Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 550 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 higher; 550-750 lbs. mostly 2.00-7.00 lower; steers over 750 lbs. ended mixed. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. were mostly 7.00 higher, those over 600 lbs. were steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.42/cwt on 1,616 head.

Average price

$170.42

1,616 head · 703 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,198

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$10.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.24

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	704	170.99	1,203	1,524
Medium and Large 1-2	686	160.92	1,105	92

One grade step is worth $10.07/cwt here — about $99 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 sale1,616 hd

170.42

—

IA average13 barns · 16,173 hd

170.18

+0.24

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

46 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	172.06/cwt	163.25–176.50	1,160	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	570	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,009	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	460	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	881	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	160.13/cwt	160.00–160.50	1,076	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	168.05/cwt	166.00–174.00	936	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	214.97/cwt	205.00–217.00	901	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	206.08/cwt	197.00–211.00	987	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	447	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	872	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	661	164.25/cwt	159.00–169.75	1,086	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	879	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,248	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	162.48/cwt	156.75–167.00	1,329	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	188.48/cwt	184.50–195.75	1,093	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	197.81/cwt	187.50–205.50	1,035	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	162.44/cwt	155.75–168.75	1,261	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	154.16/cwt	148.00–155.00	1,347	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	164.11/cwt	157.50–169.25	1,182	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	534	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	945	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	984	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,225	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	132.44/cwt	130.00–138.50	1,132	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	173.17/cwt	171.50–174.00	765	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	687	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,124	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,054	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,238	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	157.46/cwt	151.25–161.75	973	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	151.91/cwt	143.00–155.00	1,091	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	171.60/cwt	164.00–173.75	832	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	143.99/cwt	142.00–145.00	976	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	153.66/cwt	147.50–160.50	1,034	327
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	984	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	928	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	154.20/cwt	151.00–156.00	1,138	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	151.91/cwt	151.00–152.50	887	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	914	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	551	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	895	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	501	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	812	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	175.72/cwt	170.50–178.50	1,116	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	153.83/cwt	147.00–155.00	1,183	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	167.45/cwt	160.00–173.50	894	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	163.77/cwt	154.25–169.50	940	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	182.62/cwt	180.00–186.00	889	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	1,294	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,203	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	162.50/cwt	161.00–164.00	1,032	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	627	142.09/cwt	141.00–144.50	891	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	415	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	664	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,405	69

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 12, 2022

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

Receipts 3,104Last week 2,946Year ago 1,885

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
243	—	674	163.25–176.50	172.06
27	—	419	205.00–217.00	214.97
19	—	479	197.00–211.00	206.08
187	—	818	156.75–167.00	162.48
184	—	580	184.50–195.75	188.48
53	—	523	187.50–205.50	197.81
253	—	776	155.75–168.75	162.44
82	—	874	148.00–155.00	154.16
166	—	720	157.50–169.25	164.11
139	—	635	170.50–178.50	175.72
3	—	970	124.00	124.00
69	—	915	153.50	153.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	570	177.00	177.00
11	—	460	191.50	191.50
6	—	447	195.00	195.00
51	—	661	159.00–169.75	164.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	672	160.00–160.50	160.13
8	—	557	166.00–174.00	168.05
7	—	879	142.00	142.00
5	—	510	182.00	182.00
11	—	738	151.00–156.00	154.20
20	—	769	147.00–155.00	153.83
7	—	487	180.00–186.00	182.62
7	—	836	154.75	154.75
6	—	635	161.00–164.00	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	534	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	984	124.50	124.50
14	—	855	130.00–138.50	132.44
9	—	442	171.50–174.00	173.17
6	—	397	173.00	173.00
3	—	800	140.50	140.50
234	—	618	151.25–161.75	157.46
128	—	718	143.00–155.00	151.91
39	—	485	164.00–173.75	171.60
327	—	673	147.50–160.50	153.66
141	—	534	160.00–173.50	167.45
140	—	574	154.25–169.50	163.77
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,054	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	678	142.00–145.00	143.99
13	—	703	140.00	140.00
25	—	584	151.00–152.50	151.91
14	—	630	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	551	162.50	162.50
15	—	501	162.00	162.00
13	—	627	141.00–144.50	142.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	415	160.00	160.00

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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