Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage for comparison. The tone of the market was firm. 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 $148.53/cwt on 850 head.

Average price

$148.53

850 head · 751 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,116

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$225

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

$10.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.57

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	565	158.66	896	20
Medium and Large 1	756	148.28	1,121	830

One grade step is worth $10.37/cwt here — about −$225 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 sale850 hd

148.53

—

IA average10 barns · 6,508 hd

149.10

−0.57

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

46 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	—	520	178.72/cwt	174.00–182.00	929	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	998	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,173	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	939	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	157.15/cwt	152.00–166.00	745	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	150.19/cwt	140.50–153.00	1,092	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	538	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	974	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	396	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	788	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	600	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	840	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	551	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	986	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	131.28/cwt	128.75–132.10	1,221	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	144.34/cwt	142.50–147.85	1,116	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	422	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	776	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	708	140.75/cwt	140.75–140.75	997	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	465	200.78/cwt	187.50–208.00	934	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	787	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,121	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	474	158.18/cwt	154.00–171.00	750	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	728	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,045	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	167.95/cwt	164.00–171.00	600	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	614	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	922	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	696	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	933	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	761	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	837	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,034	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	159.45/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,043	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	140.25/cwt	131.00–143.10	1,153	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	168.82/cwt	164.00–177.00	974	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	130.81/cwt	130.75–131.00	990	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	141.42/cwt	132.50–145.50	878	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	132.62/cwt	128.50–133.60	1,170	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	161.82/cwt	154.50–166.00	1,028	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	143.91/cwt	136.00–147.50	830	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	129.44/cwt	125.50–134.00	938	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	169.37/cwt	169.00–170.00	718	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	135.85/cwt	128.50–140.00	920	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	148.62/cwt	144.00–158.00	777	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	159.41/cwt	159.00–160.00	918	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	475	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	713	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	828	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	723	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	537	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	698	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	129.19/cwt	128.00–131.00	798	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	737	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,024	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	764	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	774	7

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 Mar 31, 2021

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

Receipts 1,562Last week 2,911Year ago 1,350

No recent market coverage for comparison. The tone of the market was firm. 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
18	—	520	174.00–182.00	178.72
10	—	998	117.50	117.50
4	—	442	212.50	212.50
180	—	727	140.50–153.00	150.19
77	—	930	128.75–132.10	131.28
75	—	773	142.50–147.85	144.34
27	—	654	155.00–160.00	159.45
188	—	822	131.00–143.10	140.25
30	—	577	164.00–177.00	168.82
83	—	882	128.50–133.60	132.62
91	—	635	154.50–166.00	161.82
3	—	370	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	538	181.00	181.00
3	—	396	199.00	199.00
14	—	551	179.00	179.00
10	—	708	140.75	140.75
12	—	465	187.50–208.00	200.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	576	159.00–160.00	159.41
3	—	776	132.00	132.00
7	—	458	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	474	152.00–166.00	157.15
7	—	357	164.00–171.00	167.95
4	—	347	177.00	177.00
65	—	757	130.75–131.00	130.81
65	—	621	132.50–145.50	141.42
34	—	577	136.00–147.50	143.91
60	—	725	125.50–134.00	129.44
21	—	424	169.00–170.00	169.37
128	—	677	128.50–140.00	135.85
30	—	523	144.00–158.00	148.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	600	140.00	140.00
8	—	422	184.00	184.00
17	—	474	154.00–171.00	158.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	787	142.50	142.50
17	—	728	143.50	143.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	837	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	475	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	662	125.00	125.00
4	—	482	150.00	150.00
5	—	618	128.00–131.00	129.19
11	—	530	139.00	139.00
8	—	566	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	537	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	576	160.00	160.00
5	—	696	134.00	134.00
2	—	430	177.00	177.00

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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