Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2021-11-17

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Nov 17
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
1,336 head
▲ 567 vs last sale 769▼ 353 vs year ago 1,689 · −20.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week lightweight steers were mostly 2.00-8.00 to sharply higher. Lightweight heifers mostly 8.00 higher. Demand was good. Trading active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $163.17/cwt on 642 head.
Average price
$163.17
642 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,011
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.48
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1623164.311,023564
Medium and Large 1-2600154.9593078
One grade step is worth $9.36/cwt here — about $94 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 sale642 hd
163.17
—
IA average10 barns · 6,667 hd
161.69
+1.48
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

41 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380170.00/cwt170.00–170.006465
Steers—Medium and Large 1393195.07/cwt185.00–201.0076714
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned446170.00/cwt170.00–170.007587
Steers—Medium and Large 1480177.44/cwt170.50–182.0085244
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2492157.62/cwt152.00–160.0077510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510160.00/cwt160.00–160.008163
Steers—Medium and Large 1538173.72/cwt165.00–177.0093552
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned544163.50/cwt163.50–163.508897
Steers—Medium and Large 1555177.47/cwt174.00–180.0098549
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned560160.00/cwt160.00–160.008963
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned585166.00/cwt166.00–166.0097117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585165.06/cwt164.00–167.0096619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2614155.31/cwt153.00–160.009549
Steers—Medium and Large 1617171.33/cwt168.25–175.251,05796
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned635155.08/cwt152.50–165.0098582
Steers—Medium and Large 1670158.78/cwt157.25–165.001,06476
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned684143.31/cwt140.00–145.0098012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2690147.34/cwt147.00–148.001,0179
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2713140.00/cwt140.00–140.009988
Steers—Medium and Large 1729152.34/cwt146.50–158.001,111105
Steers—Medium and Large 1754147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1089
Steers—Medium and Large 1880132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1623
Steers—Medium and Large 11,437100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4373
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383154.24/cwt150.00–156.5059116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435154.00/cwt154.00–154.0067011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2444142.35/cwt140.00–144.0063216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483151.76/cwt149.00–162.0073384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned497140.40/cwt138.50–146.0069833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2498145.00/cwt145.00–145.007224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2509132.94/cwt130.00–135.206777
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526150.42/cwt146.00–153.5079172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575148.38/cwt143.00–154.50853107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2599137.50/cwt137.50–137.5082410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613124.00/cwt124.00–124.007603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621144.99/cwt140.00–150.75900178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned645135.50/cwt135.50–135.508744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659139.21/cwt137.00–140.5091722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740130.00/cwt130.00–130.009623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1753147.75/cwt147.75–147.751,11321
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,023105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0743
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned478150.00/cwt150.00–150.007175

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.