Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trades were active today. There is no comparison as there was no sale last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.15/cwt on 1,067 head.

Average price

$144.15

1,067 head · 707 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,019

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$123

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

$1.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.47

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	644	145.07	934	339
Medium and Large 1	736	143.71	1,058	728

One grade step is worth $1.36/cwt here — about −$123 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 sale1,067 hd

144.15

—

IA average4 barns · 1,318 hd

138.67

+5.47

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

Every lot, as filed

49 lots · USDA AMS · Creston Livestock Feeder Cattle - Creston, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	148.40/cwt	141.00–151.00	911	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	156.49/cwt	143.00–160.00	831	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,083	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,146	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	130.49/cwt	122.50–131.00	1,126	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	136.15/cwt	130.00–138.75	1,122	282
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	157.81/cwt	147.00–163.00	757	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	154.15/cwt	150.00–162.50	862	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	171.23/cwt	168.00–175.50	812	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	140.68/cwt	137.00–143.00	1,023	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	156.17/cwt	153.00–160.00	975	140
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	760	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	885	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	719	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	620	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	809	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	923	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	914	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	729	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	730	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	818	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	976	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,025	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	635	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	140.98/cwt	138.00–142.00	498	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	128.44/cwt	126.00–132.00	814	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	139.92/cwt	123.00–149.00	753	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	458	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	650	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	144.41/cwt	142.50–156.00	970	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	162.93/cwt	162.00–163.50	870	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	171.56/cwt	170.00–172.00	741	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	132.43/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,044	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	162.08/cwt	157.00–169.00	684	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	704	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	936	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	133.34/cwt	125.00–135.50	903	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	148.54/cwt	146.50–152.00	850	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	152.31/cwt	151.00–153.00	722	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	588	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	835	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	123.14/cwt	120.00–125.00	818	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	899	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	975	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	577	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	132.04/cwt	128.00–134.50	967	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	151.49/cwt	151.00–153.00	767	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	692	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	135.73/cwt	120.00–142.00	786	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	871	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	660	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	831	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	139.71/cwt	136.50–144.00	859	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	1,008	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	147.82/cwt	146.00–151.00	572	7

How this sale compares

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 →

Creston Livestock Feeder Cattle - Creston, IA

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Trades were active today. There is no comparison as there was no sale last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	614	141.00–151.00	148.40
81	—	531	143.00–160.00	156.49
19	—	480	147.00–163.00	157.81
29	—	559	150.00–162.50	154.15
3	—	323	169.00	169.00
148	—	788	130.00–134.00	132.43
25	—	422	157.00–169.00	162.08
11	—	704	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	980	110.50	110.50
36	—	764	150.00	150.00
66	—	863	122.50–131.00	130.49
282	—	824	130.00–138.75	136.15
9	—	474	168.00–175.50	171.23
47	—	727	137.00–143.00	140.68
140	—	624	153.00–160.00	156.17
99	—	672	142.50–156.00	144.41
37	—	534	162.00–163.50	162.93
9	—	432	170.00–172.00	171.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	760	116.50	116.50
3	—	923	99.00	99.00
1	—	730	112.00	112.00
6	—	976	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	137.00	137.00
1	—	410	141.00	141.00
4	—	550	132.50	132.50
4	—	450	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	620	130.50	130.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	353	138.00–142.00	140.98
5	—	634	126.00–132.00	128.44
21	—	538	123.00–149.00	139.92
22	—	664	120.00–125.00	123.14
5	—	792	113.50	113.50
4	—	975	100.00	100.00
3	—	406	142.00	142.00
24	—	579	120.00–142.00	135.73
5	—	822	106.00	106.00
5	—	452	146.00	146.00
3	—	710	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	458	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	677	125.00–135.50	133.34
40	—	572	146.50–152.00	148.54
9	—	474	151.00–153.00	152.31
60	—	732	128.00–134.50	132.04
16	—	506	151.00–153.00	151.49
6	—	448	154.50	154.50
71	—	615	136.50–144.00	139.71
21	—	765	131.75	131.75
7	—	387	146.00–151.00	147.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	588	142.00	142.00

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.

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