Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2021-11-03

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Nov 3
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
1,697 head
▼ 328 vs last sale 2,025▲ 1,697 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 $165.41/cwt on 1,159 head.
Average price
$165.41
1,159 head · 719 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,190
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$230
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.42
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1721165.841,1961,133
Medium and Large 1-2658146.6696526
One grade step is worth $19.18/cwt here — about $230 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 sale1,159 hd
165.41
—
IA average8 barns · 4,876 hd
157.99
+7.42
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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1375192.39/cwt182.50–200.007219
Steers—Medium and Large 1406193.00/cwt193.00–193.007849
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned421190.32/cwt188.00–196.0080110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned442165.00/cwt165.00–165.007294
Steers—Medium and Large 1489181.81/cwt176.00–185.2588956
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned496181.50/cwt181.50–181.5090010
Steers—Medium and Large 1507180.21/cwt173.00–183.0091423
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned508179.06/cwt170.00–184.0091023
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned575173.25/cwt173.25–173.2599612
Steers—Medium and Large 1584175.25/cwt163.50–177.501,023111
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned605171.69/cwt170.00–172.501,03943
Steers—Medium and Large 1617167.41/cwt158.00–172.851,03336
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627150.70/cwt146.00–157.0094511
Steers—Medium and Large 1674158.94/cwt155.00–162.001,07159
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned681164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,11722
Steers—Medium and Large 1732159.21/cwt153.00–165.751,165163
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768135.96/cwt131.00–142.001,04411
Steers—Medium and Large 1780165.34/cwt164.75–165.851,290137
Steers—Medium and Large 1824159.74/cwt156.25–163.501,316145
Steers—Medium and Large 1866160.66/cwt154.75–164.101,391265
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327166.10/cwt165.00–167.505437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427166.48/cwt156.00–169.5071118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned457174.50/cwt174.50–174.5079719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned488154.00/cwt154.00–154.0075213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1489163.17/cwt156.00–170.2579829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned532154.50/cwt154.50–154.508228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533137.52/cwt130.00–142.007338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540159.50/cwt159.50–159.5086111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566145.00/cwt140.00–152.5082135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned581143.55/cwt139.50–146.0083451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612142.76/cwt137.00–144.5087471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned620141.50/cwt141.50–141.5087714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2641135.00/cwt135.00–135.0086510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2661134.00/cwt134.00–134.008866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2712135.00/cwt135.00–135.009615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1738145.08/cwt144.00–146.001,07118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1752146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,09818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1805142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,14711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1863140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1950131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,2497

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.