Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good 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 $141.18/cwt on 1,000 head.

Average price

$141.18

1,000 head · 713 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,007

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$152

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$28.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.83

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	713	141.50	1,009	969
Medium and Large 1-2	653	135.84	887	25
Large 1	1,027	113.00	1,161	6thin

One grade step is worth $28.50/cwt here — about −$152 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 sale1,000 hd

141.18

—

IA average8 barns · 7,718 hd

142.01

−0.83

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	145.11/cwt	137.00–147.75	971	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	127.39/cwt	124.25–129.50	972	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	141.77/cwt	137.00–148.00	753	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	131.09/cwt	126.50–134.00	817	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	119.01/cwt	115.00–120.00	799	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	136.05/cwt	128.50–140.00	781	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	134.82/cwt	130.00–142.25	1,046	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	727	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	845	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	819	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	115.77/cwt	115.00–116.00	827	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	128.48/cwt	121.00–133.00	671	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	505	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	803	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	584	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	858	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	674	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	893	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	514	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	730	13
Steers	Large 1	—	1,027	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,161	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	784	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	760	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	806	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	776	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	557	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	142.89/cwt	141.00–146.50	686	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	467	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	766	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	610	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	769	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	139.19/cwt	132.50–144.00	1,004	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	167.17/cwt	160.00–175.00	891	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	166.96/cwt	166.00–168.00	713	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	127.86/cwt	122.00–133.75	863	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	854	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	128.97/cwt	125.50–129.75	1,179	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	128.96/cwt	125.00–132.25	1,135	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	153.22/cwt	150.00–160.50	889	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	146.75/cwt	142.00–150.50	910	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	769	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	131.99/cwt	129.25–135.75	1,086	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	130.07/cwt	128.75–132.75	957	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	122.93/cwt	116.50–124.00	1,056	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	128.45/cwt	128.00–129.00	992	9

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 Feb 10, 2021

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

Receipts 2,018Last week 3,015Year ago 2,606

No trend as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trade was active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
146	—	669	137.00–147.75	145.11
189	—	776	130.00–142.25	134.82
172	—	721	132.50–144.00	139.19
57	—	533	160.00–175.00	167.17
6	—	427	166.00–168.00	166.96
12	—	488	175.00	175.00
27	—	914	125.50–129.75	128.97
63	—	880	125.00–132.25	128.96
64	—	580	150.00–160.50	153.22
75	—	620	142.00–150.50	146.75
114	—	823	129.25–135.75	131.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	635	133.00	133.00
4	—	655	125.00	125.00
6	—	490	157.00	157.00
9	—	772	128.00–129.00	128.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	505	159.00	159.00
12	—	584	147.00	147.00
18	—	674	132.50	132.50
6	—	467	164.00	164.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,027	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
159	—	763	124.25–129.50	127.39
43	—	531	137.00–148.00	141.77
58	—	623	126.50–134.00	131.09
183	—	574	128.50–140.00	136.05
6	—	350	159.00	159.00
22	—	480	141.00–146.50	142.89
173	—	675	122.00–133.75	127.86
69	—	736	128.75–132.75	130.07
36	—	859	116.50–124.00	122.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	671	115.00–120.00	119.01
7	—	577	126.00	126.00
18	—	714	115.00–116.00	115.77
16	—	522	121.00–133.00	128.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	514	142.00	142.00
27	—	610	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	643	122.00	122.00
6	—	760	106.00	106.00
17	—	488	159.00	159.00

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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