Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 500-600 pound steers were steady to 6.00 higher, 700 pound steers steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers 500-600 pounds were 4.00-10.00 higher. Moderate offering of good cattle was met with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.36/cwt on 689 head.

Average price

$152.36

689 head · 596 lb average

Value per head Derived

$908

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$9.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.58

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	598	153.02	915	639
Medium and Large 1-2	570	143.95	820	50

One grade step is worth $9.07/cwt here — about $95 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 sale689 hd

152.36

—

IA average11 barns · 7,219 hd

148.78

+3.58

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	—	292	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	456	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	142.73/cwt	136.00–149.75	605	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	137.66/cwt	130.00–142.50	785	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	296	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	453	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	130.51/cwt	130.00–131.00	672	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	602	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	143.95/cwt	142.50–145.50	1,101	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	145.20/cwt	138.00–148.00	966	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	155.72/cwt	150.00–162.00	880	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	546	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	792	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	150.53/cwt	145.00–153.00	718	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	895	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	132.46/cwt	129.00–135.25	882	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	135.91/cwt	131.00–139.00	837	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	669	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	937	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	602	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,165	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	712	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	163.48/cwt	155.00–169.00	772	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	162.45/cwt	155.00–167.00	853	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	660	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	865	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	146.49/cwt	146.00–147.00	754	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	796	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,051	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	481	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	944	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,138	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	141.70/cwt	133.00–145.00	679	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	143.11/cwt	139.00–145.00	738	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	500	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,106	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	650	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	166.94/cwt	160.00–176.50	723	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	142.48/cwt	140.00–148.25	1,040	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	147.34/cwt	139.00–150.75	931	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	845	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	143.03/cwt	141.00–143.75	841	27

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 20, 2019

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

Receipts 1,297Last week 1,242Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	292	156.00	156.00
44	—	424	136.00–149.75	142.73
101	—	570	130.00–142.50	137.66
3	—	710	126.00	126.00
25	—	666	129.00–135.25	132.46
93	—	616	131.00–139.00	135.91
3	—	323	149.00	149.00
5	—	944	120.50	120.50
84	—	479	133.00–145.00	141.70
105	—	516	139.00–145.00	143.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	296	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	515	130.00–131.00	130.51
4	—	470	128.00	128.00
3	—	370	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	669	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	290	207.50	207.50
19	—	765	142.50–145.50	143.95
63	—	665	138.00–148.00	145.20
111	—	565	150.00–162.00	155.72
3	—	863	135.00	135.00
6	—	383	186.00	186.00
42	—	472	155.00–169.00	163.48
91	—	525	155.00–167.00	162.45
3	—	810	136.50	136.50
6	—	335	194.00	194.00
31	—	433	160.00–176.50	166.94
75	—	730	140.00–148.25	142.48
175	—	632	139.00–150.75	147.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	546	145.00	145.00
4	—	660	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	477	145.00–153.00	150.53
6	—	515	146.00–147.00	146.49
3	—	626	135.00	135.00
27	—	588	141.00–143.75	143.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	796	132.00	132.00

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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