Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2020-02-12

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Feb 12
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
2,606 head
▲ 551 vs last sale 2,055▲ 2,606 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison this week, due to no recent market coverage to establish a trend. Heavy offering 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 $153.15/cwt on 1,181 head.
Average price
$153.15
1,181 head · 686 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,050
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$139
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.99
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1689153.561,0581,119
Medium and Large 1-2631145.6491962
One grade step is worth $7.92/cwt here — about $139 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 sale1,181 hd
153.15
—
IA average12 barns · 10,891 hd
151.16
+1.99
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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2340167.50/cwt167.50–167.505703
Steers—Medium and Large 1353176.55/cwt170.00–183.006238
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424167.50/cwt167.50–167.5071010
Steers—Medium and Large 1436176.58/cwt176.00–177.0077012
Steers—Medium and Large 1484178.04/cwt166.00–181.5086237
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2500153.00/cwt153.00–153.007653
Steers—Medium and Large 1530171.46/cwt167.00–184.0090939
Steers—Medium and Large 1569164.78/cwt157.00–170.5093894
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587154.00/cwt154.00–154.009044
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2600149.00/cwt149.00–149.008945
Steers—Medium and Large 1622164.61/cwt160.00–169.501,024241
Steers—Medium and Large 1665159.50/cwt156.75–164.501,06197
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned677135.00/cwt135.00–135.009148
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680140.00/cwt140.00–140.009523
Steers—Medium and Large 1715150.77/cwt142.75–156.251,078191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2729138.04/cwt137.00–139.501,00612
Steers—Medium and Large 1761142.22/cwt136.00–145.501,082226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2772134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,03414
Steers—Medium and Large 1811128.34/cwt125.00–134.251,04126
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy849139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,18064
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy852136.35/cwt136.35–136.351,16265
Steers—Medium and Large 1890125.01/cwt124.00–128.001,11316
Steers—Medium and Large 1923121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1173
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2283157.50/cwt157.50–157.504463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372161.00/cwt161.00–161.005995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424155.00/cwt155.00–155.0065726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480151.05/cwt145.00–154.0072547
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525146.08/cwt139.00–150.0076796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579141.75/cwt136.50–145.50821194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2597130.00/cwt130.00–130.0077617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625136.60/cwt130.25–141.50854150
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632124.95/cwt120.00–127.5079016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1664132.61/cwt127.75–138.00881167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680124.19/cwt122.00–125.0084427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715131.48/cwt127.00–135.75940117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2716123.00/cwt123.00–123.008813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1762136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,03630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1825115.75/cwt115.00–116.5095510

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.