Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-03

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 $165.41/cwt on 1,159 head.

Average price

$165.41

1,159 head · 719 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,190

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$230

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

$19.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.42

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	721	165.84	1,196	1,133
Medium and Large 1-2	658	146.66	965	26

One grade step is worth $19.18/cwt here — about $230 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 sale1,159 hd

165.41

—

IA average8 barns · 4,876 hd

157.99

+7.42

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

40 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 1-2Unweaned	—	442	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	729	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	175.25/cwt	163.50–177.50	1,023	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	160.66/cwt	154.75–164.10	1,391	265
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	575	173.25/cwt	173.25–173.25	996	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	421	190.32/cwt	188.00–196.00	801	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	165.34/cwt	164.75–165.85	1,290	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	192.39/cwt	182.50–200.00	721	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	681	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,117	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	508	179.06/cwt	170.00–184.00	910	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	180.21/cwt	173.00–183.00	914	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	158.94/cwt	155.00–162.00	1,071	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,208	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	166.10/cwt	165.00–167.50	543	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,249	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	861	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,147	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	166.48/cwt	156.00–169.50	711	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	605	171.69/cwt	170.00–172.50	1,039	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	581	143.55/cwt	139.50–146.00	834	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	457	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	797	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	784	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	496	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	900	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	150.70/cwt	146.00–157.00	945	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	135.96/cwt	131.00–142.00	1,044	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	620	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	877	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	822	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	159.74/cwt	156.25–163.50	1,316	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	159.21/cwt	153.00–165.75	1,165	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,098	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	488	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	752	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	137.52/cwt	130.00–142.00	733	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	865	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	167.41/cwt	158.00–172.85	1,033	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	181.81/cwt	176.00–185.25	889	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	886	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	961	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	145.00/cwt	140.00–152.50	821	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	142.76/cwt	137.00–144.50	874	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	163.17/cwt	156.00–170.25	798	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	145.08/cwt	144.00–146.00	1,071	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 Nov 3, 2021

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

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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 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	442	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	584	163.50–177.50	175.25
265	—	866	154.75–164.10	160.66
137	—	780	164.75–165.85	165.34
9	—	375	182.50–200.00	192.39
23	—	507	173.00–183.00	180.21
59	—	674	155.00–162.00	158.94
9	—	406	193.00	193.00
145	—	824	156.25–163.50	159.74
163	—	732	153.00–165.75	159.21
36	—	617	158.00–172.85	167.41
56	—	489	176.00–185.25	181.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	575	173.25	173.25
10	—	421	188.00–196.00	190.32
22	—	681	164.00	164.00
23	—	508	170.00–184.00	179.06
43	—	605	170.00–172.50	171.69
10	—	496	181.50	181.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	627	146.00–157.00	150.70
11	—	768	131.00–142.00	135.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	863	140.00	140.00
7	—	327	165.00–167.50	166.10
7	—	950	131.50	131.50
11	—	540	159.50	159.50
11	—	805	142.50	142.50
18	—	427	156.00–169.50	166.48
18	—	752	146.00	146.00
35	—	566	140.00–152.50	145.00
71	—	612	137.00–144.50	142.76
29	—	489	156.00–170.25	163.17
18	—	738	144.00–146.00	145.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	581	139.50–146.00	143.55
19	—	457	174.50	174.50
14	—	620	141.50	141.50
8	—	532	154.50	154.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	488	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	533	130.00–142.00	137.52
10	—	641	135.00	135.00
6	—	661	134.00	134.00
5	—	712	135.00	135.00

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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