Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage for comparison. Moderate offerings were met with moderate to good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.25/cwt on 967 head.

Average price

$150.25

967 head · 691 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,038

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$44

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

$4.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.25

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	671	152.15	1,020	585
Medium and Large 1-2	722	147.34	1,064	382

One grade step is worth $4.81/cwt here — about −$44 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 sale967 hd

150.25

—

IA average8 barns · 3,783 hd

144.00

+6.25

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

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	623	145.10/cwt	140.00–151.00	904	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	142.44/cwt	141.00–144.00	818	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	140.03/cwt	140.00–140.25	1,053	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	150.54/cwt	149.50–152.25	1,224	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,110	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,199	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	139.77/cwt	135.00–142.25	725	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	136.43/cwt	131.50–142.00	772	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	132.11/cwt	131.00–133.00	698	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	132.50/cwt	129.00–134.50	776	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	681	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	158.14/cwt	154.75–160.00	890	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	685	136.88/cwt	136.50–137.00	938	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	152.47/cwt	149.00–152.75	1,166	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	165.25/cwt	163.50–172.00	858	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	180.36/cwt	180.00–181.00	768	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	129.21/cwt	122.00–130.00	802	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	147.30/cwt	141.00–150.00	648	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	582	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	758	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	133.77/cwt	125.00–136.00	841	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	147.81/cwt	141.00–154.00	624	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	148.10/cwt	142.25–151.00	977	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	153.10/cwt	153.10–153.10	1,291	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	531	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	871	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	164.73/cwt	163.00–166.00	781	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	136.51/cwt	130.00–140.00	928	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	152.11/cwt	150.00–157.00	812	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	522	159.55/cwt	157.00–160.00	833	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	932	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,081	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	141.81/cwt	138.00–145.00	676	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	137.92/cwt	128.00–139.00	993	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,002	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	495	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	718	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	961	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,379	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	136.90/cwt	134.75–140.50	856	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	589	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	886	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	471	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	829	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	901	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	1,322	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	139.75/cwt	139.00–140.00	1,019	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	177.96/cwt	173.00–182.00	806	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	136.55/cwt	127.50–139.50	651	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	156.17/cwt	155.50–157.00	604	13

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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No recent market coverage for comparison. Moderate offerings were met with moderate to good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	623	140.00–151.00	145.10
6	—	370	184.00	184.00
26	—	563	154.75–160.00	158.14
53	—	765	149.00–152.75	152.47
49	—	519	163.50–172.00	165.25
14	—	426	180.00–181.00	180.36
50	—	660	142.25–151.00	148.10
61	—	843	153.10	153.10
60	—	901	146.75	146.75
49	—	729	139.00–140.00	139.75
19	—	453	173.00–182.00	177.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	574	141.00–144.00	142.44
37	—	752	140.00–140.25	140.03
123	—	813	149.50–152.25	150.54
12	—	474	163.00–166.00	164.73
33	—	680	130.00–140.00	136.51
63	—	534	150.00–157.00	152.11
55	—	961	143.50	143.50
21	—	625	134.75–140.50	136.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	685	136.50–137.00	136.88
16	—	531	164.00	164.00
24	—	589	150.50	150.50
9	—	471	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	522	157.00–160.00	159.55
6	—	495	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,110	108.00	108.00
65	—	519	135.00–142.25	139.77
126	—	566	131.50–142.00	136.43
68	—	629	125.00–136.00	133.77
16	—	422	141.00–154.00	147.81
48	—	477	138.00–145.00	141.81
73	—	720	128.00–139.00	137.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	528	131.00–133.00	132.11
29	—	586	129.00–134.50	132.50
31	—	621	122.00–130.00	129.21
10	—	440	141.00–150.00	147.30
6	—	765	131.00	131.00
61	—	477	127.50–139.50	136.55
13	—	387	155.50–157.00	156.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	582	130.25	130.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	932	116.00	116.00

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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