Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers were mostly 3.00 lower. Moderate offering of good cattle was met with good demand, although the crowd was lighter today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.21/cwt on 1,081 head.

Average price

$150.21

1,081 head · 700 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,052

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$167

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

$1.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.66

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	588	151.69	893	48
Medium and Large 1	706	150.14	1,059	1,033

One grade step is worth $1.54/cwt here — about −$167 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 sale1,081 hd

150.21

—

IA average12 barns · 11,604 hd

154.87

−4.66

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	—	856	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,113	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	129.88/cwt	129.00–130.75	1,091	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	123.56/cwt	123.00–125.50	938	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	154.91/cwt	150.00–162.00	657	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	149.82/cwt	144.00–158.00	721	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	145.11/cwt	140.00–147.50	766	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	192.36/cwt	187.00–197.00	806	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	174.80/cwt	164.00–177.00	897	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	915	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	134.38/cwt	133.25–135.25	1,203	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	153.85/cwt	148.75–160.00	1,032	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	160.21/cwt	155.00–164.75	982	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	162.62/cwt	158.00–172.00	948	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	138.69/cwt	135.00–144.25	1,086	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	172.99/cwt	171.00–177.00	773	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	942	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	141.50/cwt	135.00–146.50	1,153	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	147.28/cwt	137.00–151.10	1,072	320
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	774	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	175.63/cwt	169.00–183.00	834	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	133.81/cwt	127.00–138.00	974	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	138.77/cwt	130.50–143.00	933	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	589	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	848	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	868	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	144.50/cwt	143.00–146.00	896	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	121.66/cwt	120.00–125.00	893	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	131.92/cwt	125.00–136.00	772	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	126.14/cwt	124.00–131.50	804	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	140.41/cwt	133.00–147.25	880	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	144.48/cwt	137.00–149.00	837	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	742	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	600	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	918	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	512	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	829	4

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 15, 2020

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

Receipts 2,055Last week 2,878Year ago 0

Compared to last week steers and heifers were mostly 3.00 lower. Moderate offering of good cattle was met with good demand, although the crowd was lighter today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	856	130.00	130.00
12	—	840	129.00–130.75	129.88
14	—	759	123.00–125.50	123.56
34	—	424	150.00–162.00	154.91
41	—	481	144.00–158.00	149.82
41	—	528	140.00–147.50	145.11
154	—	728	127.00–138.00	133.81
203	—	672	130.50–143.00	138.77
107	—	627	133.00–147.25	140.41
121	—	579	137.00–149.00	144.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	158.00	158.00
10	—	678	125.00	125.00
3	—	500	133.00	133.00
17	—	734	120.00–125.00	121.66
27	—	585	125.00–136.00	131.92
27	—	637	124.00–131.50	126.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	573	129.50	129.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	419	187.00–197.00	192.36
21	—	513	164.00–177.00	174.80
23	—	895	133.25–135.25	134.38
99	—	671	148.75–160.00	153.85
102	—	613	155.00–164.75	160.21
123	—	583	158.00–172.00	162.62
157	—	783	135.00–144.25	138.69
152	—	815	135.00–146.50	141.50
320	—	728	137.00–151.10	147.28
20	—	475	169.00–183.00	175.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	590	155.00	155.00
9	—	447	171.00–177.00	172.99
19	—	673	140.00	140.00
3	—	496	156.00	156.00
6	—	546	159.00	159.00
6	—	620	143.00–146.00	144.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	600	153.00	153.00
4	—	512	162.00	162.00

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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