Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2020-01-08

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Jan 8
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
2,878 head
▲ 470 vs last sale 2,408▲ 2,878 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison today, as there hasn't been recent market coverage to reflect an accurate trend. Heavy offering today of good quality 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 $158.78/cwt on 1,651 head.
Average price
$158.78
1,651 head · 657 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,043
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$221
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.86
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1663158.951,0541,567
Medium and Large 1-2536155.5583384
One grade step is worth $3.40/cwt here — about $221 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 sale1,651 hd
158.78
—
IA average15 barns · 16,059 hd
153.92
+4.86
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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 1-2314174.86/cwt171.00–177.0054912
Steers—Medium and Large 1382188.00/cwt188.00–188.007184
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2410166.20/cwt163.00–171.0068116
Steers—Medium and Large 1422188.37/cwt187.75–189.5079525
Steers—Medium and Large 1473176.17/cwt170.00–181.0083341
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2486161.00/cwt161.00–161.007823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2512163.00/cwt163.00–163.008354
Steers—Medium and Large 1527174.20/cwt166.00–181.50918187
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574149.85/cwt148.50–152.5086030
Steers—Medium and Large 1585165.68/cwt158.00–173.0096951
Steers—Medium and Large 1622163.02/cwt152.00–167.501,014482
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2647147.00/cwt147.00–147.009514
Steers—Medium and Large 1669158.62/cwt151.75–165.501,061154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680144.00/cwt144.00–144.009793
Steers—Medium and Large 1724150.37/cwt142.00–157.001,089301
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,0144
Steers—Medium and Large 1760154.22/cwt147.25–156.501,172100
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2794138.75/cwt138.75–138.751,1025
Steers—Medium and Large 1811144.33/cwt137.50–149.501,171178
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2813135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,1023
Steers—Medium and Large 1876136.24/cwt135.00–139.001,19344
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330149.00/cwt149.00–149.004924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370142.04/cwt141.00–143.005266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428146.58/cwt140.00–153.5062748
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481144.65/cwt139.50–152.0069688
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526149.03/cwt144.00–157.00784128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527142.31/cwt141.00–142.5075032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576147.26/cwt142.00–157.00848226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583134.83/cwt130.00–138.0078638
Heifers—Medium and Large 1609147.77/cwt145.25–158.0090065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615138.40/cwt135.00–141.50851101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666134.18/cwt128.00–138.00894119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2700124.00/cwt124.00–124.008683
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718136.59/cwt129.25–142.5098193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1760136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,0373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1992119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,1804

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.