Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to no recent comparison. This sale marked Creston Livestock Special "All Vaccinated Calf and Yearling" Auction. Buyer demand was moderate to good on a moderate to good supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.17/cwt on 937 head.

Average price

$149.17

937 head · 644 lb average

Value per head Derived

$961

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$10.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.10

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	648	150.22	974	847
Medium and Large 2	601	139.32	838	90

One grade step is worth $10.89/cwt here — about $136 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 sale937 hd

149.17

—

IA average10 barns · 5,994 hd

141.07

+8.10

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

40 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	—	290	164.43/cwt	161.00–169.00	477	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	547	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	149.59/cwt	145.00–152.00	574	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	125.39/cwt	121.50–126.25	955	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	124.97/cwt	124.00–126.50	920	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,049	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	167.53/cwt	166.00–168.50	895	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	151.30/cwt	146.00–154.60	935	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	154.39/cwt	150.00–159.00	891	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,187	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	505	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	185.19/cwt	184.00–186.00	694	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	179.62/cwt	179.00–180.00	591	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	163.54/cwt	157.00–167.00	756	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	166.94/cwt	164.00–168.50	708	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	140.54/cwt	137.00–145.00	1,006	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	144.64/cwt	141.00–149.00	966	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	135.48/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,022	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	142.64/cwt	141.00–148.00	672	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	138.00/cwt	134.50–141.00	726	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	132.76/cwt	130.00–136.25	762	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,086	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	143.26/cwt	135.00–144.50	1,180	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	147.73/cwt	144.00–151.00	634	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	128.33/cwt	125.00–130.00	851	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	134.53/cwt	132.00–136.00	825	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	558	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	910	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	596	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	796	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	437	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	734	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	131.78/cwt	126.00–134.00	704	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	684	136.09/cwt	130.00–139.00	931	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	796	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	127.18/cwt	125.00–128.50	739	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	134.51/cwt	133.00–137.00	592	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	123.83/cwt	121.00–127.00	783	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	152.08/cwt	147.00–154.50	742	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	133.64/cwt	127.00–136.00	640	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	136.21/cwt	134.00–141.50	835	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	810	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	127.22/cwt	125.00–128.00	973	8

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 Nov 18, 2020

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

Receipts 1,689Last week 1,053Year ago 1,297

No trend due to no recent comparison. This sale marked Creston Livestock Special "All Vaccinated Calf and Yearling" Auction. Buyer demand was moderate to good on a moderate to good supply.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	290	161.00–169.00	164.43
7	—	346	158.00	158.00
9	—	384	145.00–152.00	149.59
11	—	762	121.50–126.25	125.39
14	—	736	124.00–126.50	124.97
14	—	874	120.00	120.00
59	—	471	141.00–148.00	142.64
73	—	526	134.50–141.00	138.00
151	—	574	130.00–136.25	132.76
37	—	429	144.00–151.00	147.73
49	—	663	125.00–130.00	128.33
52	—	613	132.00–136.00	134.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	596	133.50	133.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	534	126.00–134.00	131.78
12	—	581	125.00–128.50	127.18
16	—	440	133.00–137.00	134.51
38	—	632	121.00–127.00	123.83
17	—	479	127.00–136.00	133.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	534	166.00–168.50	167.53
98	—	618	146.00–154.60	151.30
136	—	577	150.00–159.00	154.39
9	—	920	129.00	129.00
6	—	270	187.00	187.00
11	—	375	184.00–186.00	185.19
8	—	329	179.00–180.00	179.62
50	—	462	157.00–167.00	163.54
14	—	424	164.00–168.50	166.94
154	—	716	137.00–145.00	140.54
112	—	668	141.00–149.00	144.64
25	—	754	135.00–139.00	135.48
3	—	890	122.00	122.00
143	—	824	135.00–144.50	143.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	558	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	437	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	684	130.00–139.00	136.09
16	—	581	137.00	137.00
18	—	488	147.00–154.50	152.08
33	—	613	134.00–141.50	136.21
4	—	540	150.00	150.00
8	—	765	125.00–128.00	127.22

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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