Name: Central Plains Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as there was no recent coverage for comparison. Demand was moderate to good for the moderate offerings. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.30/cwt on 756 head.

Average price

$142.30

756 head · 646 lb average

Value per head Derived

$919

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$1.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.45

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	652	142.35	928	720
Medium and Large 1-2	522	141.33	738	36

One grade step is worth $1.01/cwt here — about $190 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale756 hd

142.30

—

IA average10 barns · 10,038 hd

143.75

−1.45

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

35 lots · USDA AMS · Humeston Livestock Auction - Humeston, 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 1	—	972	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	991	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	130.55/cwt	125.00–139.00	687	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	121.75/cwt	121.75–121.75	890	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	547	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	681	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	165.26/cwt	159.00–168.00	709	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	134.74/cwt	130.00–137.50	973	117
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	521	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	740	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	380	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	669	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	139.67/cwt	139.25–140.00	668	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	169.35/cwt	167.00–170.50	791	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	142.96/cwt	133.75–146.50	905	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	384	153.27/cwt	147.00–156.50	589	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	125.72/cwt	121.50–128.50	842	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	482	140.64/cwt	140.00–140.85	678	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	128.30/cwt	121.50–135.00	976	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	266	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	473	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	132.35/cwt	131.50–133.00	1,093	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	579	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	880	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	123.34/cwt	121.00–124.00	755	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	465	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	814	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	152.54/cwt	144.50–156.50	860	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	603	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	772	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	129.92/cwt	122.00–134.00	738	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	136.18/cwt	135.00–141.00	907	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	617	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	291	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	582	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	674	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	777	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	870	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	112.42/cwt	111.50–115.00	696	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	766	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	642	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	121.90/cwt	121.75–122.00	928	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	146.58/cwt	139.50–152.50	639	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	159.26/cwt	156.50–165.00	850	12

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 →

Humeston Livestock Auction - Humeston, IA

Tue Jan 5, 2021

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

Receipts 1,387Last week 1,137Year ago 0

No trend as there was no recent coverage for comparison. Demand was moderate to good for the moderate offerings. Trade was active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	972	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	521	142.00	142.00
4	—	291	200.00	200.00
10	—	777	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	526	125.00–139.00	130.55
18	—	731	121.75	121.75
21	—	478	139.25–140.00	139.67
86	—	670	121.50–128.50	125.72
33	—	612	121.00–124.00	123.34
136	—	568	122.00–134.00	129.92
31	—	761	121.75–122.00	121.90
43	—	436	139.50–152.50	146.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	384	147.00–156.50	153.27
35	—	482	140.00–140.85	140.64
4	—	266	178.00	178.00
15	—	603	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	523	118.00	118.00
15	—	619	111.50–115.00	112.42
4	—	481	133.50	133.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	318	172.00	172.00
8	—	385	177.00	177.00
10	—	429	159.00–168.00	165.26
117	—	722	130.00–137.50	134.74
17	—	467	167.00–170.50	169.35
79	—	633	133.75–146.50	142.96
146	—	761	121.50–135.00	128.30
39	—	826	131.50–133.00	132.35
130	—	564	144.50–156.50	152.54
105	—	666	135.00–141.00	136.18
12	—	534	156.50–165.00	159.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	380	176.00	176.00
18	—	579	152.00	152.00
21	—	465	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	449	150.00	150.00
24	—	559	137.00	137.00

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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