Sale reports / Iowa / Centerville Livestock Auction / 2021-09-16

Centerville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Centerville, Iowa · Thu, Sep 16
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2163
Receipts
1,204 head
▲ 183 vs last sale 1,021▼ 70 vs year ago 1,274 · −5.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. "Special Off Grass Calf and Yearling Sale". Trade active with very good 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 $162.27/cwt on 703 head.
Average price
$162.27
703 head · 735 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,192
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$201
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$31.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.12
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1739164.671,218588
Large 1695155.201,07860
Medium and Large 1-2718147.221,05744
Large 1-2764133.001,01611thin
One grade step is worth $31.67/cwt here — about $201 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 sale703 hd
162.27
—
IA average7 barns · 4,668 hd
156.15
+6.12
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

45 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Large 1360189.00/cwt189.00–189.006806
Steers—Medium and Large 1373200.14/cwt186.00–210.007477
Steers—Medium and Large 1413224.71/cwt224.50–225.009287
Steers—Large 1456170.00/cwt170.00–170.0077510
Steers—Medium and Large 1457186.03/cwt182.00–192.5085019
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530161.60/cwt158.00–165.008568
Steers—Medium and Large 1534182.23/cwt174.00–189.5097366
Steers—Medium and Large 1563179.52/cwt174.00–184.501,01153
Steers—Large 1565164.00/cwt164.00–164.0092714
Steers—Medium and Large 1625171.64/cwt158.50–175.251,07366
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2636142.54/cwt140.00–146.009077
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy645177.25/cwt177.25–177.251,14316
Steers—Large 1663148.50/cwt148.50–148.509856
Steers—Medium and Large 1673153.60/cwt150.50–160.501,03426
Steers—Medium and Large 1718167.59/cwt162.50–170.751,20397
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2738150.39/cwt140.00–156.001,11018
Steers—Large 1-2764133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,01611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,1584
Steers—Medium and Large 1789159.10/cwt159.10–159.101,25551
Steers—Medium and Large 1911148.74/cwt147.00–149.251,35583
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2926126.57/cwt126.00–127.001,1727
Steers—Large 1931137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,28019
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed1,039144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,49691
Steers—Medium and Large 11,062132.75/cwt132.75–132.751,4106
Steers—Large 11,076135.75/cwt135.75–135.751,4615
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381181.63/cwt176.00–187.5069210
Heifers—Large 1410175.50/cwt175.50–175.5072016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424180.63/cwt177.50–181.007669
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481162.23/cwt160.00–164.0078041
Heifers—Large 1506147.48/cwt143.00–150.0074622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524150.10/cwt149.00–152.007878
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526157.51/cwt156.00–159.0082929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568147.15/cwt139.00–154.0083636
Heifers—Large 1599138.00/cwt138.00–138.008274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623155.10/cwt148.00–157.0096632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2636140.37/cwt140.00–141.008938
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673150.08/cwt137.00–155.751,01069
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683137.00/cwt137.00–137.009364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement711164.25/cwt164.25–164.251,16824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720134.36/cwt131.50–144.0096722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1762145.38/cwt143.75–152.001,10831
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1338185.04/cwt180.00–190.006252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned443177.50/cwt177.50–177.507868
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned458172.50/cwt172.50–172.507904
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned555140.00/cwt140.00–140.007772

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.