Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison this week, due to no recent market coverage to establish a trend. Heavy offering 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 $153.15/cwt on 1,181 head.

Average price

$153.15

1,181 head · 686 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,050

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$139

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

$7.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.99

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	689	153.56	1,058	1,119
Medium and Large 1-2	631	145.64	919	62

One grade step is worth $7.92/cwt here — about $139 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 sale1,181 hd

153.15

—

IA average12 barns · 10,891 hd

151.16

+1.99

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	150.77/cwt	142.75–156.25	1,078	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,117	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	125.01/cwt	124.00–128.00	1,113	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	171.46/cwt	167.00–184.00	909	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	570	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	904	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	138.04/cwt	137.00–139.50	1,006	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	852	136.35/cwt	136.35–136.35	1,162	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	176.58/cwt	176.00–177.00	770	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	178.04/cwt	166.00–181.50	862	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	159.50/cwt	156.75–164.50	1,061	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	164.61/cwt	160.00–169.50	1,024	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	952	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	710	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	677	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	914	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	849	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,180	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	657	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	146.08/cwt	139.00–150.00	767	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	132.61/cwt	127.75–138.00	881	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	881	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	124.19/cwt	122.00–125.00	844	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	115.75/cwt	115.00–116.50	955	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	151.05/cwt	145.00–154.00	725	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	136.60/cwt	130.25–141.50	854	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	776	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	599	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,036	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	131.48/cwt	127.00–135.75	940	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	141.75/cwt	136.50–145.50	821	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	124.95/cwt	120.00–127.50	790	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	176.55/cwt	170.00–183.00	623	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	128.34/cwt	125.00–134.25	1,041	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	164.78/cwt	157.00–170.50	938	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	142.22/cwt	136.00–145.50	1,082	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	765	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	894	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,034	14

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 Feb 12, 2020

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

Receipts 2,606Last week 2,055Year ago 0

There is no comparison this week, due to no recent market coverage to establish a trend. Heavy offering 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
191	—	715	142.75–156.25	150.77
3	—	923	121.00	121.00
16	—	890	124.00–128.00	125.01
39	—	530	167.00–184.00	171.46
12	—	436	176.00–177.00	176.58
37	—	484	166.00–181.50	178.04
97	—	665	156.75–164.50	159.50
241	—	622	160.00–169.50	164.61
8	—	353	170.00–183.00	176.55
26	—	811	125.00–134.25	128.34
94	—	569	157.00–170.50	164.78
226	—	761	136.00–145.50	142.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	340	167.50	167.50
4	—	587	154.00	154.00
12	—	729	137.00–139.50	138.04
3	—	680	140.00	140.00
10	—	424	167.50	167.50
3	—	500	153.00	153.00
5	—	600	149.00	149.00
14	—	772	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	852	136.35	136.35
64	—	849	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	677	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	424	155.00	155.00
96	—	525	139.00–150.00	146.08
167	—	664	127.75–138.00	132.61
10	—	825	115.00–116.50	115.75
47	—	480	145.00–154.00	151.05
150	—	625	130.25–141.50	136.60
5	—	372	161.00	161.00
30	—	762	136.00	136.00
117	—	715	127.00–135.75	131.48
194	—	579	136.50–145.50	141.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	716	123.00	123.00
27	—	680	122.00–125.00	124.19
3	—	283	157.50	157.50
17	—	597	130.00	130.00
16	—	632	120.00–127.50	124.95

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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