Sale reports / Iowa / Centerville Livestock Auction / 2024-11-14

Centerville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Centerville, Iowa · Thu, Nov 14
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2163
Receipts
802 head
▲ 317 vs last sale 485▼ 312 vs year ago 1,114 · −28.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as last report was Oct. 17. Trade active with good demand. Supply included several load lots of steers off grass.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $304.24/cwt on 127 head.
Average price
$304.24
127 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,670
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−5.25
vs IA average
−1.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549304.241,670127
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 sale127 hd
304.24
—
IA average5 barns · 912 hd
309.49
−5.25
National average190 barns · 31,255 hd
305.44
−1.20
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

31 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416346.00/cwt345.00–347.001,43914
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460333.40/cwt300.00–344.501,53417
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned485325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,57613
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned519313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,6245
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy544321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,74647
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1546292.89/cwt290.00–294.501,59945
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned564306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,7268
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,63922
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619275.96/cwt268.50–284.001,70890
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned657274.50/cwt274.50–274.501,8038
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665248.95/cwt242.00–258.001,65613
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712259.50/cwt259.50–259.501,84813
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773270.50/cwt270.50–270.502,09168
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy853265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,26096
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1877238.23/cwt235.00–240.502,08911
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1967241.95/cwt239.00–245.752,340117
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned323330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0663
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned351302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,0628
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned413331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,3677
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488285.17/cwt272.00–291.501,39222
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy506258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,3058
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523276.36/cwt267.50–278.001,44525
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned530288.91/cwt280.00–291.001,53125
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned579264.95/cwt258.00–270.251,53419
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582261.83/cwt258.00–267.001,52421
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,64712
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy633229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,4535
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned636259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,64720
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned328327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,0743
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned425329.65/cwt305.00–340.001,4017
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned568265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5053

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.