Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2020-02-19

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Feb 19
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
1,643 head
▼ 963 vs last sale 2,606▲ 1,643 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week 450-550 lb. steers sold $1.00-4.00 lower. The 550-650 lb. steers were $1.00-7.00 higher and the 700-850 lb. steers ended 1.00-9.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs sold $3.00-10.00 higher while the 700-800 lb. heifers ended $2.50- 10.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate to good demand for the moderate to heavy offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.51/cwt on 836 head.
Average price
$151.51
836 head · 710 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,076
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$89
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.29
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1710152.321,082780
Medium and Large 1-2708140.2499356
One grade step is worth $12.08/cwt here — about $89 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 sale836 hd
151.51
—
IA average8 barns · 7,186 hd
153.80
−2.29
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

41 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 1Unweaned383186.00/cwt186.00–186.007129
Steers—Medium and Large 1413180.03/cwt176.00–184.007446
Steers—Medium and Large 1490176.76/cwt170.00–180.5086627
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy502188.50/cwt188.50–188.509467
Steers—Medium and Large 1526166.57/cwt159.00–170.0087622
Steers—Medium and Large 1582171.92/cwt160.00–176.001,00187
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy596152.00/cwt152.00–152.009063
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2612144.34/cwt141.00–150.0088311
Steers—Medium and Large 1633166.25/cwt160.00–171.751,05246
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy638158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0085
Steers—Medium and Large 1659155.90/cwt152.50–159.001,02734
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy692138.50/cwt138.50–138.509584
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned704140.50/cwt140.50–140.509895
Steers—Medium and Large 1713153.16/cwt145.00–157.001,092216
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy722141.79/cwt139.50–144.001,02414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730140.82/cwt140.00–143.001,02821
Steers—Medium and Large 1773143.10/cwt137.00–145.001,10692
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy784136.19/cwt135.00–136.751,06845
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2792133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,05312
Steers—Medium and Large 1826139.20/cwt130.00–141.601,150136
Steers—Medium and Large 1905128.46/cwt128.25–128.501,16323
Steers—Medium and Large 1952128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,2195
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy968119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,1576
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2405151.00/cwt151.00–151.0061210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421164.29/cwt156.00–167.0069221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned472145.50/cwt145.50–145.506874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485161.18/cwt155.75–167.0078247
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned486152.00/cwt152.00–152.007393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528154.10/cwt144.00–158.0081469
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy548160.00/cwt160.00–160.008777
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned556143.00/cwt143.00–143.007955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574144.84/cwt140.00–149.00831138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622136.41/cwt130.00–142.0084835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy648127.50/cwt127.50–127.508265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned650125.00/cwt125.00–125.008134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675135.37/cwt127.75–138.00914174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728128.95/cwt128.00–130.0093960
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy786122.00/cwt122.00–122.009599
Heifers—Medium and Large 1790124.57/cwt124.25–127.2598445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1812127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy883118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,0463

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.