Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2021-10-06

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Oct 6
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
2,025 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 2,075▲ 972 vs year ago 1,053 · +92.3%
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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. Several load lots were included in the 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 $164.72/cwt on 1,284 head.
Average price
$164.72
1,284 head · 731 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,204
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$222
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.51
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1738165.631,2221,184
Medium and Large 1-2650153.931,000100
One grade step is worth $11.71/cwt here — about $222 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 sale1,284 hd
164.72
—
IA average7 barns · 3,635 hd
154.21
+10.51
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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned289207.50/cwt207.50–207.5060010
Steers—Medium and Large 1378206.56/cwt198.00–215.0078121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383192.50/cwt192.50–192.507373
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned385195.00/cwt195.00–195.007514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned426184.00/cwt184.00–184.007843
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned427199.60/cwt186.00–204.0085245
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2456171.00/cwt171.00–171.007803
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned481186.00/cwt186.00–186.008958
Steers—Medium and Large 1483188.80/cwt186.00–190.0091262
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned513185.77/cwt182.50–186.5095345
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531166.10/cwt162.00–168.0088219
Steers—Medium and Large 1533177.00/cwt177.00–177.009433
Steers—Medium and Large 1554180.00/cwt180.00–180.009977
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566154.78/cwt147.00–159.0087612
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned582166.30/cwt165.50–167.0096817
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2611153.00/cwt153.00–153.009356
Steers—Medium and Large 1640169.88/cwt159.50–172.501,087126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2664148.00/cwt148.00–148.0098320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708143.75/cwt135.00–146.001,01815
Steers—Medium and Large 1737162.33/cwt162.25–162.351,19686
Steers—Medium and Large 1778162.64/cwt153.75–165.001,265284
Steers—Medium and Large 1828156.62/cwt148.00–160.101,297108
Steers—Medium and Large 1855160.45/cwt153.25–162.001,372208
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2880142.25/cwt142.25–142.251,25219
Steers—Medium and Large 1915146.14/cwt134.50–148.251,337150
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned328175.37/cwt175.00–176.0057517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363163.00/cwt163.00–163.005923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned412169.50/cwt169.50–169.5069837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424170.34/cwt165.00–174.0072226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned453170.50/cwt170.50–170.5077210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476160.44/cwt155.00–167.5076435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1509149.29/cwt147.00–160.0076022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned524153.30/cwt144.00–157.0080329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560135.00/cwt135.00–135.007564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567149.97/cwt145.00–152.0085048
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned602140.00/cwt140.00–140.008435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615137.00/cwt137.00–137.008436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619148.93/cwt148.00–149.0092256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659148.32/cwt145.00–150.0097739
Heifers—Large 1680131.00/cwt131.00–131.008915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714144.71/cwt143.50–145.101,033117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775143.42/cwt141.50–145.001,11274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1821140.81/cwt140.00–141.251,15614
Heifers—Large 11,12596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,0804

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.