Sale reports / Iowa / Centerville Livestock Auction / 2024-10-17

Centerville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Centerville, Iowa · Thu, Oct 17
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2163
Receipts
485 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 510▼ 190 vs year ago 675 · −28.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend, no recent report. Trade active, moderate demand for the mostly uniform feeders.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $288.68/cwt on 123 head.
Average price
$288.68
123 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,644
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.67
vs IA average
−10.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1570288.681,644123
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale123 hd
288.68
—
IA average3 barns · 159 hd
286.02
+2.67
National average188 barns · 32,793 hd
299.33
−10.65
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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned324416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,34816
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383378.72/cwt365.00–385.001,4504
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy418377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,5783
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned423355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,50218
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1442332.55/cwt330.50–340.001,47020
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490292.24/cwt288.00–297.001,43215
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1509305.59/cwt291.00–315.001,55513
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575287.87/cwt270.00–294.001,65599
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned593276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,63711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1604280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,69125
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy625263.34/cwt256.00–269.001,6467
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed668270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8048
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1693250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7339
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8135
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1804241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,9387
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327335.94/cwt295.00–357.501,0996
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned337360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,21316
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390300.57/cwt300.00–301.001,17214
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned398317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,2648
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned482285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3743
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1493290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4307
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1512286.47/cwt270.50–292.001,46744
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned541258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,3964
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned552271.50/cwt271.50–271.501,4997
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571266.95/cwt252.20–276.001,52424
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed621251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,5595
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,5926
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7143
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned431317.21/cwt294.00–359.001,3676
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned593173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,0268
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1597260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,55210
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1708200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4163

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.