Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2022-01-19

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Jan 19
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
2,556 head
▼ 548 vs last sale 3,104▼ 459 vs year ago 3,015 · −15.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 600 lbs. were 6.00-7.00 lower; 600-750 lbs. steady to 4.00 higher; 750-900 lbs. 1.00-5.00 lower. Heifer calves 500-600 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 higher; 600-750 lbs. 2.00-4.00 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 $168.68/cwt on 1,532 head.
Average price
$168.68
1,532 head · 698 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,177
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$146
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.56
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1703169.181,1901,404
Large 1590168.009914thin
Medium and Large 1-2640163.041,044124
One grade step is worth $6.14/cwt here — about $146 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 sale1,532 hd
168.68
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IA average11 barns · 11,944 hd
170.24
−1.56
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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1333200.00/cwt200.00–200.006669
Steers—Medium and Large 1439197.63/cwt193.00–203.0086810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2463182.46/cwt180.00–185.008458
Steers—Medium and Large 1475194.57/cwt191.50–204.0092424
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned507181.50/cwt181.50–181.5092010
Steers—Medium and Large 1528190.00/cwt185.00–194.001,00359
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531180.21/cwt180.00–181.0095714
Steers—Medium and Large 1574182.01/cwt174.00–189.501,04580
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned576171.00/cwt171.00–171.0098512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589165.08/cwt157.00–170.0097219
Steers—Large 1590168.00/cwt168.00–168.009914
Steers—Medium and Large 1620180.26/cwt172.00–184.501,118185
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627164.57/cwt161.00–166.001,03213
Steers—Medium and Large 1679171.69/cwt162.00–177.751,166295
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688158.00/cwt155.00–160.001,08751
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned704154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,08814
Steers—Medium and Large 1728165.97/cwt156.00–172.001,208289
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2728152.66/cwt146.00–155.001,11119
Steers—Medium and Large 1780157.08/cwt154.00–159.001,225110
Steers—Medium and Large 1826157.53/cwt150.25–159.501,301232
Steers—Medium and Large 1890153.23/cwt149.75–154.001,36475
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270160.00/cwt160.00–160.004324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385163.27/cwt157.50–167.506297
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned424160.00/cwt160.00–160.006787
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430171.43/cwt167.00–173.0073722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479166.83/cwt163.00–172.0079930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned507155.00/cwt155.00–155.0078610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement520173.00/cwt173.00–173.009008
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529157.11/cwt150.00–163.2583131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530173.31/cwt170.00–177.00919109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574164.28/cwt156.00–170.0094373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577150.74/cwt146.00–155.0087047
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned607142.00/cwt142.00–142.0086215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627152.79/cwt148.00–160.00958170
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2637145.64/cwt144.00–146.5092824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667151.73/cwt144.00–159.001,012102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2682140.75/cwt140.50–141.0096010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2716138.50/cwt138.50–138.5099214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730147.76/cwt144.50–151.251,079153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780141.30/cwt140.00–142.001,10220

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.