Name: Central Plains Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison as this was the first feeder sale for Humeston Livestock Exchange. Good crowd on hand for today's offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.60/cwt on 436 head.

Average price

$163.60

436 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$955

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$14.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	584	165.03	964	392
Medium and Large 1-2	580	150.89	875	44

One grade step is worth $14.13/cwt here — about $90 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 sale436 hd

163.60

—

IA average1 barns · 436 hd

163.60

+0.00

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 · 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	354	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	570	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	924	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,063	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	792	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	876	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	154.23/cwt	152.00–155.50	725	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	140.52/cwt	137.50–144.00	884	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	673	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	135.62/cwt	134.00–136.00	1,071	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	188.30/cwt	186.00–191.00	731	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,175	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,080	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	168.40/cwt	160.00–172.00	877	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	153.98/cwt	147.50–156.00	950	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	168.40/cwt	167.00–168.75	965	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	182.18/cwt	172.50–187.00	865	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	831	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	934	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	597	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,144	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	771	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,144	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	161.65/cwt	159.50–170.00	700	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	639	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,141	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	160.35/cwt	158.50–164.00	771	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	172.59/cwt	160.00–175.00	744	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,045	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	138.21/cwt	137.50–139.25	909	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	166.30/cwt	163.00–168.75	870	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	150.75/cwt	150.75–150.75	927	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	943	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	525	6

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

Wed May 15, 2019

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

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No comparison as this was the first feeder sale for Humeston Livestock Exchange. Good crowd on hand for today's offering.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	354	161.00	161.00
9	—	924	115.00	115.00
16	—	508	156.00	156.00
17	—	594	147.50	147.50
19	—	470	152.00–155.50	154.23
28	—	629	137.50–144.00	140.52
5	—	735	128.25	128.25
6	—	348	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	353	181.00	181.00
9	—	858	133.00	133.00
25	—	481	158.50–164.00	160.35
27	—	431	160.00–175.00	172.59
31	—	728	143.50	143.50
32	—	658	137.50–139.25	138.21
56	—	523	163.00–168.75	166.30
66	—	615	150.75	150.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	333	202.00	202.00
21	—	790	134.00–136.00	135.62
22	—	388	186.00–191.00	188.30
22	—	839	140.00	140.00
54	—	690	156.50	156.50
55	—	521	160.00–172.00	168.40
68	—	617	147.50–156.00	153.98
69	—	573	167.00–168.75	168.40
78	—	475	172.50–187.00	182.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	543	153.00	153.00
3	—	580	161.00	161.00
5	—	385	155.00	155.00
5	—	877	130.50	130.50
6	—	470	164.00	164.00
7	—	930	123.00	123.00
15	—	433	159.50–170.00	161.65

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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