600–650	628	291.00	291.00
4	650–700	651	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	685	275.00	275.00
8	700–750	711	231.00–245.00	234.61
108	900–950	944	250.00–256.75	253.74
60	950–1000	956	256.00	256.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	608	288.00	288.00

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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