Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as there was no recent coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. Supply included several large groups and many groups of replacement quality heifers. Trading was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.39/cwt on 1,622 head.

Average price

$145.39

1,622 head · 688 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,001

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$3.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.43

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	691	145.56	1,005	1,549
Medium and Large 1-2	637	141.82	903	73

One grade step is worth $3.75/cwt here — about $102 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 sale1,622 hd

145.39

—

IA average12 barns · 11,976 hd

142.97

+2.43

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	138.69/cwt	133.00–144.00	662	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	128.42/cwt	126.00–131.25	881	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	767	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,097	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	968	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	142.17/cwt	140.00–147.00	621	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	128.57/cwt	123.00–132.00	933	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	153.59/cwt	153.50–153.75	955	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	706	142.75/cwt	142.75–142.75	1,008	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	548	134.44/cwt	134.00–135.00	737	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	663	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	945	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	135.95/cwt	128.00–139.00	768	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	479	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	661	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	666	144.07/cwt	132.00–154.00	960	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	442	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	769	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	482	166.80/cwt	165.00–170.00	804	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	523	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	863	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	674	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	826	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	164.95/cwt	157.75–172.00	944	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	133.43/cwt	127.00–139.00	1,019	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	131.50/cwt	127.50–136.75	1,086	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	155.14/cwt	147.00–161.00	967	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	169.02/cwt	160.00–176.00	798	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	171.86/cwt	162.00–178.00	892	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	142.10/cwt	134.00–145.00	759	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	135.28/cwt	130.00–140.75	791	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	134.75/cwt	129.00–140.00	846	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	124.70/cwt	124.25–125.50	1,094	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	136.02/cwt	132.00–139.00	993	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	146.83/cwt	140.00–150.50	994	354
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	127.61/cwt	125.00–131.00	998	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	871	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	798	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	141.92/cwt	138.00–144.50	880	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	904	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	122.84/cwt	117.00–125.00	710	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	801	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	147.65/cwt	141.00–153.00	858	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	651	4

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 Jan 6, 2021

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

Receipts 2,781Last week 2,789Year ago 2,878

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	477	133.00–144.00	138.69
107	—	686	126.00–131.25	128.42
13	—	768	126.00	126.00
21	—	437	140.00–147.00	142.17
120	—	726	123.00–132.00	128.57
136	—	534	134.00–145.00	142.10
139	—	585	130.00–140.75	135.28
216	—	628	129.00–140.00	134.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	706	142.75	142.75
132	—	666	132.00–154.00	144.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	548	134.00–135.00	134.44
43	—	565	128.00–139.00	135.95
8	—	479	138.00	138.00
18	—	674	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	670	130.00	130.00
4	—	628	127.00	127.00
11	—	578	117.00–125.00	122.84
4	—	515	126.50	126.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	767	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	622	153.50–153.75	153.59
24	—	663	142.50	142.50
5	—	442	174.00	174.00
8	—	482	165.00–170.00	166.80
8	—	523	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	572	157.75–172.00	164.95
183	—	764	127.00–139.00	133.43
192	—	826	127.50–136.75	131.50
201	—	623	147.00–161.00	155.14
46	—	472	160.00–176.00	169.02
60	—	519	162.00–178.00	171.86
68	—	877	124.25–125.50	124.70
205	—	730	132.00–139.00	136.02
354	—	677	140.00–150.50	146.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	782	125.00–131.00	127.61
14	—	620	138.00–144.50	141.92
9	—	660	137.00	137.00
14	—	510	157.00	157.00
17	—	581	141.00–153.00	147.65

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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