Name: Central Plains Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as there was no recent coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. The tone of the market was firm. Trade was active

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.70/cwt on 627 head.

Average price

$148.70

627 head · 634 lb average

Value per head Derived

$942

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$16.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.65

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	637	151.43	965	520
Medium and Large 1-2	615	135.42	833	107

One grade step is worth $16.01/cwt here — about $133 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 sale627 hd

148.70

—

IA average12 barns · 8,788 hd

144.05

+4.65

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

42 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 1-2	—	510	144.83/cwt	142.00–152.00	739	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	806	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	130.38/cwt	123.00–133.75	939	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	124.14/cwt	120.00–130.00	767	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	158.58/cwt	157.50–159.00	690	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	899	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	462	126.96/cwt	124.00–130.00	587	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	375	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	473	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	471	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	718	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	120.61/cwt	115.50–122.25	926	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	119.65/cwt	117.00–120.25	820	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	122.73/cwt	122.00–123.75	649	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	600	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	621	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	344	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	458	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	124.26/cwt	120.50–130.00	702	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	896	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	141.26/cwt	136.00–146.75	794	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	129.82/cwt	126.50–132.00	933	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	132.13/cwt	127.50–135.00	832	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	154.64/cwt	151.50–155.50	575	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	152.27/cwt	149.00–154.00	618	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	148.58/cwt	140.50–152.00	946	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	141.75/cwt	136.50–145.25	954	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	157.31/cwt	150.25–163.00	919	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	168.94/cwt	164.50–176.50	894	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	140.08/cwt	136.75–140.75	1,025	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	144.43/cwt	142.50–147.50	702	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	704	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,112	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	608	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	930	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	182.37/cwt	174.00–186.00	775	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	166.85/cwt	165.00–175.00	774	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	191.82/cwt	190.00–195.00	706	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	1,100	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	443	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	649	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	438	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	727	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	139.18/cwt	134.00–140.85	1,069	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	138.34/cwt	137.00–140.00	718	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	541	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	944	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	539	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	757	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	821	4

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 Feb 2, 2021

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

Receipts 1,404Last week 1,387Year ago 0

No trend as there was no recent coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. The tone of the market was firm. Trade was active

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	510	142.00–152.00	144.83
18	—	593	136.00	136.00
16	—	720	123.00–133.75	130.38
12	—	618	120.00–130.00	124.14
10	—	435	157.50–159.00	158.58
9	—	686	131.00	131.00
17	—	768	115.50–122.25	120.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	471	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	637	140.50–152.00	148.58
80	—	673	136.50–145.25	141.75
75	—	584	150.25–163.00	157.31
63	—	529	164.50–176.50	168.94
35	—	732	136.75–140.75	140.08
21	—	425	174.00–186.00	182.37
16	—	464	165.00–175.00	166.85
11	—	368	190.00–195.00	191.82
9	—	819	134.25	134.25
102	—	768	134.00–140.85	139.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	462	124.00–130.00	126.96
5	—	375	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	685	117.00–120.25	119.65
12	—	529	122.00–123.75	122.73
7	—	427	140.50	140.50
4	—	478	130.00	130.00
4	—	344	133.00	133.00
50	—	565	120.50–130.00	124.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	683	131.25	131.25
123	—	562	136.00–146.75	141.26
21	—	719	126.50–132.00	129.82
18	—	630	127.50–135.00	132.13
18	—	372	151.50–155.50	154.64
15	—	406	149.00–154.00	152.27
26	—	486	142.50–147.50	144.43
9	—	519	137.00–140.00	138.34
5	—	322	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	704	158.00	158.00
20	—	608	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	443	146.50	146.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	438	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	755	125.00	125.00
5	—	539	140.50	140.50
4	—	486	169.00	169.00

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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