Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2021-01-20

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Jan 20
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
3,015 head
▲ 1,130 vs last sale 1,885▲ 3,015 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 550 lbs. were 1.00-4.00 lower, while the heavier steers were mostly 1.00-4.00 higher. Heifers 500-550 were 10.00 higher while the 550-700 lbs. were 3.00-7.00 higher. The 700-750 lb. heifers were mostly 5.00 lower. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. Trading was active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.39/cwt on 1,782 head.
Average price
$143.39
1,782 head · 692 lb average
Value per head Derived
$993
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$178
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$26.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.50
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1692144.029971,672
Medium and Large 1-2657135.47890100
Large 11,002117.251,17510thin
One grade step is worth $26.77/cwt here — about −$178 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 sale1,782 hd
143.39
—
IA average11 barns · 12,156 hd
138.89
+4.50
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1382188.01/cwt186.00–190.007186
Steers—Medium and Large 1432180.74/cwt178.00–189.0078125
Steers—Medium and Large 1479169.87/cwt166.00–172.7581455
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2493130.00/cwt130.00–130.006416
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned523152.00/cwt152.00–152.007956
Steers—Medium and Large 1531165.29/cwt156.00–169.00878140
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2537149.16/cwt145.00–156.0080113
Steers—Medium and Large 1574155.71/cwt151.00–164.0089492
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2590147.68/cwt145.00–149.0087118
Steers—Medium and Large 1622150.29/cwt141.25–155.00935224
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned640140.04/cwt139.50–140.7589614
Steers—Medium and Large 1670145.50/cwt136.50–149.25975332
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676129.63/cwt122.00–135.0087612
Steers—Medium and Large 1711141.30/cwt134.50–147.001,005234
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned714129.00/cwt129.00–129.009215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2728129.77/cwt129.25–130.0094546
Steers—Medium and Large 1775132.18/cwt127.50–137.751,024181
Steers—Medium and Large 1823129.63/cwt126.00–132.001,067209
Steers—Medium and Large 1881125.19/cwt122.50–128.601,10363
Steers—Medium and Large 1914126.79/cwt123.00–128.351,15991
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,002117.25/cwt117.25–117.251,17510
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2317145.00/cwt145.00–145.004606
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373150.00/cwt150.00–150.005604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned398147.00/cwt147.00–147.005858
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned416149.00/cwt149.00–149.006205
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439144.01/cwt139.00–148.0063239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474132.96/cwt130.00–137.5063014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482141.31/cwt134.00–145.0068170
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned509139.00/cwt139.00–139.0070811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522141.28/cwt133.00–146.00737125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned565136.00/cwt136.00–136.007684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573138.05/cwt133.00–143.50791148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574127.34/cwt120.00–131.5073117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625133.38/cwt125.25–138.75834298
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627122.85/cwt120.50–124.0077030
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678121.73/cwt120.00–125.0082512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683130.40/cwt126.25–135.50891159
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727124.49/cwt119.00–128.5090568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1785116.52/cwt112.25–120.0091519

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.