Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2020-04-15

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Apr 15
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
654 head
696 vs last sale 1,350 654 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 700 lbs sold 7.00-10.00 higher and those weighing 750-900 lbs were 2.00-2.50 lower. Heifers under 450 lbs. were 4.00 higher and those over 550 lbs. ended mixed. Trade was active with mostly good demand for the light offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.54/cwt on 437 head.
Average price
$131.54
437 head · 739 lb average
Value per head Derived
$972
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$139
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.32
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2609137.9284022
Medium and Large 1746131.20979415
One grade step is worth $6.72/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 sale437 hd
131.54
IA average4 barns · 1,235 hd
138.86
−7.32
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

25 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1710125.00/cwt125.00–125.008886
SteersMedium and Large 1675138.18/cwt135.00–146.0093334
SteersMedium and Large 1765120.17/cwt115.50–120.7591947
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned525162.00/cwt162.00–162.008518
SteersMedium and Large 1-2477159.81/cwt157.50–163.007629
SteersMedium and Large 1425170.00/cwt170.00–170.007234
SteersMedium and Large 1618152.55/cwt147.00–156.0094331
SteersMedium and Large 1582163.30/cwt156.00–166.0095043
SteersMedium and Large 1922107.50/cwt107.50–107.50991115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2748111.00/cwt111.00–111.008304
SteersMedium and Large 1466175.33/cwt171.00–182.0081710
SteersMedium and Large 1523170.40/cwt166.00–177.0089136
SteersMedium and Large 1863114.25/cwt114.25–114.2598660
HeifersMedium and Large 191786.06/cwt85.00–89.0078923
HeifersMedium and Large 1621124.83/cwt119.00–129.0077538
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2442141.00/cwt141.00–141.006235
HeifersMedium and Large 1464147.60/cwt147.50–148.0068520
HeifersMedium and Large 1519139.85/cwt139.00–140.0072627
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2547133.00/cwt133.00–133.007283
HeifersMedium and Large 1771121.00/cwt121.00–121.009337
HeifersMedium and Large 1574128.71/cwt122.00–135.0073924
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390147.00/cwt147.00–147.005733
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680105.00/cwt105.00–105.0071412
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned719120.00/cwt120.00–120.0086321
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680128.00/cwt128.00–128.008709

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.