Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison today, as there hasn't been recent market coverage to reflect an accurate trend. Heavy offering today of good quality cattle was met with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.78/cwt on 1,651 head.

Average price

$158.78

1,651 head · 657 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,043

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$3.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.86

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	663	158.95	1,054	1,567
Medium and Large 1-2	536	155.55	833	84

One grade step is worth $3.40/cwt here — about $221 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 sale1,651 hd

158.78

—

IA average15 barns · 16,059 hd

153.92

+4.86

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

36 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	—	527	174.20/cwt	166.00–181.50	918	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,037	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	992	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,180	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	146.58/cwt	140.00–153.50	627	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	147.77/cwt	145.25–158.00	900	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	144.65/cwt	139.50–152.00	696	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	136.59/cwt	129.25–142.50	981	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	158.62/cwt	151.75–165.50	1,061	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	144.33/cwt	137.50–149.50	1,171	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	718	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	188.37/cwt	187.75–189.50	795	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	176.17/cwt	170.00–181.00	833	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	979	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,102	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	835	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	136.24/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,193	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	165.68/cwt	158.00–173.00	969	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	154.22/cwt	147.25–156.50	1,172	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	314	174.86/cwt	171.00–177.00	549	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	166.20/cwt	163.00–171.00	681	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	149.85/cwt	148.50–152.50	860	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	150.37/cwt	142.00–157.00	1,089	301
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	163.02/cwt	152.00–167.50	1,014	482
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	782	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	868	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	492	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	142.04/cwt	141.00–143.00	526	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	951	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,014	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	794	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,102	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	142.31/cwt	141.00–142.50	750	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	134.83/cwt	130.00–138.00	786	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	138.40/cwt	135.00–141.50	851	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	134.18/cwt	128.00–138.00	894	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	149.03/cwt	144.00–157.00	784	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	147.26/cwt	142.00–157.00	848	226

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 Jan 8, 2020

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

Receipts 2,878Last week 2,408Year ago 0

There is no comparison today, as there hasn't been recent market coverage to reflect an accurate trend. Heavy offering today of good quality cattle was met with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	527	166.00–181.50	174.20
154	—	669	151.75–165.50	158.62
178	—	811	137.50–149.50	144.33
4	—	382	188.00	188.00
25	—	422	187.75–189.50	188.37
41	—	473	170.00–181.00	176.17
44	—	876	135.00–139.00	136.24
51	—	585	158.00–173.00	165.68
100	—	760	147.25–156.50	154.22
301	—	724	142.00–157.00	150.37
482	—	622	152.00–167.50	163.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	680	144.00	144.00
3	—	813	135.50	135.50
4	—	512	163.00	163.00
12	—	314	171.00–177.00	174.86
16	—	410	163.00–171.00	166.20
30	—	574	148.50–152.50	149.85
3	—	486	161.00	161.00
4	—	647	147.00	147.00
4	—	727	139.50	139.50
5	—	794	138.75	138.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	760	136.50	136.50
4	—	992	119.00	119.00
48	—	428	140.00–153.50	146.58
65	—	609	145.25–158.00	147.77
88	—	481	139.50–152.00	144.65
93	—	718	129.25–142.50	136.59
119	—	666	128.00–138.00	134.18
128	—	526	144.00–157.00	149.03
226	—	576	142.00–157.00	147.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	700	124.00	124.00
4	—	330	149.00	149.00
6	—	370	141.00–143.00	142.04
32	—	527	141.00–142.50	142.31
38	—	583	130.00–138.00	134.83
101	—	615	135.00–141.50	138.40

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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