Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2020-05-06

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, May 6
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
1,579 head
▲ 925 vs last sale 654▲ 1,579 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent report for a trend. Trade active 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 $138.70/cwt on 722 head.
Average price
$138.70
722 head · 684 lb average
Value per head Derived
$949
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$55
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$22.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.89
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2530144.7276714thin
Medium and Large 1687139.00955691
Large 1675121.8182217thin
One grade step is worth $22.91/cwt here — about −$55 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 sale722 hd
138.70
—
IA average7 barns · 7,157 hd
142.60
−3.89
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 1305181.23/cwt175.00–185.005534
Steers—Medium and Large 1369175.16/cwt170.00–179.006467
Steers—Medium and Large 1419172.63/cwt170.00–175.5072317
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned468172.00/cwt172.00–172.008055
Steers—Medium and Large 1478167.85/cwt159.50–172.0080237
Steers—Medium and Large 1520160.86/cwt158.00–170.5083624
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530144.72/cwt143.00–145.0076714
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned540158.00/cwt158.00–158.008533
Steers—Medium and Large 1575154.17/cwt145.00–158.0088654
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned595147.00/cwt147.00–147.0087513
Steers—Medium and Large 1627143.96/cwt135.00–151.5090363
Steers—Large 1675121.81/cwt120.00–128.0082217
Steers—Medium and Large 1677140.99/cwt130.00–148.7595595
Steers—Medium and Large 1727135.13/cwt128.00–145.00982185
Steers—Medium and Large 1765126.29/cwt122.00–131.2596648
Steers—Medium and Large 1820121.11/cwt114.00–122.7599376
Steers—Medium and Large 1863116.08/cwt115.00–118.001,00239
Steers—Medium and Large 1923110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0154
Steers—Medium and Large 1965107.25/cwt107.25–107.251,03517
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380155.77/cwt152.00–165.0059224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430146.51/cwt143.50–152.0063025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470143.10/cwt136.00–147.2567337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned493137.00/cwt137.00–137.006757
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520133.59/cwt128.50–140.5069565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532126.00/cwt126.00–126.006704
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned573122.00/cwt122.00–122.006996
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573120.77/cwt119.00–121.0069217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574131.45/cwt125.00–135.25755115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626122.89/cwt118.25–129.0076989
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671117.20/cwt115.00–118.0078616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679127.82/cwt121.25–131.00868104
Heifers—Large 1682110.00/cwt110.00–110.007506
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy696114.00/cwt114.00–114.0079310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722117.16/cwt110.00–118.0084629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765108.19/cwt105.00–112.7582861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1819104.85/cwt102.00–105.2585930
Heifers—Medium and Large 185798.00/cwt98.00–98.0084010

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.