Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2020-04-01

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Apr 1
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
1,350 head
▼ 253 vs last sale 1,603▲ 1,350 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparison, lower undertone noted.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $126.54/cwt on 627 head.
Average price
$126.54
627 head · 743 lb average
Value per head Derived
$940
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$38
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$21.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.35
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2614135.6983316thin
Medium and Large 1745127.40949559
Large 1761114.5487252
One grade step is worth $21.14/cwt here — about −$38 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 sale627 hd
126.54
—
IA average7 barns · 3,199 hd
137.89
−11.35
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1358166.00/cwt166.00–166.005944
Steers—Medium and Large 1473156.72/cwt150.00–161.5074112
Steers—Medium and Large 1501160.00/cwt160.00–160.008028
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned506155.50/cwt155.50–155.507877
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519148.00/cwt148.00–148.007683
Steers—Medium and Large 1579155.56/cwt146.00–159.0090136
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2593140.00/cwt140.00–140.008306
Steers—Medium and Large 1631145.41/cwt136.00–149.5091880
Steers—Large 1636122.50/cwt122.50–122.507797
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2648131.00/cwt131.00–131.008494
Steers—Medium and Large 1679128.24/cwt124.50–135.5087126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2707121.00/cwt121.00–121.008553
Steers—Large 1724116.75/cwt116.75–116.7584525
Steers—Medium and Large 1733122.04/cwt118.50–126.0089567
Steers—Medium and Large 1766123.02/cwt118.75–126.75942103
Steers—Medium and Large 1816117.79/cwt110.00–120.0096186
Steers—Large 1851109.00/cwt109.00–109.0092820
Steers—Medium and Large 1866116.27/cwt112.75–118.501,007108
Steers—Medium and Large 1956100.00/cwt100.00–100.0095622
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1409141.99/cwt141.00–143.0058114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476145.17/cwt142.00–146.0069114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526140.72/cwt139.75–143.0074011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy529126.00/cwt126.00–126.006677
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574134.40/cwt132.25–138.5077145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576119.09/cwt116.00–121.0068619
Heifers—Large 162591.00/cwt91.00–91.005694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631121.43/cwt116.00–125.7576659
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2640105.65/cwt102.50–107.0067634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2655102.00/cwt102.00–102.0066811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663116.41/cwt111.00–121.0077220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720114.72/cwt107.00–116.7582698
Heifers—Large 172993.73/cwt92.50–94.7568357
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2736102.00/cwt102.00–102.0075126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778100.25/cwt93.50–106.0078068
Heifers—Medium and Large 183095.00/cwt95.00–95.007893
Heifers—Large 184787.25/cwt86.25–89.5073913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy850102.50/cwt102.50–102.5087117

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.