Sale reports / Iowa / Centerville Livestock Auction / 2020-09-17

Centerville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Centerville, Iowa · Thu, Sep 17
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2163
Receipts
1,274 head
▲ 1,274 vs last sale 0▲ 375 vs year ago 899 · +41.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with good demand on moderate offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.04/cwt on 777 head.
Average price
$148.04
777 head · 717 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,062
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$255
per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 1
$5.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.69
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1537153.1482248
Medium and Large 1729147.701,077729
One grade step is worth $5.43/cwt here — about −$255 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 sale777 hd
148.04
—
IA average10 barns · 7,478 hd
146.35
+1.69
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

41 lots · USDA AMS · Appanoose County Livestock Feeder Cattle - Centerville, IA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Large 1333169.00/cwt169.00–169.005633
Steers—Medium and Large 1358183.77/cwt177.50–187.006586
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned425171.00/cwt171.00–171.0072711
Steers—Large 1448170.00/cwt170.00–170.007626
Steers—Medium and Large 1476178.00/cwt178.00–178.008479
Steers—Large 1479161.00/cwt161.00–161.007716
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned522170.00/cwt170.00–170.0088726
Steers—Medium and Large 1530167.99/cwt158.00–175.5089079
Steers—Large 1537151.95/cwt149.00–153.0081615
Steers—Medium and Large 1564162.11/cwt160.00–164.0091424
Steers—Medium and Large 1613154.33/cwt152.50–157.0094657
Steers—Large 1619143.24/cwt137.00–146.0088718
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed623164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,02247
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned640148.76/cwt148.00–151.0095219
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned651148.00/cwt148.00–148.0096319
Steers—Medium and Large 1687150.95/cwt147.50–154.501,03749
Steers—Medium and Large 1708145.19/cwt139.50–146.001,02894
Steers—Medium and Large 1785139.67/cwt135.50–142.251,09629
Steers—Medium and Large 1823133.37/cwt130.00–135.001,09827
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy872121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,05921
Steers—Medium and Large 1883136.09/cwt129.00–136.601,20272
Steers—Medium and Large 1916134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,23250
Steers—Medium and Large 1992129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,28555
Steers—Medium and Large 11,005127.75/cwt127.75–127.751,28435
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned305165.00/cwt165.00–165.005032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310167.50/cwt167.50–167.505191
Heifers—Large 1333160.67/cwt160.00–164.005356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425161.42/cwt160.00–164.0068611
Heifers—Large 1466141.57/cwt133.00–150.0066014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned496147.00/cwt147.00–147.007297
Heifers—Large 1502146.25/cwt146.25–146.2573411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521153.79/cwt145.50–157.5080134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566144.86/cwt143.00–145.0082042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631138.76/cwt135.25–143.2587693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1682131.96/cwt127.00–138.0090023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721135.00/cwt135.00–135.0097319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1777126.23/cwt125.00–127.5098112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy801118.50/cwt118.50–118.5094913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1851127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,08149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1930120.25/cwt120.25–120.251,11811
Heifers—Large 1950122.75/cwt122.75–122.751,16659

This sale against other markets

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.