Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2019-11-20

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Nov 20
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
1,297 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 1,242▲ 1,297 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 500-600 pound steers were steady to 6.00 higher, 700 pound steers steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers 500-600 pounds were 4.00-10.00 higher. Moderate offering of good cattle was met with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.36/cwt on 689 head.
Average price
$152.36
689 head · 596 lb average
Value per head Derived
$908
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.58
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1598153.02915639
Medium and Large 1-2570143.9582050
One grade step is worth $9.07/cwt here — about $95 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 sale689 hd
152.36
—
IA average11 barns · 7,219 hd
148.78
+3.58
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1290207.50/cwt207.50–207.506024
Steers—Medium and Large 1335194.00/cwt194.00–194.006506
Steers—Medium and Large 1383186.00/cwt186.00–186.007126
Steers—Medium and Large 1433166.94/cwt160.00–176.5072331
Steers—Medium and Large 1472163.48/cwt155.00–169.0077242
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477150.53/cwt145.00–153.0071811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515146.49/cwt146.00–147.007546
Steers—Medium and Large 1525162.45/cwt155.00–167.0085391
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned546145.00/cwt145.00–145.007926
Steers—Medium and Large 1565155.72/cwt150.00–162.00880111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588143.03/cwt141.00–143.7584127
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626135.00/cwt135.00–135.008453
Steers—Medium and Large 1632147.34/cwt139.00–150.75931175
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned660131.00/cwt131.00–131.008654
Steers—Medium and Large 1665145.20/cwt138.00–148.0096663
Steers—Medium and Large 1730142.48/cwt140.00–148.251,04075
Steers—Medium and Large 1765143.95/cwt142.50–145.501,10119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned796132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0513
Steers—Medium and Large 1810136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,1063
Steers—Medium and Large 1863135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1653
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1292156.00/cwt156.00–156.004564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned296153.00/cwt153.00–153.004535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323149.00/cwt149.00–149.004813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370135.00/cwt135.00–135.005003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424142.73/cwt136.00–149.7560544
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470128.00/cwt128.00–128.006024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479141.70/cwt133.00–145.0067984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515130.51/cwt130.00–131.006726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516143.11/cwt139.00–145.00738105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570137.66/cwt130.00–142.50785101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616135.91/cwt131.00–139.0083793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666132.46/cwt129.00–135.2588225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement669140.00/cwt140.00–140.0093715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710126.00/cwt126.00–126.008953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1944120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,1385

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.