Sale reports / Iowa / Central Plains Stockyards / 2020-01-04

Central Plains Stockyards

Name: Central Plains Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-04

Feeder Cattle · Humeston, Iowa · Sat, Jan 4

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2018

← May 15Jan 4May 6 →

Receipts

265 head

▼ 594 vs last sale 859▲ 265 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage for comparison. Trade was moderately active. Demand was light to moderate for the light offerings.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.12/cwt on 83 head.

Average price

$134.12

83 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$235

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$7.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.92

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	349	141.00	492	4thin
Medium and Large 1	544	133.77	728	79

One grade step is worth $7.23/cwt here — about −$235 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 sale83 hd

134.12

—

IA average9 barns · 5,485 hd

142.04

−7.92

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

17 lots · USDA AMS · Humeston Livestock Auction - Humeston, 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	369	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	557	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	142.46/cwt	142.00–143.00	742	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	552	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	718	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	592	142.53/cwt	140.00–143.00	844	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	856	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	912	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	988	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	133.70/cwt	132.00–134.00	1,013	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	349	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	492	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	411	143.67/cwt	143.00–144.00	590	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	131.65/cwt	131.50–132.50	606	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	470	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	700	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	718	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	134.68/cwt	127.00–136.50	764	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	805	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	888	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	823	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	946	3

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Humeston Livestock Auction - Humeston, IA

Sat Jan 4, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 265Last week 859Year ago 0

No recent market coverage for comparison. Trade was moderately active. Demand was light to moderate for the light offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	369	151.00	151.00
15	—	552	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	521	142.00–143.00	142.46
3	—	620	138.00	138.00
18	—	592	140.00–143.00	142.53
3	—	673	135.50	135.50
21	—	758	132.00–134.00	133.70
3	—	732	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	460	131.50–132.50	131.65
9	—	411	143.00–144.00	143.67
11	—	683	130.00	130.00
5	—	629	128.00	128.00
19	—	567	127.00–136.50	134.68
8	—	536	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	823	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	349	141.00	141.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.