Sale reports / Iowa / Centerville Livestock Auction / 2023-04-13

Centerville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Centerville, Iowa · Thu, Apr 13
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2163
Receipts
570 head
▼ 94 vs last sale 664▼ 329 vs year ago 899 · −36.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trend as no recent report. Trade moderate with light demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $229.92/cwt on 402 head.
Average price
$229.92
402 head · 639 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,469
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$169
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$52.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.82
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1646232.111,501369
Medium and Large 1-2537208.051,11730
Medium 1740180.001,3323thin
One grade step is worth $52.11/cwt here — about $169 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 sale402 hd
229.92
—
IA average8 barns · 4,302 hd
222.11
+7.82
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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1264253.00/cwt253.00–253.006684
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned325265.46/cwt256.00–269.008637
Steers—Medium and Large 1334237.25/cwt234.00–238.007925
Steers—Medium and Large 1375232.00/cwt232.00–232.008702
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2382197.65/cwt191.00–220.007554
Steers—Medium and Large 1405246.50/cwt246.50–246.5099812
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned417239.61/cwt231.00–251.0099917
Steers—Medium and Large 1480223.76/cwt216.00–230.001,0748
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488201.00/cwt201.00–201.009818
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned510254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,29516
Steers—Medium and Large 1529224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,1855
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned543221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2006
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy562180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,1633
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned628207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3006
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2645221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,4253
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed652242.75/cwt242.75–242.751,58384
Steers—Medium and Large 1674231.85/cwt219.00–234.001,56350
Steers—Medium 1Fleshy740180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3323
Steers—Medium and Large 1747224.04/cwt203.00–225.501,674148
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy762180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3725
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned343257.00/cwt257.00–257.008827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345207.00/cwt207.00–207.007143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360229.00/cwt229.00–229.008242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2393202.26/cwt200.00–209.007954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned396221.00/cwt221.00–221.008755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422217.00/cwt217.00–217.009165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned446213.00/cwt213.00–213.009507
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned478255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,21923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2486214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,0405
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy504227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1448
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy508169.33/cwt168.00–170.008606
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy553209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,1565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1554190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy563171.69/cwt170.00–175.009673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy566145.00/cwt145.00–145.008218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned595181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,0773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2612157.97/cwt150.00–160.009675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0625
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1440209.00/cwt209.00–209.009201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1472213.81/cwt209.00–222.001,0096
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1628189.07/cwt180.00–194.001,18711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1808140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1313

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.