Sale reports / Iowa / Centerville Livestock Auction / 2023-10-12

Centerville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Centerville, Iowa · Thu, Oct 12
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2163
Receipts
675 head
▼ 546 vs last sale 1,221▼ 45 vs year ago 720 · −6.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade was active with moderate demand for the limited offerings. Many unweaned offerings today plus several load lots of yearling heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $255.52/cwt on 347 head.
Average price
$255.52
347 head · 610 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,558
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$551
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 1
$31.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.18
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1619257.191,591327
Medium and Large 1-2481233.001,1217thin
Small and Medium 1461225.621,04013thin
One grade step is worth $31.57/cwt here — about $551 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 sale347 hd
255.52
—
IA average6 barns · 2,086 hd
237.34
+18.18
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned389385.49/cwt345.00–395.001,50010
Steers—Medium 1-2408180.00/cwt180.00–180.007342
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned424358.94/cwt340.00–382.001,52248
Steers—Medium and Large 1457341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,5583
Steers—Small 1Unweaned497240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1939
Steers—Medium and Large 1509304.91/cwt297.50–312.501,5524
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned519339.69/cwt292.00–361.001,76377
Steers—Medium 1-2520170.00/cwt170.00–170.008841
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned558290.24/cwt280.00–292.501,62054
Steers—Medium 1560162.50/cwt162.50–162.509101
Steers—Medium and Large 1572282.41/cwt280.00–284.001,6156
Steers—Medium and Large 1601282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,69511
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned618286.70/cwt282.50–291.001,77220
Steers—Medium and Large 1650240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5603
Steers—Medium and Large 1745231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,7218
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned335250.00/cwt250.00–250.008382
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned362275.56/cwt252.50–300.009986
Heifers—Small and Medium 1Unweaned413227.50/cwt227.50–227.509406
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned417270.00/cwt255.00–285.001,12632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned480270.52/cwt250.00–277.001,29839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,1217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,2476
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned502267.62/cwt250.00–273.001,34337
Heifers—Small and Medium 1502224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,1247
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534241.59/cwt240.00–250.001,2906
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned554269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,49015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612242.78/cwt235.00–245.501,4868
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned624221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,3797
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned658210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678197.70/cwt182.50–208.001,3405
Heifers—Medium and Large 1731252.42/cwt238.00–254.101,84586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1757253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,91576
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned333301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,0023
Bulls—Small 1Unweaned488190.00/cwt190.00–190.009273
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3382
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned532270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4363
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2640160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0241
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned651231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,5047
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2681164.61/cwt160.00–181.001,1219
Bulls—Medium and Large 1711191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,3587

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.