Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage to reflect accurate market trend. Light offering of good cattle was met with a good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.92/cwt on 355 head.

Average price

$149.92

355 head · 599 lb average

Value per head Derived

$897

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$7.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.66

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	603	151.20	912	297
Medium and Large 1-2	576	143.38	826	58

One grade step is worth $7.83/cwt here — about $86 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 sale355 hd

149.92

—

IA average7 barns · 2,180 hd

141.26

+8.66

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

33 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	—	628	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	842	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	126.22/cwt	120.00–127.00	998	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	120.19/cwt	118.00–121.00	810	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	153.29/cwt	147.00–154.75	805	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	1,041	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,108	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	150.80/cwt	149.25–155.00	657	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	891	112.92/cwt	111.00–114.00	1,006	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	171.82/cwt	167.50–179.00	577	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	630	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	133.64/cwt	131.00–140.00	760	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	160.97/cwt	160.00–161.75	596	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	942	106.75/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,006	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	168.02/cwt	158.00–174.00	707	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	144.13/cwt	137.00–146.75	1,203	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	271	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	455	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	120.28/cwt	118.00–121.00	1,008	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	516	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	955	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	158.50/cwt	150.00–164.00	747	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	679	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	882	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	138.10/cwt	136.00–145.00	726	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	842	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	121.16/cwt	118.50–123.00	1,175	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	154.23/cwt	152.00–158.00	873	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	778	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	716	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	707	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	676	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,159	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	137.92/cwt	130.00–140.00	847	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	137.27/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,006	14

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 Oct 9, 2019

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

Receipts 746Last week 380Year ago 0

No recent market coverage to reflect accurate market trend. Light offering of good cattle was met with a good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	628	134.00	134.00
52	—	791	120.00–127.00	126.22
15	—	912	121.50	121.50
36	—	436	149.25–155.00	150.80
10	—	569	131.00–140.00	133.64
28	—	370	160.00–161.75	160.97
10	—	271	168.00	168.00
23	—	838	118.00–121.00	120.28
6	—	711	124.00	124.00
21	—	526	136.00–145.00	138.10
17	—	471	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	674	118.00–121.00	120.19
11	—	891	111.00–114.00	112.92
8	—	942	103.00–109.00	106.75
4	—	335	154.00	154.00
3	—	726	116.00	116.00
3	—	520	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	525	147.00–154.75	153.29
25	—	336	167.50–179.00	171.82
17	—	421	158.00–174.00	168.02
65	—	835	137.00–146.75	144.13
15	—	675	141.50	141.50
57	—	471	150.00–164.00	158.50
10	—	970	118.50–123.00	121.16
40	—	566	152.00–158.00	154.23
4	—	875	132.50	132.50
32	—	614	130.00–140.00	137.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	756	137.75	137.75
3	—	450	140.00	140.00
20	—	447	152.00	152.00
15	—	554	140.50	140.50
14	—	733	135.00–138.00	137.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	487	147.00	147.00

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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