Name: Centerville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Trade was active with a moderate demand for the moderate offerings, several loads of heavier steers were offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $349.38/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −100.05 against this barn's trailing median of $449.44.

Average price

$349.38

103 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,918

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$32.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.93

vs IA average

−15.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	351.88	1,938	95
Medium 1	530	319.75	1,695	8thin

One grade step is worth $32.13/cwt here — about $243 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale103 hd

349.38

—

IA average5 barns · 662 hd

370.31

−20.93

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

−15.38

This barn, trailing median1 sales

449.44

−100.05

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

41 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	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	446	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,681	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	435.28/cwt	420.00–442.50	1,175	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	278.94/cwt	265.00–289.00	1,908	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	291.09/cwt	289.00–301.00	1,863	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,894	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	365.86/cwt	357.50–370.00	1,720	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	345.13/cwt	332.50–360.00	1,802	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	358.77/cwt	356.00–362.50	1,704	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	306.88/cwt	303.00–312.50	1,725	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	429.45/cwt	390.00–440.00	1,430	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	300	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	930	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,788	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,713	3
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	500	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,610	5
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	580	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,833	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	407	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,913	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	761	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,367	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	315.83/cwt	314.00–318.50	2,318	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	565	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,794	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,800	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	376.99/cwt	350.00–387.50	1,742	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	844	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,532	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	367.25/cwt	347.50–385.00	1,965	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	328.71/cwt	325.00–338.00	2,212	75
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	600	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,830	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	335.51/cwt	333.00–340.00	2,110	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	475.87/cwt	460.00–485.00	1,499	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	420.34/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,824	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,427	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	337.01/cwt	327.00–342.50	1,914	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	546	351.65/cwt	347.50–355.00	1,920	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	306.91/cwt	300.00–314.00	2,369	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	303	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,212	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,458	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	378.07/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,614	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,795	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,140	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	349.06/cwt	310.00–375.00	1,958	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,800	2

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 17, 2025

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

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No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Trade was active with a moderate demand for the moderate offerings, several loads of heavier steers were offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	310.00	310.00
9	400–450	446	377.00	377.00
9	450–500	475	356.00–362.50	358.77
7	500–550	524	342.50	342.50
2	550–600	565	317.50	317.50
3	600–650	623	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	270	420.00–442.50	435.28
15	300–350	333	390.00–440.00	429.45
19	400–450	427	365.00–400.00	378.07
19	450–500	470	357.50–370.00	365.86
32	500–550	522	332.50–360.00	345.13
12	550–600	562	303.00–312.50	306.88
22	600–650	640	289.00–301.00	291.09
17	650–700	684	265.00–289.00	278.94
4	800–850	820	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	375.00	375.00
2	450–500	463	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
40	750–800	761	311.00	311.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	546	347.50–355.00	351.65
4	600–650	606	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	500	322.00	322.00
3	550–600	580	316.00	316.00
6	600–650	600	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	407	470.00	470.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	500.00	500.00
8	300–350	315	460.00–485.00	475.87
4	350–400	360	500.00	500.00
11	400–450	434	415.00–425.00	420.34
47	450–500	462	350.00–387.50	376.99
38	500–550	535	347.50–385.00	367.25
39	550–600	568	327.00–342.50	337.01
30	600–650	629	333.00–340.00	335.51
75	650–700	673	325.00–338.00	328.71
120	700–750	734	314.00–318.50	315.83
139	750–800	772	300.00–314.00	306.91
69	800–850	844	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	303	400.00	400.00
6	350–400	373	382.50	382.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	561	310.00–375.00	349.06
2	600–650	600	300.00	300.00
8	700–750	743	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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