Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend, no recent report. " Special Customer Appreciation Yearling Auction". Trade active with good demand .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $161.34/cwt on 1,085 head.

Average price

$161.34

1,085 head · 791 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,276

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$6.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.18

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	804	161.91	1,301	959
Medium and Large 1-2	678	157.23	1,066	113
Large 1	798	155.50	1,241	13thin

One grade step is worth $6.41/cwt here — about $61 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 sale1,085 hd

161.34

—

IA average4 barns · 2,628 hd

161.16

+0.18

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

44 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	—	467	168.81/cwt	160.00–173.50	788	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	922	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,323	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	161.70/cwt	155.00–166.25	1,332	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,020	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	191.63/cwt	183.00–199.70	998	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	166.56/cwt	161.00–172.50	1,293	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	167.04/cwt	160.00–174.00	870	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	158.74/cwt	154.00–162.00	1,075	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	146.03/cwt	143.00–149.25	1,409	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	688	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	186.82/cwt	179.00–189.00	1,057	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	175.78/cwt	171.00–181.50	1,100	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	144.45/cwt	144.00–146.00	1,316	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	155.62/cwt	151.00–161.50	1,341	276
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	171.21/cwt	168.00–177.75	1,128	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	198.85/cwt	194.00–203.00	865	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	138.48/cwt	138.00–139.00	859	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,139	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	904	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,291	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	849	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,032	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,202	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	167.96/cwt	160.00–174.00	1,214	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	160.46/cwt	147.00–165.00	1,165	28
Steers	Large 1	—	798	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,241	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	144.96/cwt	139.00–146.50	1,258	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	151.26/cwt	147.00–153.75	1,080	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	161.76/cwt	158.00–169.00	935	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	141.58/cwt	132.00–148.00	1,154	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	142.93/cwt	135.00–150.00	1,112	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	972	143.72/cwt	140.00–144.75	1,397	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	709	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,120	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	925	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	135.49/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,127	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	132.78/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,206	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	154.30/cwt	146.00–163.50	961	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	133.54/cwt	133.00–134.00	1,163	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	150.15/cwt	146.00–152.25	1,215	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,084	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	147.68/cwt	142.00–150.00	700	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	149.96/cwt	140.00–151.85	1,315	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	151.78/cwt	145.25–155.75	1,034	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	797	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	138.69/cwt	133.00–140.50	1,000	18

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 Aug 25, 2021

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

Receipts 2,075Last week 1,609Year ago 2,267

No trend, no recent report. " Special Customer Appreciation Yearling Auction". Trade active with good demand .

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	467	160.00–173.50	168.81
5	—	780	146.00	146.00
4	—	535	169.00	169.00
2	—	1,005	128.50	128.50
2	—	449	189.00	189.00
134	—	714	147.00–153.75	151.26
46	—	578	158.00–169.00	161.76
63	—	972	140.00–144.75	143.72
28	—	908	130.00–137.00	132.78
86	—	623	146.00–163.50	154.30
129	—	809	146.00–152.25	150.15
89	—	877	140.00–151.85	149.96
95	—	681	145.25–155.75	151.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	922	143.50	143.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	620	138.00–139.00	138.48
3	—	597	155.00	155.00
6	—	832	135.00–136.00	135.49
9	—	871	133.00–134.00	133.54
13	—	797	136.00	136.00
4	—	474	142.00–150.00	147.68
11	—	511	156.00	156.00
18	—	721	133.00–140.50	138.69
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,032	116.50	116.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	709	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
211	—	824	155.00–166.25	161.70
32	—	521	183.00–199.70	191.63
133	—	776	161.00–172.50	166.56
129	—	965	143.00–149.25	146.03
21	—	566	179.00–189.00	186.82
71	—	626	171.00–181.50	175.78
9	—	911	144.00–146.00	144.45
276	—	862	151.00–161.50	155.62
40	—	659	168.00–177.75	171.21
10	—	435	194.00–203.00	198.85
27	—	723	160.00–174.00	167.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	618	165.00	165.00
21	—	521	160.00–174.00	167.04
27	—	677	154.00–162.00	158.74
5	—	430	160.00	160.00
28	—	726	147.00–165.00	160.46
5	—	868	139.00–146.50	144.96
10	—	815	132.00–148.00	141.58
12	—	778	135.00–150.00	142.93
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	798	155.50	155.50

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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