Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison, as there hasn't been a recent feeder cattle sale. Heavy offering and good demand today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.93/cwt on 983 head.

Average price

$142.93

983 head · 779 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,113

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$13.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.14

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	781	143.58	1,122	935
Medium and Large 1-2	725	130.37	945	48

One grade step is worth $13.21/cwt here — about $177 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 sale983 hd

142.93

—

IA average3 barns · 1,555 hd

142.79

+0.14

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

35 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	972	124.35/cwt	120.50–124.75	1,209	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	130.02/cwt	121.00–132.50	934	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	897	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	156.06/cwt	148.00–159.50	957	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	142.20/cwt	135.75–147.00	1,162	263
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	140.62/cwt	135.00–144.75	807	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	129.03/cwt	125.00–131.75	1,005	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	681	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	1,200	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	144.11/cwt	137.25–148.00	1,133	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	125.83/cwt	112.00–137.00	853	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	143.36/cwt	137.00–148.00	763	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	134.35/cwt	128.00–139.00	850	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	847	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	999	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	169.57/cwt	168.00–171.00	624	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	141.16/cwt	130.50–142.85	1,222	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	128.44/cwt	126.50–133.75	1,047	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	151.39/cwt	146.00–154.00	731	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	134.40/cwt	129.00–136.75	899	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	731	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	162.90/cwt	158.00–167.00	927	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	149.01/cwt	143.50–154.50	1,003	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	128.74/cwt	123.50–131.50	1,004	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	663	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	127.81/cwt	122.00–130.50	1,051	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	982	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	169.29/cwt	169.00–170.00	824	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	133.44/cwt	128.50–135.00	1,208	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	130.14/cwt	129.50–131.00	955	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	491	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	124.86/cwt	118.50–127.00	1,094	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	634	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,194	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,146	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	142.53/cwt	135.00–144.75	1,039	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	143.98/cwt	134.50–151.00	819	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

Wed Aug 28, 2019

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

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There is no comparison, as there hasn't been a recent feeder cattle sale. Heavy offering and good demand today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	972	120.50–124.75	124.35
147	—	718	121.00–132.50	130.02
29	—	574	135.00–144.75	140.62
103	—	779	125.00–131.75	129.03
26	—	532	137.00–148.00	143.36
90	—	633	128.00–139.00	134.35
9	—	483	146.00–154.00	151.39
57	—	669	129.00–136.75	134.40
6	—	445	149.00	149.00
52	—	822	122.00–130.50	127.81
3	—	325	151.00	151.00
49	—	876	118.50–127.00	124.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	847	118.00	118.00
5	—	562	130.00	130.00
3	—	850	115.50	115.50
3	—	466	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	531	169.00	169.00
42	—	613	148.00–159.50	156.06
263	—	817	135.75–147.00	142.20
3	—	403	169.00	169.00
23	—	970	123.75	123.75
158	—	786	137.25–148.00	144.11
18	—	368	168.00–171.00	169.57
124	—	866	130.50–142.85	141.16
14	—	569	158.00–167.00	162.90
101	—	673	143.50–154.50	149.01
10	—	487	169.00–170.00	169.29
86	—	905	128.50–135.00	133.44
7	—	1,194	96.00	96.00
79	—	729	135.00–144.75	142.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	678	112.00–137.00	125.83
11	—	815	126.50–133.75	128.44
11	—	780	123.50–131.50	128.74
7	—	734	129.50–131.00	130.14
7	—	569	134.50–151.00	143.98

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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