Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 600-700 pound steers were mostly 1.00-4.00 lower, 500 pound heifers were 1.00-4.00 higher 600 pound heifers were 4.00-8.00 lower. 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 $148.98/cwt on 1,295 head.

Average price

$148.98

1,295 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$958

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

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

$6.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.83

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	649	149.31	969	1,227
Medium and Large 1-2	543	143.02	777	68

One grade step is worth $6.29/cwt here — about $192 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 sale1,295 hd

148.98

—

IA average12 barns · 10,237 hd

147.15

+1.83

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

38 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	—	826	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,041	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,070	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	1,340	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	307	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	510	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	960	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	149.39/cwt	146.00–151.00	572	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	126.64/cwt	126.50–127.00	903	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	178.58/cwt	175.00–181.00	671	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	140.55/cwt	137.75–150.25	1,075	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	162.88/cwt	156.00–166.50	860	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,179	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	149.65/cwt	143.00–151.00	714	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	133.05/cwt	131.00–133.75	829	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	141.73/cwt	138.00–144.75	1,172	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	145.98/cwt	138.25–149.50	915	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	145.32/cwt	137.50–151.00	981	286
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	1,207	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	140.74/cwt	131.00–144.25	1,008	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	156.07/cwt	151.00–162.75	897	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,013	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	750	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	167.71/cwt	162.00–174.00	701	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	163.33/cwt	159.00–168.00	776	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	134.45/cwt	129.00–137.50	836	226
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	138.69/cwt	134.00–143.00	459	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	128.64/cwt	126.50–133.00	882	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	148.47/cwt	141.00–154.00	632	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	616	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	142.08/cwt	140.00–145.00	807	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	657	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	111.75/cwt	111.75–111.75	1,193	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	144.72/cwt	138.00–147.00	683	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	141.77/cwt	134.00–148.50	753	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,183	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	138.47/cwt	132.00–144.50	789	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	266	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,117	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	286	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	495	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	243	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,057	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	440	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	704	3

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 Dec 11, 2019

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

Receipts 2,408Last week 2,510Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	826	126.00	126.00
4	—	1,070	125.25	125.25
10	—	307	166.00	166.00
11	—	760	126.25	126.25
21	—	383	146.00–151.00	149.39
29	—	713	126.50–127.00	126.64
226	—	622	129.00–137.50	134.45
44	—	686	126.50–133.00	128.64
48	—	426	141.00–154.00	148.47
98	—	472	138.00–147.00	144.72
162	—	531	134.00–148.50	141.77
171	—	570	132.00–144.50	138.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	331	134.00–143.00	138.69
5	—	492	133.50	133.50
6	—	1,068	111.75	111.75
4	—	990	119.50	119.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	266	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	376	175.00–181.00	178.58
102	—	765	137.75–150.25	140.55
119	—	528	156.00–166.50	162.88
8	—	867	136.00	136.00
120	—	827	138.00–144.75	141.73
130	—	627	138.25–149.50	145.98
286	—	675	137.50–151.00	145.32
10	—	916	131.75	131.75
148	—	716	131.00–144.25	140.74
186	—	575	151.00–162.75	156.07
25	—	418	162.00–174.00	167.71
70	—	475	159.00–168.00	163.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	477	143.00–151.00	149.65
27	—	623	131.00–133.75	133.05
3	—	756	134.00	134.00
4	—	510	147.00	147.00
6	—	395	156.00	156.00
7	—	568	140.00–145.00	142.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	286	173.00	173.00
3	—	243	435.00	435.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	440	160.00	160.00

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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