Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2020-11-18

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Nov 18
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
1,689 head
▲ 636 vs last sale 1,053▲ 392 vs year ago 1,297 · +30.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to no recent comparison. This sale marked Creston Livestock Special "All Vaccinated Calf and Yearling" Auction. Buyer demand was moderate to good on a moderate to good supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.17/cwt on 937 head.
Average price
$149.17
937 head · 644 lb average
Value per head Derived
$961
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$136
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.10
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1648150.22974847
Medium and Large 2601139.3283890
One grade step is worth $10.89/cwt here — about $136 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 sale937 hd
149.17
—
IA average10 barns · 5,994 hd
141.07
+8.10
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1270187.00/cwt187.00–187.005056
Steers—Medium and Large 1329179.62/cwt179.00–180.005918
Steers—Medium and Large 1375185.19/cwt184.00–186.0069411
Steers—Medium and Large 1424166.94/cwt164.00–168.5070814
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned437168.00/cwt168.00–168.0073417
Steers—Medium and Large 1462163.54/cwt157.00–167.0075650
Steers—Medium and Large 2488152.08/cwt147.00–154.5074218
Steers—Medium and Large 1534167.53/cwt166.00–168.5089557
Steers—Medium and Large 2540150.00/cwt150.00–150.008104
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed558163.00/cwt163.00–163.009104
Steers—Medium and Large 1577154.39/cwt150.00–159.00891136
Steers—Medium and Large 2581137.00/cwt137.00–137.0079616
Steers—Medium and Large 2613136.21/cwt134.00–141.5083533
Steers—Medium and Large 1618151.30/cwt146.00–154.6093598
Steers—Medium and Large 1668144.64/cwt141.00–149.00966112
Steers—Medium and Large 2684136.09/cwt130.00–139.0093111
Steers—Medium and Large 1716140.54/cwt137.00–145.001,006154
Steers—Medium and Large 1754135.48/cwt135.00–139.001,02225
Steers—Medium and Large 2765127.22/cwt125.00–128.009738
Steers—Medium and Large 1824143.26/cwt135.00–144.501,180143
Steers—Medium and Large 1890122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0863
Steers—Medium and Large 1920129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1879
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1290164.43/cwt161.00–169.004777
Heifers—Medium and Large 1346158.00/cwt158.00–158.005477
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384149.59/cwt145.00–152.005749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429147.73/cwt144.00–151.0063437
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440134.51/cwt133.00–137.0059216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471142.64/cwt141.00–148.0067259
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479133.64/cwt127.00–136.0064017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526138.00/cwt134.50–141.0072673
Heifers—Medium and Large 2534131.78/cwt126.00–134.0070427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574132.76/cwt130.00–136.25762151
Heifers—Medium and Large 2581127.18/cwt125.00–128.5073912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned596133.50/cwt133.50–133.5079612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613134.53/cwt132.00–136.0082552
Heifers—Medium and Large 2632123.83/cwt121.00–127.0078338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663128.33/cwt125.00–130.0085149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1736124.97/cwt124.00–126.5092014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1762125.39/cwt121.50–126.2595511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1874120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,04914

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.