Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week light steers ended mixed, while the heavier steers were mostly 3.00-5.00 higher. Heifers ended firm. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. A few load lots were included in the offerings. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.95/cwt on 1,185 head.

Average price

$172.95

1,185 head · 734 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,269

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$3.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.03

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	739	173.13	1,280	1,125
Medium and Large 1-2	635	169.51	1,077	60

One grade step is worth $3.62/cwt here — about $203 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 sale1,185 hd

172.95

—

IA average7 barns · 5,860 hd

171.92

+1.03

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

35 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 1-2	—	613	174.94/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,072	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	179.99/cwt	175.00–184.00	1,229	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,102	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,354	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	577	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	782	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	638	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	165.83/cwt	165.00–167.00	881	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	156.13/cwt	150.25–157.85	1,347	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	219.07/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,041	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	206.88/cwt	202.00–214.00	1,080	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	196.24/cwt	187.75–204.75	1,126	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	147.18/cwt	146.50–148.25	1,420	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	173.52/cwt	165.00–177.25	1,239	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	971	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	192.82/cwt	187.00–199.00	1,207	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	157.19/cwt	149.00–161.25	1,286	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	718	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	842	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	167.60/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,274	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	152.17/cwt	152.00–152.35	1,395	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	635	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,196	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,236	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	145.75/cwt	145.50–146.00	1,194	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	157.60/cwt	151.00–165.50	976	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	156.77/cwt	152.00–158.25	1,077	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	499	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	823	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	871	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	151.10/cwt	150.00–153.00	787	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	158.24/cwt	158.00–158.50	908	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	175.16/cwt	170.00–178.00	830	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	758	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	169.58/cwt	162.50–173.00	982	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	149.18/cwt	145.00–150.50	1,092	94

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 16, 2022

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

Receipts 2,068Last week 2,566Year ago 1,330

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	613	170.00–176.00	174.94
6	—	518	187.50	187.50
19	—	797	150.00	150.00
12	—	481	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	683	175.00–184.00	179.99
219	—	863	150.25–157.85	156.13
30	—	475	210.00–225.00	219.07
63	—	522	202.00–214.00	206.88
116	—	574	187.75–204.75	196.24
23	—	965	146.50–148.25	147.18
90	—	714	165.00–177.25	173.52
103	—	626	187.00–199.00	192.82
148	—	818	149.00–161.25	157.19
7	—	331	217.00	217.00
13	—	397	212.00	212.00
96	—	760	160.00–170.00	167.60
120	—	917	152.00–152.35	152.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	765	144.00	144.00
6	—	950	142.50	142.50
7	—	290	199.00	199.00
7	—	405	193.00	193.00
13	—	334	191.00	191.00
25	—	531	165.00–167.00	165.83
26	—	858	144.00	144.00
31	—	819	145.50–146.00	145.75
56	—	619	151.00–165.50	157.60
100	—	687	152.00–158.25	156.77
37	—	474	170.00–178.00	175.16
75	—	579	162.50–173.00	169.58
94	—	732	145.00–150.50	149.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	367	173.00	173.00
10	—	499	165.00	165.00
14	—	521	150.00–153.00	151.10
21	—	574	158.00–158.50	158.24
3	—	433	175.00	175.00

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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