Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2019-09-13

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Fri, Sep 13
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
380 head
1,355 vs last sale 1,735 380 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last feeder sale, steer calves remain steady. Heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower. Light offering of good quality cattle was met with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.71/cwt on 226 head.
Average price
$148.71
226 head · 677 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,007
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$40
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.68
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1666151.341,009204
Medium and Large 1-2780124.2596922
One grade step is worth $27.09/cwt here — about $40 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 sale226 hd
148.71
IA average6 barns · 3,931 hd
143.03
+5.68
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

19 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2682133.00/cwt133.00–133.009078
SteersMedium and Large 1562155.74/cwt155.00–156.0087523
HeifersMedium and Large 1829120.29/cwt120.00–121.0099710
BullsMedium and Large 1555125.00/cwt125.00–125.006944
SteersMedium and Large 1788138.07/cwt132.50–139.001,08831
HeifersMedium and Large 1477135.28/cwt135.00–136.0064511
HeifersMedium and Large 196398.00/cwt98.00–98.009443
SteersMedium and Large 1675153.09/cwt151.25–154.251,033136
HeifersMedium and Large 1774123.00/cwt123.00–123.0095211
HeifersMedium and Large 1647124.00/cwt124.00–124.008024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560142.50/cwt142.50–142.507984
HeifersMedium and Large 1519131.71/cwt126.00–137.0068413
HeifersMedium and Large 1582124.00/cwt124.00–124.007225
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700134.25/cwt134.25–134.259404
SteersMedium and Large 1526161.00/cwt161.00–161.008475
HeifersMedium and Large 1423135.54/cwt133.00–138.005736
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,11093.75/cwt93.75–93.751,0416
SteersMedium and Large 1463154.06/cwt148.00–157.007139
HeifersMedium and Large 1678125.00/cwt125.00–125.008489

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.