Sale reports / Iowa / Centerville Livestock Auction / 2020-11-19

Centerville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Centerville, Iowa · Thu, Nov 19
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2163
Receipts
1,573 head
▲ 1,573 vs last sale 0▲ 123 vs year ago 1,450 · +8.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. Trade moderate with moderate demand. The bulk of offerings were unweaned calves with several loads of yearlings 940-1060 lbs.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.88/cwt on 659 head.
Average price
$145.88
659 head · 686 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,001
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$209
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$4.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.02
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1693146.131,013624
Medium 1568141.3980435
One grade step is worth $4.75/cwt here — about $209 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 sale659 hd
145.88
—
IA average11 barns · 6,832 hd
135.86
+10.02
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned288165.00/cwt165.00–165.004754
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned349190.00/cwt190.00–190.006635
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned394173.00/cwt173.00–173.0068216
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned439170.01/cwt168.00–173.0074613
Steers—Medium 1466156.00/cwt156.00–156.0072713
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned481172.55/cwt171.50–175.5083050
Steers—Medium and Large 1483167.72/cwt164.00–170.008108
Steers—Medium and Large 1529160.39/cwt160.00–160.5084822
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned539159.04/cwt152.00–159.5085741
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy541149.00/cwt149.00–149.0080615
Steers—Medium and Large 1572148.20/cwt143.50–152.0084822
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned583151.92/cwt144.50–158.5088688
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy583129.25/cwt129.25–129.257545
Steers—Medium and Large 1620139.88/cwt134.50–144.0086737
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned624140.96/cwt137.00–144.0088063
Steers—Medium 1629132.75/cwt132.50–133.0083522
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned669137.06/cwt134.50–139.7591717
Steers—Medium and Large 1728131.56/cwt131.00–132.009589
Steers—Medium and Large 1766128.50/cwt127.00–129.5098412
Steers—Medium and Large 1945133.75/cwt133.25–134.001,264149
Steers—Medium and Large 11,059125.60/cwt125.60–125.601,33048
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned326175.70/cwt169.00–178.0057312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363171.00/cwt171.00–171.006212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned378135.41/cwt135.00–136.005125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy415166.67/cwt160.00–171.0069229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned415140.60/cwt137.00–144.005837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475136.00/cwt136.00–136.006462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned477142.92/cwt137.50–152.0068224
Heifers—Medium 1497131.00/cwt131.00–131.006515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned510133.00/cwt129.00–138.0067861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed543146.00/cwt146.00–146.007934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1548135.50/cwt135.50–135.507434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568141.09/cwt134.50–147.0080131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned579131.83/cwt128.50–134.7576349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned625131.22/cwt126.50–135.5082027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626126.52/cwt123.50–128.7579228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned659126.37/cwt123.00–127.508338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671127.71/cwt123.50–130.7585735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned724120.00/cwt120.00–120.008695
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned440155.00/cwt155.00–155.006824
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned503136.00/cwt136.00–136.006842
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned574122.54/cwt117.00–127.007037
Bulls—Medium and Large 1758112.00/cwt112.00–112.008493

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.