Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good demand for the moderate offerings. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.42/cwt on 1,098 head.

Average price

$142.42

1,098 head · 772 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,100

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$4.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.51

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	785	143.02	1,123	937
Medium and Large 1-2	697	138.89	968	161

One grade step is worth $4.13/cwt here — about $155 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 sale1,098 hd

142.42

—

IA average5 barns · 2,141 hd

132.90

+9.51

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

41 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	—	909	125.63/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,142	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	140.32/cwt	134.00–141.75	876	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	692	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	126.81/cwt	124.50–127.25	1,087	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	142.35/cwt	137.25–150.50	828	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	302	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	420	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	146.98/cwt	142.00–153.00	688	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	122.22/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,021	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	611	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	130.26/cwt	129.50–130.75	942	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,058	97.75/cwt	97.75–97.75	1,034	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	142.88/cwt	135.00–146.25	1,037	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	782	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	1,046	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	111.82/cwt	110.00–114.50	924	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,109	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,011	114.55/cwt	111.50–115.00	1,158	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	141.23/cwt	137.00–146.00	970	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	156.69/cwt	156.00–158.00	832	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	140.37/cwt	130.50–143.00	1,152	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,046	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	660	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	155.29/cwt	151.00–157.75	1,042	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	126.01/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,125	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	136.92/cwt	135.00–142.50	1,000	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	128.95/cwt	128.85–130.25	1,185	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	740	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	144.27/cwt	142.50–149.00	906	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	157.37/cwt	153.75–164.00	996	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	142.48/cwt	137.00–149.50	1,126	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	144.87/cwt	143.50–145.25	998	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	159.32/cwt	157.50–161.50	913	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	137.27/cwt	132.00–141.50	1,196	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	145.66/cwt	143.00–153.00	778	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,003	121.25/cwt	121.25–121.25	1,216	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	132.37/cwt	129.00–134.00	872	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	814	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,103	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	143.43/cwt	139.00–151.00	760	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	127.29/cwt	120.00–128.85	989	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	129.06/cwt	125.00–137.00	614	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	147.11/cwt	144.25–158.75	1,069	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	132.40/cwt	131.00–133.50	1,017	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 Aug 26, 2020

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

Receipts 2,267Last week 1,607Year ago 1,735

No recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good demand for the moderate offerings. Trade was active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	909	121.00–127.00	125.63
113	—	624	134.00–141.75	140.32
19	—	857	124.50–127.25	126.81
83	—	582	137.25–150.50	142.35
12	—	468	142.00–153.00	146.98
69	—	835	120.00–129.00	122.22
8	—	1,058	97.75	97.75
64	—	726	135.00–146.25	142.88
5	—	960	115.50	115.50
42	—	1,011	111.50–115.00	114.55
158	—	687	137.00–146.00	141.23
37	—	530	139.00–151.00	143.43
117	—	777	120.00–128.85	127.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	558	124.00	124.00
5	—	302	139.00	139.00
3	—	443	138.00	138.00
31	—	723	129.50–130.75	130.26
17	—	826	110.00–114.50	111.82
16	—	659	129.00–134.00	132.37
9	—	476	125.00–137.00	129.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	782	133.75	133.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	814	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	531	156.00–158.00	156.69
98	—	821	130.50–143.00	140.37
3	—	410	161.00	161.00
84	—	671	151.00–157.75	155.29
55	—	919	128.85–130.25	128.95
36	—	633	153.75–164.00	157.37
237	—	790	137.00–149.50	142.48
36	—	573	157.50–161.50	159.32
221	—	871	132.00–141.50	137.27
25	—	1,003	121.25	121.25
120	—	727	144.25–158.75	147.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	830	126.00	126.00
10	—	893	123.00–128.00	126.01
51	—	730	135.00–142.50	136.92
3	—	493	150.00	150.00
29	—	628	142.50–149.00	144.27
23	—	689	143.50–145.25	144.87
20	—	534	143.00–153.00	145.66
14	—	768	131.00–133.50	132.40

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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