Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend, as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. The offerings included several large drafts and load lots. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $171.59/cwt on 1,793 head.

Average price

$171.59

1,793 head · 707 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,213

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$7.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.59

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	710	172.19	1,223	1,655
Medium and Large 1-2	667	164.45	1,097	138

One grade step is worth $7.74/cwt here — about $126 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 sale1,793 hd

171.59

—

IA average9 barns · 9,709 hd

171.01

+0.59

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

39 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	162.68/cwt	162.00–165.00	716	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	1,090	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	155.39/cwt	149.00–158.75	1,102	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	162.37/cwt	158.25–164.25	794	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	157.12/cwt	150.00–160.25	899	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	140.70/cwt	138.00–144.00	951	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	172.58/cwt	163.75–180.60	1,167	349
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	175.13/cwt	174.50–177.00	1,028	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	186.06/cwt	184.00–188.00	901	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	152.99/cwt	149.75–154.10	1,418	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,244	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	153.33/cwt	153.00–154.00	1,184	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	464	202.87/cwt	194.00–212.00	941	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	582	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,065	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	206.03/cwt	196.00–213.25	956	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	190.55/cwt	183.00–196.50	1,080	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,098	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	183.00/cwt	180.00–185.00	948	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	266	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	545	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	196.05/cwt	189.00–205.00	1,029	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	553	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	940	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	470	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	757	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	571	154.63/cwt	154.00–155.50	883	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,090	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	168.20/cwt	156.75–171.75	1,226	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	870	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	167.20/cwt	159.75–170.85	1,266	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,041	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	155.13/cwt	147.50–161.00	1,044	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	515	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	158.47/cwt	152.50–160.00	1,303	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	155.73/cwt	147.50–157.00	1,370	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	153.78/cwt	153.50–155.50	1,146	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	157.44/cwt	147.50–161.50	965	323
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	159.96/cwt	151.00–164.50	840	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	143.25/cwt	143.00–144.00	915	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	806	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	719	174.76/cwt	173.25–175.10	1,257	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	183.62/cwt	175.00–189.25	1,122	152

How this sale compares

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Creston Livestock Feeder Cattle - Creston, IA

Wed Jan 5, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 2,946Last week 2,409Year ago 2,781

No trend, as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. The offerings included several large drafts and load lots. Trade was active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	440	162.00–165.00	162.68
27	—	761	143.25	143.25
45	—	709	149.00–158.75	155.39
58	—	489	158.25–164.25	162.37
128	—	572	150.00–160.25	157.12
158	—	673	147.50–161.00	155.13
323	—	613	147.50–161.50	157.44
165	—	525	151.00–164.50	159.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	676	138.00–144.00	140.70
7	—	790	138.00	138.00
3	—	723	144.00	144.00
6	—	322	160.00	160.00
16	—	639	143.00–144.00	143.25
8	—	584	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	161.00	161.00
16	—	571	154.00–155.50	154.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
349	—	676	163.75–180.60	172.58
81	—	927	149.75–154.10	152.99
34	—	464	196.00–213.25	206.03
101	—	567	183.00–196.50	190.55
8	—	266	205.00	205.00
84	—	525	189.00–205.00	196.05
219	—	729	156.75–171.75	168.20
15	—	403	216.00	216.00
111	—	757	159.75–170.85	167.20
233	—	822	152.50–160.00	158.47
136	—	880	147.50–157.00	155.73
152	—	611	175.00–189.25	183.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	587	174.50–177.00	175.13
12	—	484	184.00–188.00	186.06
5	—	832	149.50	149.50
15	—	772	153.00–154.00	153.33
10	—	646	170.00	170.00
17	—	518	180.00–185.00	183.00
57	—	745	153.50–155.50	153.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	464	194.00–212.00	202.87
13	—	582	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	719	173.25–175.10	174.76

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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