Sale reports / Iowa / Centerville Livestock Auction / 2021-03-18

Centerville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Centerville, Iowa · Thu, Mar 18
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2163
Receipts
1,146 head
▼ 427 vs last sale 1,573▲ 1,146 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend, no recent report. Trade active with moderate demand for the 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 $148.55/cwt on 701 head.
Average price
$148.55
701 head · 682 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,013
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$13.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.89
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1679149.911,018630
Large 1707136.4796571
One grade step is worth $13.44/cwt here — about $53 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 sale701 hd
148.55
—
IA average7 barns · 5,319 hd
143.66
+4.89
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1282180.00/cwt180.00–180.005083
Steers—Medium and Large 1348180.00/cwt180.00–180.006262
Steers—Medium and Large 1378180.17/cwt178.00–187.0068110
Steers—Medium and Large 1436179.00/cwt179.00–179.0078014
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy449159.00/cwt159.00–159.0071410
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy483157.00/cwt157.00–157.007583
Steers—Medium and Large 1489178.38/cwt176.00–180.0087231
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy504150.00/cwt150.00–150.007565
Steers—Medium and Large 1527172.67/cwt172.00–179.0091010
Steers—Large 1530168.00/cwt168.00–168.008905
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned552150.00/cwt150.00–150.008283
Steers—Medium and Large 1583154.37/cwt149.00–163.7590059
Steers—Large 1615144.41/cwt144.00–144.5088830
Steers—Medium and Large 1647156.66/cwt146.00–157.751,014134
Steers—Medium and Large 1666147.05/cwt144.50–152.5097985
Steers—Large 1668134.00/cwt134.00–134.008958
Steers—Medium and Large 1770146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,124120
Steers—Large 1797125.00/cwt125.00–125.009965
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed811136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,10386
Steers—Medium and Large 1824127.17/cwt123.00–129.501,04847
Steers—Large 1860122.60/cwt122.60–122.601,05423
Steers—Medium and Large 1913115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,0558
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1362176.00/cwt176.00–176.006376
Heifers—Large 1406167.00/cwt167.00–167.006786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned436154.00/cwt154.00–154.006714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455157.36/cwt153.00–160.0071634
Heifers—Large 1487149.50/cwt149.50–149.507289
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned495140.00/cwt140.00–140.006935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538146.25/cwt135.00–150.0078716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613131.47/cwt125.50–132.7580680
Heifers—Large 1629125.00/cwt125.00–125.0078614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1656128.00/cwt128.00–128.0084022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719124.75/cwt124.75–124.7589745
Heifers—Large 1746120.00/cwt120.00–120.008958
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774119.46/cwt117.00–120.5092515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement855137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,17146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1858116.16/cwt115.00–116.2599729

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.