Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Several load lots were included in the offerings. Trading was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.72/cwt on 1,284 head.

Average price

$164.72

1,284 head · 731 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,204

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$11.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.51

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	738	165.63	1,222	1,184
Medium and Large 1-2	650	153.93	1,000	100

One grade step is worth $11.71/cwt here — about $222 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 sale1,284 hd

164.72

—

IA average7 barns · 3,635 hd

154.21

+10.51

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	169.88/cwt	159.50–172.50	1,087	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	983	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	935	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	780	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	385	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	751	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	426	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	784	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	160.45/cwt	153.25–162.00	1,372	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	1,252	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	481	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	895	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	206.56/cwt	198.00–215.00	781	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	427	199.60/cwt	186.00–204.00	852	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	582	166.30/cwt	165.50–167.00	968	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	943	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	146.14/cwt	134.50–148.25	1,337	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	513	185.77/cwt	182.50–186.50	953	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	289	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	600	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	170.34/cwt	165.00–174.00	722	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	149.29/cwt	147.00–160.00	760	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	140.81/cwt	140.00–141.25	1,156	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	592	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	680	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	891	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,125	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,080	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	188.80/cwt	186.00–190.00	912	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	997	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	143.75/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,018	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	166.10/cwt	162.00–168.00	882	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	143.42/cwt	141.50–145.00	1,112	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	144.71/cwt	143.50–145.10	1,033	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	162.33/cwt	162.25–162.35	1,196	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	156.62/cwt	148.00–160.10	1,297	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	412	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	698	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	737	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	756	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	148.32/cwt	145.00–150.00	977	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	162.64/cwt	153.75–165.00	1,265	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	154.78/cwt	147.00–159.00	876	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	602	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	843	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	453	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	772	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	148.93/cwt	148.00–149.00	922	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	149.97/cwt	145.00–152.00	850	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	153.30/cwt	144.00–157.00	803	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	328	175.37/cwt	175.00–176.00	575	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	160.44/cwt	155.00–167.50	764	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	843	6

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 Oct 6, 2021

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

Receipts 2,025Last week 2,075Year ago 1,053

No trend as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Several load lots were included in the offerings. Trading was active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	640	159.50–172.50	169.88
208	—	855	153.25–162.00	160.45
21	—	378	198.00–215.00	206.56
3	—	533	177.00	177.00
150	—	915	134.50–148.25	146.14
62	—	483	186.00–190.00	188.80
7	—	554	180.00	180.00
86	—	737	162.25–162.35	162.33
108	—	828	148.00–160.10	156.62
284	—	778	153.75–165.00	162.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	664	148.00	148.00
6	—	611	153.00	153.00
3	—	456	171.00	171.00
19	—	880	142.25	142.25
15	—	708	135.00–146.00	143.75
19	—	531	162.00–168.00	166.10
3	—	383	192.50	192.50
12	—	566	147.00–159.00	154.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	385	195.00	195.00
8	—	481	186.00	186.00
45	—	427	186.00–204.00	199.60
17	—	582	165.50–167.00	166.30
45	—	513	182.50–186.50	185.77
10	—	289	207.50	207.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	426	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	424	165.00–174.00	170.34
22	—	509	147.00–160.00	149.29
14	—	821	140.00–141.25	140.81
3	—	363	163.00	163.00
74	—	775	141.50–145.00	143.42
117	—	714	143.50–145.10	144.71
39	—	659	145.00–150.00	148.32
56	—	619	148.00–149.00	148.93
48	—	567	145.00–152.00	149.97
35	—	476	155.00–167.50	160.44
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	680	131.00	131.00
4	—	1,125	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	412	169.50	169.50
5	—	602	140.00	140.00
10	—	453	170.50	170.50
29	—	524	144.00–157.00	153.30
17	—	328	175.00–176.00	175.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	560	135.00	135.00
6	—	615	137.00	137.00

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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