Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2021-01-13

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Jan 13
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
1,885 head
▼ 896 vs last sale 2,781▼ 170 vs year ago 2,055 · −8.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 450-500 lbs. were 3.50 higher, while the 500-700 lb. steers sold 3.00-5.50 lower. The 700-750 lb. steers were 2.00 higher and those over 750 lbs. ended 4.00-5.50 lower. Heifers under 550 lbs. were 10.00 lower, while the 550-700 lb. heifers were 1.50-6.00 lower. Heifers over 700 lbs. were 1.00 higher. Several groups of good quality heifers sold as replacements. Trade was active and demand was moderate to good for the moderate offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.93/cwt on 855 head.
Average price
$138.93
855 head · 700 lb average
Value per head Derived
$972
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.67
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1704139.75984758
Medium and Large 1-2667132.5488497
One grade step is worth $7.20/cwt here — about $100 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 sale855 hd
138.93
—
IA average15 barns · 17,026 hd
141.60
−2.67
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 1Unweaned396182.00/cwt182.00–182.007218
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned403174.00/cwt174.00–174.007017
Steers—Medium and Large 1489172.76/cwt160.00–177.0084526
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned509165.06/cwt157.00–168.0084015
Steers—Medium and Large 1536166.00/cwt166.00–166.0089011
Steers—Medium and Large 1570159.90/cwt152.25–162.7591146
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576144.38/cwt143.00–146.0083215
Steers—Medium and Large 1622149.92/cwt146.00–155.5093396
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned631139.61/cwt138.00–140.0088134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2636137.25/cwt136.00–138.2587321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned653132.00/cwt132.00–132.008624
Steers—Medium and Large 1671143.73/cwt134.50–148.2596499
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2681131.78/cwt130.00–133.5089740
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned717127.75/cwt127.75–127.759166
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy717115.00/cwt115.00–115.008256
Steers—Medium and Large 1720138.19/cwt130.50–141.50995112
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy746130.00/cwt130.00–130.0097012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2774119.97/cwt116.00–122.2592911
Steers—Medium and Large 1778128.79/cwt124.00–136.501,00296
Steers—Medium and Large 1815125.52/cwt122.00–127.001,023140
Steers—Medium and Large 1874120.52/cwt120.00–120.751,05326
Steers—Medium and Large 1922119.33/cwt116.00–121.001,10024
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned318158.00/cwt158.00–158.005024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429141.74/cwt139.50–144.0060814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466140.00/cwt140.00–140.0065210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned475132.00/cwt132.00–132.006274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2488126.00/cwt126.00–126.006156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned511132.00/cwt132.00–132.0067512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535128.67/cwt125.00–132.0068866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2542125.00/cwt125.00–125.0067813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned568131.00/cwt131.00–131.0074410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581130.46/cwt125.00–135.75758119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement592134.00/cwt134.00–134.0079326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628128.30/cwt122.00–131.25806138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned637122.00/cwt122.00–122.007773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2652117.00/cwt117.00–117.007635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674126.98/cwt120.00–130.00856120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement695130.00/cwt130.00–130.0090427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724129.50/cwt122.00–135.0093889
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement734135.39/cwt130.00–142.00994102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2736118.00/cwt118.00–118.008688
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761114.43/cwt114.00–115.0087114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1817118.63/cwt115.50–120.0096913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement818124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0149

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.