Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2019-12-11

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Dec 11
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
2,408 head
▼ 102 vs last sale 2,510▲ 2,408 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 600-700 pound steers were mostly 1.00-4.00 lower, 500 pound heifers were 1.00-4.00 higher 600 pound heifers were 4.00-8.00 lower. 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 $148.98/cwt on 1,295 head.
Average price
$148.98
1,295 head · 643 lb average
Value per head Derived
$958
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$192
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.83
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1649149.319691,227
Medium and Large 1-2543143.0277768
One grade step is worth $6.29/cwt here — about $192 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 sale1,295 hd
148.98
—
IA average12 barns · 10,237 hd
147.15
+1.83
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned243435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,0573
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned286173.00/cwt173.00–173.004953
Steers—Medium and Large 1376178.58/cwt175.00–181.0067120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395156.00/cwt156.00–156.006166
Steers—Medium and Large 1418167.71/cwt162.00–174.0070125
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned440160.00/cwt160.00–160.007043
Steers—Medium and Large 1475163.33/cwt159.00–168.0077670
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477149.65/cwt143.00–151.0071418
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510147.00/cwt147.00–147.007504
Steers—Medium and Large 1528162.88/cwt156.00–166.50860119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568142.08/cwt140.00–145.008077
Steers—Medium and Large 1575156.07/cwt151.00–162.75897186
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623133.05/cwt131.00–133.7582927
Steers—Medium and Large 1627145.98/cwt138.25–149.50915130
Steers—Medium and Large 1675145.32/cwt137.50–151.00981286
Steers—Medium and Large 1716140.74/cwt131.00–144.251,008148
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2756134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0133
Steers—Medium and Large 1765140.55/cwt137.75–150.251,075102
Steers—Medium and Large 1827141.73/cwt138.00–144.751,172120
Steers—Medium and Large 1867136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1798
Steers—Medium and Large 1916131.75/cwt131.75–131.751,20710
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned266420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1307166.00/cwt166.00–166.0051010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2331138.69/cwt134.00–143.004598
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383149.39/cwt146.00–151.0057221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426148.47/cwt141.00–154.0063248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472144.72/cwt138.00–147.0068398
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2492133.50/cwt133.50–133.506575
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531141.77/cwt134.00–148.50753162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570138.47/cwt132.00–144.50789171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622134.45/cwt129.00–137.50836226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1686128.64/cwt126.50–133.0088244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1713126.64/cwt126.50–127.0090329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1760126.25/cwt126.25–126.2596011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1826126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2990119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,1834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,068111.75/cwt111.75–111.751,1936
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,070125.25/cwt125.25–125.251,3404

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.