Sale reports / Iowa / Centerville Livestock Auction / 2021-11-18

Centerville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Centerville, Iowa · Thu, Nov 18
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2163
Receipts
1,123 head
▲ 140 vs last sale 983▼ 450 vs year ago 1,573 · −28.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent report for a trend. Trade light with moderate demand for the mostly moderate offerings of small groups.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.80/cwt on 669 head.
Average price
$153.80
669 head · 644 lb average
Value per head Derived
$991
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$59
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$19.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.10
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562155.81876508
Large 1945149.001,408141
Medium 1598136.7081820
One grade step is worth $19.11/cwt here — about $59 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 sale669 hd
153.80
—
IA average11 barns · 6,889 hd
158.90
−5.10
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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1285167.50/cwt167.50–167.504772
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned312174.47/cwt173.00–177.505443
Steers—Medium and Large 1374177.09/cwt171.00–180.0066213
Steers—Medium and Large 1411172.75/cwt172.50–173.007104
Steers—Medium 1432153.79/cwt150.00–160.006645
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned460158.00/cwt158.00–158.007274
Steers—Medium and Large 1466155.41/cwt150.00–165.0072459
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy489170.02/cwt167.00–174.5083155
Steers—Medium and Large 1510161.22/cwt150.00–165.0082272
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned524143.97/cwt142.50–145.007545
Steers—Medium 1528140.00/cwt140.00–140.007396
Steers—Medium and Large 1576157.24/cwt154.00–164.00906108
Steers—Large 1577145.44/cwt145.00–146.5083932
Steers—Medium and Large 1628147.19/cwt139.00–151.5092466
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned633138.14/cwt135.00–140.7587413
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy652153.75/cwt153.75–153.751,00232
Steers—Medium and Large 1662143.28/cwt135.00–147.5094954
Steers—Medium 1720125.00/cwt125.00–125.009004
Steers—Medium and Large 1741149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,10410
Steers—Medium 1751125.00/cwt125.00–125.009395
Steers—Medium and Large 1774147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,1428
Steers—Large 11,039150.60/cwt150.60–150.601,56554
Steers—Large 11,067149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,59555
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333162.47/cwt158.00–164.005418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363150.12/cwt148.00–154.0054510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2388138.01/cwt136.00–142.005356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422157.07/cwt156.00–159.0066344
Heifers—Medium 1443141.00/cwt141.00–141.006256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465149.00/cwt149.00–149.0069312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned471143.97/cwt143.00–145.0067812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2507122.15/cwt119.00–126.0061911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531141.83/cwt140.00–144.0075376
Heifers—Medium 1546133.00/cwt133.00–133.0072610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569142.73/cwt132.50–145.5081269
Heifers—Medium 1594125.88/cwt125.00–129.0074818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613145.25/cwt145.25–145.2589029
Heifers—Medium 1626125.00/cwt125.00–125.0078312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned638126.00/cwt126.00–126.0080410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667127.57/cwt125.00–129.2585115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734128.20/cwt128.00–129.009415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2808120.00/cwt120.00–120.009705
Heifers—Medium and Large 1838131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0986
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1476153.35/cwt151.00–155.007305
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563135.17/cwt128.00–139.007616
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650129.00/cwt129.00–129.008393

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.