Sale reports / Iowa / Centerville Livestock Auction / 2024-01-04

Centerville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Centerville, Iowa · Thu, Jan 4
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2163
Receipts
907 head
▼ 207 vs last sale 1,114▲ 272 vs year ago 635 · +42.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report for a comparison. 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 $257.07/cwt on 432 head.
Average price
$257.07
432 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,626
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$378
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$53.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.77
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1649261.601,699358
Medium and Large 1-2526243.261,27957
Medium 1635207.941,32117thin
One grade step is worth $53.66/cwt here — about $378 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 sale432 hd
257.07
—
IA average11 barns · 9,076 hd
249.30
+7.77
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1410300.49/cwt299.00–301.001,23216
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2431261.25/cwt260.00–265.001,1268
Steers—Medium and Large 1461282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,3025
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2462259.35/cwt256.00–262.501,19811
Steers—Medium 1507222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,1286
Steers—Medium and Large 1527283.83/cwt282.00–293.001,49641
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530240.02/cwt226.00–260.001,27210
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned550281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,54613
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy570292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,66437
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576232.95/cwt226.00–240.001,34228
Steers—Medium and Large 1588269.92/cwt261.00–274.501,58732
Steers—Medium and Large 1611275.19/cwt273.00–276.501,68140
Steers—Medium and Large 1676247.18/cwt235.00–249.501,67162
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned703231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6246
Steers—Medium 1705200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,41011
Steers—Medium and Large 1737235.76/cwt234.00–236.251,73837
Steers—Medium and Large 1818236.75/cwt236.75–236.751,93762
Steers—Medium and Large 1914225.75/cwt225.75–225.752,0637
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1317239.51/cwt239.00–240.007594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375246.46/cwt240.00–250.0092410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned393248.00/cwt248.00–248.0097510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423232.50/cwt232.50–232.509838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478252.76/cwt244.00–267.501,20860
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned478241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,15225
Heifers—Large 1499232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,1607
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned540227.10/cwt224.00–229.001,22613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1545263.66/cwt249.00–265.001,43757
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578231.25/cwt230.50–235.001,33723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616241.15/cwt229.00–249.751,485130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned639216.72/cwt216.00–217.001,3857
Heifers—Medium and Large 1682220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,50412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1744214.50/cwt214.50–214.501,5967

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.