Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2022-03-02

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Mar 2
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
1,907 head
161 vs last sale 2,068 1,004 vs year ago 2,911 · 34.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two ago light steer calves sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower while the heavier steers ended mixed. Heifer calves under 550 lbs. were sharply higher. The heavier heifers sold mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good for the moderate offerings. Several large groups and some load lots were in the offerings. Trading was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $175.34/cwt on 936 head.
Average price
$175.34
936 head · 709 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,244
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$79
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$47.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.47
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1703176.951,244882
Medium and Large 1-2756153.881,16343
Large 11,020129.751,32311thin
One grade step is worth $47.20/cwt here — about −$79 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 sale936 hd
175.34
IA average9 barns · 8,103 hd
168.87
+6.47
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

36 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1800128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0242
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy758148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,1265
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy724139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0069
HeifersMedium and Large 1395196.00/cwt196.00–196.007744
HeifersMedium and Large 1784152.39/cwt151.50–154.001,19542
HeifersMedium and Large 1471190.76/cwt189.00–196.0089821
SteersMedium and Large 1818154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,26010
SteersMedium and Large 1438215.50/cwt206.50–225.0094411
SteersMedium and Large 1865152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,31521
SteersMedium and Large 1485209.61/cwt201.00–215.001,01731
SteersMedium and Large 1783166.40/cwt160.50–167.851,303204
SteersMedium and Large 1672183.71/cwt181.25–190.101,235189
SteersMedium and Large 1533203.59/cwt193.00–216.001,08537
SteersMedium and Large 1584196.38/cwt188.00–203.501,14766
SteersMedium and Large 1908152.06/cwt148.50–152.851,38173
SteersMedium and Large 1620190.38/cwt183.00–196.001,180103
SteersMedium and Large 1721164.98/cwt163.00–169.001,190137
SteersMedium and Large 1-2692175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2114
HeifersMedium and Large 1625158.78/cwt155.00–161.50992102
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy800138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1046
SteersLarge 11,020129.75/cwt129.75–129.751,32311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2888141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,2524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2766146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1185
SteersMedium and Large 1-2731158.11/cwt153.00–162.501,15624
HeifersMedium and Large 1902142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,2818
HeifersMedium and Large 1719154.01/cwt145.00–155.101,107152
HeifersMedium and Large 1432196.64/cwt193.00–209.0084928
HeifersMedium and Large 1839143.25/cwt143.25–143.251,20261
HeifersMedium and Large 1576163.91/cwt159.75–175.0094467
HeifersMedium and Large 1528186.44/cwt178.00–193.0098492
HeifersMedium and Large 1662156.59/cwt149.00–159.001,037108
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2637151.00/cwt151.00–151.009624
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2855131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1204
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2822139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1435
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2521168.65/cwt165.00–171.5087941
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2415180.00/cwt180.00–180.007474

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.