Sale reports / Iowa / Central Plains Stockyards / 2020-01-04

Central Plains Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Humeston, Iowa · Sat, Jan 4
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2018
Receipts
265 head
594 vs last sale 859 265 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage for comparison. Trade was moderately active. Demand was light to moderate for the light offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.12/cwt on 83 head.
Average price
$134.12
83 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$717
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$235
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$7.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.92
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2349141.004924thin
Medium and Large 1544133.7772879
One grade step is worth $7.23/cwt here — about −$235 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 sale83 hd
134.12
IA average9 barns · 5,485 hd
142.04
−7.92
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

17 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2369151.00/cwt151.00–151.005577
SteersMedium and Large 1521142.46/cwt142.00–143.007429
SteersMedium and Large 1620138.00/cwt138.00–138.008563
SteersMedium and Large 1-2552130.00/cwt130.00–130.0071815
SteersMedium and Large 1592142.53/cwt140.00–143.0084418
SteersMedium and Large 1673135.50/cwt135.50–135.509123
SteersMedium and Large 1758133.70/cwt132.00–134.001,01321
SteersMedium and Large 1732135.00/cwt135.00–135.009883
HeifersMedium and Large 1460131.65/cwt131.50–132.5060620
HeifersMedium and Large 1411143.67/cwt143.00–144.005909
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy823115.00/cwt115.00–115.009463
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement470149.00/cwt149.00–149.007004
HeifersMedium and Large 1683130.00/cwt130.00–130.0088811
HeifersMedium and Large 1629128.00/cwt128.00–128.008055
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2349141.00/cwt141.00–141.004924
HeifersMedium and Large 1567134.68/cwt127.00–136.5076419
HeifersMedium and Large 1536134.00/cwt134.00–134.007188

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.