Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 400-600 pound steers were 3.00-6.00 lower; 700-900 pound steers were generally steady. 400-600 pound heifers were 2.00-3.00 lower; 700-800 pound heifers were generally steady. Demand was moderate for moderate offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.10/cwt on 560 head.

Average price

$150.10

560 head · 607 lb average

Value per head Derived

$911

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$138

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

$4.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.17

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	509	153.86	783	45
Medium and Large 1	615	149.77	921	515

One grade step is worth $4.08/cwt here — about −$138 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 sale560 hd

150.10

—

IA average7 barns · 3,579 hd

145.93

+4.17

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

46 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 1-2Unweaned	—	522	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	806	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	157.34/cwt	156.00–158.00	776	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	970	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	575	150.49/cwt	148.00–152.00	865	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	154.22/cwt	151.00–156.50	870	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	143.56/cwt	142.50–146.00	1,048	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,220	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	524	133.11/cwt	132.00–134.00	697	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	1,052	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,087	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	572	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	769	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	452	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	660	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	133.11/cwt	133.00–134.00	831	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	137.62/cwt	133.50–139.00	912	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	124.51/cwt	122.00–126.00	957	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,130	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	140.00/cwt	136.00–146.00	809	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	583	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	525	160.78/cwt	157.00–162.00	844	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	157.80/cwt	154.00–161.00	844	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	138.07/cwt	133.75–148.00	942	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	170.70/cwt	169.00–172.00	705	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,082	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,201	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	131.46/cwt	130.50–136.00	881	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,079	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	494	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	512	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	696	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	600	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	903	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	134.38/cwt	134.00–135.00	707	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	147.76/cwt	145.50–153.00	690	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	600	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	484	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	803	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	691	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	629	144.67/cwt	142.00–148.00	910	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	146.23/cwt	140.00–150.00	926	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	166.21/cwt	161.00–169.00	773	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	135.03/cwt	132.00–136.75	1,051	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	274	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	555	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	138.58/cwt	135.00–141.00	667	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	153.77/cwt	151.00–157.00	572	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	697	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	624	130.68/cwt	130.50–131.00	815	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	525	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	830	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	132.03/cwt	130.50–135.50	766	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	148.92/cwt	148.50–150.00	649	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	518	8

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 Nov 13, 2019

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	522	154.50	154.50
5	—	484	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	493	156.00–158.00	157.34
4	—	662	146.50	146.50
10	—	578	136.00–146.00	140.00
5	—	360	162.00	162.00
5	—	432	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	575	148.00–152.00	150.49
21	—	525	157.00–162.00	160.78
73	—	629	142.00–148.00	144.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	564	151.00–156.50	154.22
35	—	730	142.50–146.00	143.56
15	—	873	139.75	139.75
56	—	535	154.00–161.00	157.80
38	—	682	133.75–148.00	138.07
17	—	413	169.00–172.00	170.70
4	—	1,082	111.00	111.00
127	—	633	140.00–150.00	146.23
39	—	465	161.00–169.00	166.21
31	—	778	132.00–136.75	135.03
7	—	274	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	524	132.00–134.00	133.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	775	135.75	135.75
7	—	836	130.00	130.00
30	—	670	130.50–136.00	131.46
7	—	870	124.00	124.00
3	—	323	153.00	153.00
32	—	481	135.00–141.00	138.58
9	—	372	151.00–157.00	153.77
5	—	516	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	572	134.50	134.50
4	—	452	146.00	146.00
14	—	512	136.00	136.00
19	—	624	130.50–131.00	130.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	624	133.00–134.00	133.11
30	—	663	133.50–139.00	137.62
11	—	769	122.00–126.00	124.51
3	—	876	129.00	129.00
32	—	526	134.00–135.00	134.38
21	—	467	145.50–153.00	147.76
5	—	380	158.00	158.00
53	—	580	130.50–135.50	132.03
28	—	436	148.50–150.00	148.92
8	—	316	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	600	150.50	150.50
39	—	525	158.00	158.00

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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