Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2021-02-10

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Feb 10
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
2,018 head
▼ 997 vs last sale 3,015▼ 588 vs year ago 2,606 · −22.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Trade 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 $141.18/cwt on 1,000 head.
Average price
$141.18
1,000 head · 713 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,007
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$152
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$28.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.83
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1713141.501,009969
Medium and Large 1-2653135.8488725
Large 11,027113.001,1616thin
One grade step is worth $28.50/cwt here — about −$152 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 sale1,000 hd
141.18
—
IA average8 barns · 7,718 hd
142.01
−0.83
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1427166.96/cwt166.00–168.007136
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned467164.00/cwt164.00–164.007666
Steers—Medium and Large 1488175.00/cwt175.00–175.0085412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2490157.00/cwt157.00–157.007696
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned505159.00/cwt159.00–159.008038
Steers—Medium and Large 1533167.17/cwt160.00–175.0089157
Steers—Medium and Large 1580153.22/cwt150.00–160.5088964
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned584147.00/cwt147.00–147.0085812
Steers—Medium and Large 1620146.75/cwt142.00–150.5091075
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635133.00/cwt133.00–133.008456
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2655125.00/cwt125.00–125.008194
Steers—Medium and Large 1669145.11/cwt137.00–147.75971146
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned674132.50/cwt132.50–132.5089318
Steers—Medium and Large 1721139.19/cwt132.50–144.001,004172
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2772128.45/cwt128.00–129.009929
Steers—Medium and Large 1776134.82/cwt130.00–142.251,046189
Steers—Medium and Large 1823131.99/cwt129.25–135.751,086114
Steers—Medium and Large 1880128.96/cwt125.00–132.251,13563
Steers—Medium and Large 1914128.97/cwt125.50–129.751,17927
Steers—Large 11,027113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,1616
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350159.00/cwt159.00–159.005576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480142.89/cwt141.00–146.5068622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned514142.00/cwt142.00–142.0073013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522128.48/cwt121.00–133.0067116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531141.77/cwt137.00–148.0075343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574136.05/cwt128.50–140.00781183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577126.00/cwt126.00–126.007277
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned610126.00/cwt126.00–126.0076927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623131.09/cwt126.50–134.0081758
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671119.01/cwt115.00–120.0079925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675127.86/cwt122.00–133.75863173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2714115.77/cwt115.00–116.0082718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1736130.07/cwt128.75–132.7595769
Heifers—Medium and Large 1763127.39/cwt124.25–129.50972159
Heifers—Medium and Large 1859122.93/cwt116.50–124.001,05636
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1488159.00/cwt159.00–159.0077617
Bulls—Medium and Large 1643122.00/cwt122.00–122.007843
Bulls—Medium and Large 1760106.00/cwt106.00–106.008066

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.