Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2022-02-09

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Feb 9
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
2,566 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 2,556▲ 548 vs year ago 2,018 · +27.2%
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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 heavy offerings. Some lot loads 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 $173.15/cwt on 1,447 head.
Average price
$173.15
1,447 head · 709 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,228
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.16
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1712174.201,2411,269
Medium and Large 1-2684165.681,134178
One grade step is worth $8.52/cwt here — about $107 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 sale1,447 hd
173.15
—
IA average9 barns · 9,885 hd
173.00
+0.16
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1394218.00/cwt218.00–218.008595
Steers—Medium and Large 1432225.32/cwt222.00–228.0097316
Steers—Medium and Large 1490210.01/cwt200.00–217.001,02912
Steers—Medium and Large 1536200.56/cwt195.00–206.501,07572
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2546186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0163
Steers—Medium and Large 1567200.98/cwt198.00–207.501,14059
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579183.65/cwt181.00–184.001,06325
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620177.05/cwt174.00–179.001,09832
Steers—Medium and Large 1623191.01/cwt183.50–196.001,190171
Steers—Medium and Large 1667179.48/cwt170.25–186.251,197218
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678164.59/cwt164.50–165.001,11664
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730158.00/cwt157.00–158.501,1539
Steers—Medium and Large 1732170.09/cwt163.25–175.251,245213
Steers—Medium and Large 1775163.16/cwt156.00–170.101,264262
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2782152.51/cwt147.00–153.501,19332
Steers—Medium and Large 1825151.20/cwt143.00–155.501,247102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2836141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,18313
Steers—Medium and Large 1867155.23/cwt144.00–157.001,346100
Steers—Medium and Large 1912149.62/cwt149.00–150.001,36539
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1392192.00/cwt192.00–192.007534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435183.30/cwt173.00–189.0079735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479185.80/cwt181.00–188.0089029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526181.06/cwt173.00–184.5095290
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585168.00/cwt161.50–175.0098392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2591157.21/cwt155.00–159.0092921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627159.73/cwt152.00–165.001,002151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676153.01/cwt145.00–159.751,034178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2688141.00/cwt141.00–141.009708
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715135.00/cwt135.00–135.009653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720150.53/cwt146.50–154.751,084144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772144.83/cwt140.00–148.501,11872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1814144.15/cwt140.00–144.501,17352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1970136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,3244

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.