Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special "Back to grass Calf & Yearling cattle" Sale. Compared to the sale three weeks ago, light steers 550-650 pounds were 2.00-4.00 higher, steers 700-850 pounds mostly 5.00-8.00 higher. Heifers 600-700 pounds 1.00-2.00 higher, 750 pounds 1.00 lower. Many load lots today. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.87/cwt on 1,138 head.

Average price

$175.87

1,138 head · 692 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,217

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$218

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$39.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.93

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	703	177.97	1,250	937
Medium and Large 1-2	586	169.77	994	177
Large 1	1,058	138.75	1,468	24

One grade step is worth $39.22/cwt here — about −$218 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 sale1,138 hd

175.87

—

IA average5 barns · 4,379 hd

172.94

+2.93

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

41 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	—	991	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,264	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	186.43/cwt	185.00–190.00	708	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	181.05/cwt	179.00–186.00	764	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,224	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	170.92/cwt	166.00–175.00	805	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	140.35/cwt	132.50–144.00	971	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	189.63/cwt	184.00–199.25	1,193	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	162.66/cwt	157.50–163.75	1,353	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	723	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,034	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	164.08/cwt	155.50–166.75	1,281	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	146.66/cwt	140.00–150.50	1,204	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	168.15/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,143	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	177.19/cwt	174.50–185.25	1,203	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	143.73/cwt	143.25–144.00	1,378	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	164.05/cwt	160.00–175.00	1,030	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	1,400	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	208.99/cwt	198.00–219.00	894	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	198.02/cwt	192.50–207.00	1,107	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	180.70/cwt	172.50–185.00	1,030	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	174.30/cwt	164.00–176.75	1,248	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	208.14/cwt	195.00–216.50	1,007	20
Steers	Large 1	—	1,058	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,468	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	204.93/cwt	195.00–215.00	1,076	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	803	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	706	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	173.77/cwt	170.00–191.00	897	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	156.83/cwt	153.50–157.00	1,391	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	152.33/cwt	149.00–160.50	1,045	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	902	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	144.68/cwt	142.50–145.50	1,186	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	144.17/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,127	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	144.75/cwt	143.00–148.00	1,064	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	865	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	1,282	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	155.32/cwt	151.00–160.00	808	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,158	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	155.51/cwt	150.00–158.00	748	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	170.34/cwt	170.00–170.50	654	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	170.70/cwt	164.00–174.50	886	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	166.90/cwt	158.50–170.00	976	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	161.16/cwt	158.50–165.00	1,004	182

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 May 4, 2022

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

Receipts 2,432Last week 2,209Year ago 1,609

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	991	127.50	127.50
10	—	380	185.00–190.00	186.43
11	—	422	179.00–186.00	181.05
32	—	874	140.00	140.00
47	—	471	166.00–175.00	170.92
115	—	686	149.00–160.50	152.33
183	—	820	142.50–145.50	144.68
83	—	782	140.00–145.00	144.17
85	—	735	143.00–148.00	144.75
57	—	519	164.00–174.50	170.70
111	—	585	158.50–170.00	166.90
182	—	623	158.50–165.00	161.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	692	132.50–144.00	140.35
18	—	520	151.00–160.00	155.32
32	—	481	150.00–158.00	155.51
9	—	384	170.00–170.50	170.34
3	—	597	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	865	148.25	148.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	629	184.00–199.25	189.63
45	—	832	157.50–163.75	162.66
134	—	781	155.50–166.75	164.08
91	—	679	174.50–185.25	177.19
19	—	959	143.25–144.00	143.73
53	—	905	154.75	154.75
30	—	428	198.00–219.00	208.99
113	—	559	192.50–207.00	198.02
125	—	716	164.00–176.75	174.30
20	—	484	195.00–216.50	208.14
58	—	525	195.00–215.00	204.93
3	—	357	225.00	225.00
104	—	887	153.50–157.00	156.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	723	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	821	140.00–150.50	146.66
16	—	680	165.00–170.00	168.15
28	—	628	160.00–175.00	164.05
26	—	570	172.50–185.00	180.70
6	—	415	170.00	170.00
75	—	516	170.00–191.00	173.77
3	—	490	184.00	184.00
12	—	747	155.00	155.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,058	138.75	138.75

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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