Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the light offerings. Supply included several load lots. Trading was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.23/cwt on 725 head.

Average price

$151.23

725 head · 734 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,110

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$12.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.17

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	738	152.00	1,122	682
Medium and Large 1-2	664	139.05	923	43

One grade step is worth $12.95/cwt here — about $199 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 sale725 hd

151.23

—

IA average5 barns · 2,665 hd

137.06

+14.17

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

33 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	—	350	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	637	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	806	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,145	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	138.81/cwt	138.50–139.00	1,074	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	140.07/cwt	135.00–146.75	881	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	132.11/cwt	130.00–143.00	896	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	903	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	412	162.33/cwt	162.00–164.00	669	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	470	149.77/cwt	149.00–152.00	704	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	385	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	732	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	925	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	352	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	609	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	793	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	149.46/cwt	146.50–153.50	931	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	145.04/cwt	138.00–145.75	1,291	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	517	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	752	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	502	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	828	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	499	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	848	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	128.34/cwt	124.00–134.00	801	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	135.76/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,041	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	577	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	831	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	430	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	783	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	144.65/cwt	144.00–145.00	1,079	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	563	159.40/cwt	151.00–163.00	897	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,120	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	138.40/cwt	135.50–143.00	872	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	145.54/cwt	144.00–147.00	837	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	150.25/cwt	140.00–154.75	1,002	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	149.56/cwt	147.25–151.50	1,155	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	145.76/cwt	144.00–146.75	1,058	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	984	123.25/cwt	123.25–123.25	1,213	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	792	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	150.35/cwt	142.00–154.00	1,225	213

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 Oct 7, 2020

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

Receipts 1,053Last week 2,267Year ago 746

No trend as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the light offerings. Supply included several load lots. Trading was active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	350	182.00	182.00
8	—	560	144.00	144.00
8	—	845	135.50	135.50
13	—	774	138.50–139.00	138.81
19	—	629	135.00–146.75	140.07
24	—	678	130.00–143.00	132.11
45	—	746	144.00–145.00	144.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	412	162.00–164.00	162.33
30	—	470	149.00–152.00	149.77
7	—	352	173.00	173.00
16	—	517	145.50	145.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	624	124.00–134.00	128.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	588	153.50	153.50
16	—	468	169.50	169.50
16	—	623	146.50–153.50	149.46
66	—	890	138.00–145.75	145.04
72	—	667	140.00–154.75	150.25
167	—	772	147.25–151.50	149.56
16	—	726	144.00–146.75	145.76
11	—	984	123.25	123.25
14	—	440	180.00	180.00
213	—	815	142.00–154.00	150.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	385	190.00	190.00
7	—	625	148.00	148.00
12	—	502	165.00	165.00
14	—	499	170.00	170.00
11	—	430	182.00	182.00
34	—	563	151.00–163.00	159.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	767	133.00–140.00	135.76
3	—	803	139.50	139.50
22	—	630	135.50–143.00	138.40
4	—	575	144.00–147.00	145.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	577	144.00	144.00

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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