Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2020-01-15

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Jan 15
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
2,055 head
▼ 823 vs last sale 2,878▲ 2,055 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers were mostly 3.00 lower. Moderate offering of good cattle was met with good demand, although the crowd was lighter today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.21/cwt on 1,081 head.
Average price
$150.21
1,081 head · 700 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,052
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$167
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.66
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2588151.6989348
Medium and Large 1706150.141,0591,033
One grade step is worth $1.54/cwt here — about −$167 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 sale1,081 hd
150.21
—
IA average12 barns · 11,604 hd
154.87
−4.66
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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1419192.36/cwt187.00–197.008069
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2447172.99/cwt171.00–177.007739
Steers—Medium and Large 1475175.63/cwt169.00–183.0083420
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2496156.00/cwt156.00–156.007743
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned512162.00/cwt162.00–162.008294
Steers—Medium and Large 1513174.80/cwt164.00–177.0089721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2546159.00/cwt159.00–159.008686
Steers—Medium and Large 1583162.62/cwt158.00–172.00948123
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2590155.00/cwt155.00–155.009155
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned600153.00/cwt153.00–153.009183
Steers—Medium and Large 1613160.21/cwt155.00–164.75982102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620144.50/cwt143.00–146.008966
Steers—Medium and Large 1671153.85/cwt148.75–160.001,03299
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673140.00/cwt140.00–140.0094219
Steers—Medium and Large 1728147.28/cwt137.00–151.101,072320
Steers—Medium and Large 1783138.69/cwt135.00–144.251,086157
Steers—Medium and Large 1815141.50/cwt135.00–146.501,153152
Steers—Medium and Large 1895134.38/cwt133.25–135.251,20323
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373158.00/cwt158.00–158.005893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424154.91/cwt150.00–162.0065734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481149.82/cwt144.00–158.0072141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2500133.00/cwt133.00–133.006653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528145.11/cwt140.00–147.5076641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned573129.50/cwt129.50–129.507423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579144.48/cwt137.00–149.00837121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585131.92/cwt125.00–136.0077227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627140.41/cwt133.00–147.25880107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2637126.14/cwt124.00–131.5080427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672138.77/cwt130.50–143.00933203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678125.00/cwt125.00–125.0084810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728133.81/cwt127.00–138.00974154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2734121.66/cwt120.00–125.0089317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1759123.56/cwt123.00–125.5093814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1840129.88/cwt129.00–130.751,09112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1856130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1133

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.