Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-09

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 class

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

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	712	174.20	1,241	1,269
Medium and Large 1-2	684	165.68	1,134	178

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, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	163.16/cwt	156.00–170.10	1,264	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,016	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	170.09/cwt	163.25–175.25	1,245	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	753	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,324	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	185.80/cwt	181.00–188.00	890	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	183.30/cwt	173.00–189.00	797	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	144.15/cwt	140.00–144.50	1,173	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	144.83/cwt	140.00–148.50	1,118	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	179.48/cwt	170.25–186.25	1,197	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	210.01/cwt	200.00–217.00	1,029	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	200.98/cwt	198.00–207.50	1,140	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	158.00/cwt	157.00–158.50	1,153	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,183	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	183.65/cwt	181.00–184.00	1,063	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	157.21/cwt	155.00–159.00	929	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	965	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	225.32/cwt	222.00–228.00	973	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	177.05/cwt	174.00–179.00	1,098	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	152.51/cwt	147.00–153.50	1,193	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	164.59/cwt	164.50–165.00	1,116	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	181.06/cwt	173.00–184.50	952	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	168.00/cwt	161.50–175.00	983	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	150.53/cwt	146.50–154.75	1,084	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	200.56/cwt	195.00–206.50	1,075	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	155.23/cwt	144.00–157.00	1,346	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	859	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	159.73/cwt	152.00–165.00	1,002	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	153.01/cwt	145.00–159.75	1,034	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	970	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	149.62/cwt	149.00–150.00	1,365	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	151.20/cwt	143.00–155.50	1,247	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	191.01/cwt	183.50–196.00	1,190	171

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 Feb 9, 2022

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

Receipts 2,566Last week 2,556Year ago 2,018

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.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
262	—	775	156.00–170.10	163.16
213	—	732	163.25–175.25	170.09
218	—	667	170.25–186.25	179.48
12	—	490	200.00–217.00	210.01
59	—	567	198.00–207.50	200.98
16	—	432	222.00–228.00	225.32
72	—	536	195.00–206.50	200.56
100	—	867	144.00–157.00	155.23
5	—	394	218.00	218.00
39	—	912	149.00–150.00	149.62
102	—	825	143.00–155.50	151.20
171	—	623	183.50–196.00	191.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	546	186.00	186.00
9	—	730	157.00–158.50	158.00
13	—	836	141.50	141.50
25	—	579	181.00–184.00	183.65
32	—	620	174.00–179.00	177.05
32	—	782	147.00–153.50	152.51
64	—	678	164.50–165.00	164.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	392	192.00	192.00
4	—	970	136.50	136.50
29	—	479	181.00–188.00	185.80
35	—	435	173.00–189.00	183.30
52	—	814	140.00–144.50	144.15
72	—	772	140.00–148.50	144.83
90	—	526	173.00–184.50	181.06
92	—	585	161.50–175.00	168.00
144	—	720	146.50–154.75	150.53
151	—	627	152.00–165.00	159.73
178	—	676	145.00–159.75	153.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	591	155.00–159.00	157.21
3	—	715	135.00	135.00
8	—	688	141.00	141.00

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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