Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2019-06-14

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Fri, Jun 14
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
← earliestJun 14Aug 28 →
Receipts
1,657 head
▲ 1,657 vs last sale 0▲ 1,657 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trades were active today. There is no comparison as there was no sale last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.15/cwt on 1,067 head.
Average price
$144.15
1,067 head · 707 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,019
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$123
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.47
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2644145.07934339
Medium and Large 1736143.711,058728
One grade step is worth $1.36/cwt here — about −$123 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 sale1,067 hd
144.15
—
IA average4 barns · 1,318 hd
138.67
+5.47
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

49 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2323169.00/cwt169.00–169.005463
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2422162.08/cwt157.00–169.0068425
Steers—Medium and Large 1432171.56/cwt170.00–172.007419
Steers—Medium and Large 1474171.23/cwt168.00–175.508129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480157.81/cwt147.00–163.0075719
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531156.49/cwt143.00–160.0083181
Steers—Medium and Large 1534162.93/cwt162.00–163.5087037
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2559154.15/cwt150.00–162.5086229
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2614148.40/cwt141.00–151.0091123
Steers—Medium and Large 1624156.17/cwt153.00–160.00975140
Steers—Medium and Large 1672144.41/cwt142.50–156.0097099
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2704133.00/cwt133.00–133.0093611
Steers—Medium and Large 1727140.68/cwt137.00–143.001,02347
Steers—Medium and Large 1764150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,14636
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2788132.43/cwt130.00–134.001,044148
Steers—Medium and Large 1824136.15/cwt130.00–138.751,122282
Steers—Medium and Large 1863130.49/cwt122.50–131.001,12666
Steers—Medium and Large 1980110.50/cwt110.50–110.501,0833
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2353140.98/cwt138.00–142.004984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1387147.82/cwt146.00–151.005727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2406142.00/cwt142.00–142.005773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1448154.50/cwt154.50–154.506926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2452146.00/cwt146.00–146.006605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Natural458142.00/cwt142.00–142.006506
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474152.31/cwt151.00–153.007229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1506151.49/cwt151.00–153.0076716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2538139.92/cwt123.00–149.0075321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572148.54/cwt146.50–152.0085040
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579135.73/cwt120.00–142.0078624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy588142.00/cwt142.00–142.008357
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615139.71/cwt136.50–144.0085971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2634128.44/cwt126.00–132.008145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664123.14/cwt120.00–125.0081822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677133.34/cwt125.00–135.5090377
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2710117.00/cwt117.00–117.008313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732132.04/cwt128.00–134.5096760
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765131.75/cwt131.75–131.751,00821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2792113.50/cwt113.50–113.508995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2822106.00/cwt106.00–106.008715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2975100.00/cwt100.00–100.009754
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2410141.00/cwt141.00–141.005781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2450141.00/cwt141.00–141.006354
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525137.00/cwt137.00–137.007192
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2550132.50/cwt132.50–132.507294
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Natural620130.50/cwt130.50–130.508098
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Natural730112.00/cwt112.00–112.008181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Natural760116.50/cwt116.50–116.508856
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Natural92399.00/cwt99.00–99.009143
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Natural976105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0256

This sale against other markets

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.