Sale reports / Iowa / Central Plains Stockyards / 2021-02-23

Central Plains Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Humeston, Iowa · Tue, Feb 23
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2018
Receipts
970 head
▼ 434 vs last sale 1,404▲ 970 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as there was no recent coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the light offerings. Trading was active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.04/cwt on 411 head.
Average price
$151.04
411 head · 663 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,001
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$139
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.25
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1668151.571,013379
Medium and Large 1-2603144.8187332
One grade step is worth $6.76/cwt here — about $139 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 sale411 hd
151.04
—
IA average14 barns · 10,290 hd
145.79
+5.25
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 · 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2389158.00/cwt158.00–158.006154
Steers—Medium and Large 1395178.00/cwt178.00–178.007034
Steers—Medium and Large 1426185.00/cwt185.00–185.0078810
Steers—Medium and Large 1489176.53/cwt169.00–180.1086360
Steers—Medium and Large 1540164.91/cwt158.00–170.008917
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy555178.50/cwt178.50–178.5099135
Steers—Medium and Large 1580165.48/cwt160.00–172.0096043
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587154.29/cwt154.00–155.0090610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2614146.00/cwt146.00–146.008967
Steers—Medium and Large 1625158.65/cwt156.50–162.0099254
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675132.00/cwt132.00–132.008916
Steers—Medium and Large 1692138.50/cwt138.50–138.5095812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2705129.00/cwt129.00–129.009095
Steers—Medium and Large 1721134.80/cwt130.50–138.0097241
Steers—Medium and Large 1783129.04/cwt128.25–130.751,01028
Steers—Medium and Large 1860125.08/cwt120.50–125.751,07649
Steers—Medium and Large 1922121.60/cwt118.50–122.751,12122
Steers—Medium and Large 1992114.33/cwt112.00–115.251,13414
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1394158.16/cwt154.00–161.5062320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427151.63/cwt149.50–152.5064728
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434143.00/cwt143.00–143.006214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475152.02/cwt144.00–155.2572239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535144.33/cwt140.00–147.0077268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2545131.40/cwt126.50–133.0071612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560143.81/cwt142.00–144.5080539
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613137.94/cwt133.00–142.2584642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685130.12/cwt128.50–136.0089127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714122.65/cwt118.00–127.7587626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774121.72/cwt117.00–124.7594278
Heifers—Medium and Large 1803124.00/cwt124.00–124.009965
Heifers—Medium and Large 1892114.75/cwt114.75–114.751,02410
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1442127.00/cwt127.00–127.005614

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.