Name: Central Plains Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage for comparison. Trading was active, with good demand for the moderate offerings. The market had a firm undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.41/cwt on 677 head.

Average price

$145.41

677 head · 671 lb average

Value per head Derived

$976

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$229

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

$5.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.82

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	508	150.16	763	48
Medium and Large 1	684	145.05	992	629

One grade step is worth $5.11/cwt here — about −$229 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 sale677 hd

145.41

—

IA average7 barns · 7,157 hd

142.60

+2.82

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

31 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	134.90/cwt	131.50–138.50	908	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	787	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	353	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	706	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	174.59/cwt	158.50–176.75	896	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	125.85/cwt	125.85–125.85	1,099	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	158.86/cwt	155.00–161.00	737	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	158.30/cwt	154.00–164.00	619	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	470	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	766	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	126.03/cwt	119.50–126.75	1,057	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	144.21/cwt	138.00–150.00	901	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	125.92/cwt	121.00–128.00	982	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	959	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	840	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	341	170.97/cwt	167.00–173.00	583	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	125.60/cwt	118.25–127.50	908	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	127.28/cwt	124.00–135.00	733	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	126.89/cwt	125.00–129.00	802	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	115.45/cwt	113.00–120.50	787	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	700	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	423	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	698	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	137.87/cwt	131.00–143.00	659	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	110.75/cwt	110.75–110.75	916	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	545	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	470	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	679	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	133.92/cwt	131.50–136.00	695	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	130.09/cwt	128.50–131.00	874	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	149.85/cwt	144.00–154.00	785	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	414	183.65/cwt	177.00–185.50	760	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	837	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	156.98/cwt	146.00–158.25	885	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	120.25/cwt	120.25–120.25	1,103	59

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 6, 2020

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

Receipts 1,137Last week 265Year ago 0

No recent market coverage for comparison. Trading was active, with good demand for the moderate offerings. The market had a firm undertone.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	673	131.50–138.50	134.90
108	—	513	158.50–176.75	174.59
60	—	873	125.85	125.85
17	—	464	155.00–161.00	158.86
132	—	839	119.50–126.75	126.03
70	—	625	138.00–150.00	144.21
20	—	780	121.00–128.00	125.92
12	—	708	135.50	135.50
97	—	564	146.00–158.25	156.98
59	—	917	120.25	120.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	558	141.00	141.00
7	—	391	154.00–164.00	158.30
36	—	524	144.00–154.00	149.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	353	200.00	200.00
10	—	470	163.00	163.00
18	—	414	177.00–185.50	183.65
3	—	573	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	727	115.50	115.50
15	—	682	113.00–120.50	115.45
4	—	534	131.00	131.00
6	—	385	141.50	141.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	341	167.00–173.00	170.97
10	—	423	165.00	165.00
10	—	470	144.50	144.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	723	118.25–127.50	125.60
23	—	576	124.00–135.00	127.28
15	—	632	125.00–129.00	126.89
28	—	478	131.00–143.00	137.87
18	—	827	110.75	110.75
33	—	519	131.50–136.00	133.92
19	—	672	128.50–131.00	130.09

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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