Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2022-06-03

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Fri, Jun 3
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
1,263 head
1,169 vs last sale 2,432 1,263 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special "Calf & Yearling Cattle" Sale. Compared to a month ago, steers 600-680 pounds were 2.00-5.00 higher. Light heifers mostly 5.00-12.00 lower, heavy heifers 600-650 pounds 8.00 higher. Few load lots today. Demand was good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $179.34/cwt on 539 head.
Average price
$179.34
539 head · 664 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,190
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$209
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$75.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.52
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1670180.641,210480
Medium and Large 1-2595172.161,02556
Large 1953105.001,0013thin
One grade step is worth $75.64/cwt here — about $209 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 sale539 hd
179.34
IA average7 barns · 4,863 hd
177.82
+1.52
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1515173.16/cwt160.00–179.0089289
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2683125.98/cwt122.00–130.008606
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2623141.50/cwt141.50–141.508823
HeifersMedium and Large 1673160.77/cwt155.00–164.001,08216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2415173.04/cwt166.00–180.007188
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523159.21/cwt156.00–163.008339
HeifersLarge 1932138.11/cwt133.00–140.001,28713
HeifersMedium and Large 1854142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,2135
HeifersMedium and Large 1805138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1117
HeifersMedium and Large 1372181.39/cwt180.00–182.0067510
HeifersMedium and Large 1703146.75/cwt141.50–153.001,03211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2571151.84/cwt145.00–157.0086712
SteersMedium and Large 1390203.04/cwt198.00–208.007926
SteersMedium and Large 1-2593175.13/cwt163.00–177.501,03931
SteersMedium and Large 1670183.14/cwt170.50–190.001,22748
SteersMedium and Large 1515192.04/cwt184.00–204.0098948
SteersMedium and Large 1-2463172.00/cwt172.00–172.007963
SteersMedium and Large 1776167.07/cwt150.00–170.001,296108
SteersMedium and Large 1-2686153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,0533
SteersMedium and Large 1425199.96/cwt186.00–212.0085011
SteersMedium and Large 1735171.18/cwt156.00–175.501,258111
SteersLarge 1953105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0013
SteersMedium and Large 1811163.27/cwt160.00–164.001,32417
SteersMedium and Large 1-2516161.00/cwt161.00–161.008313
SteersMedium and Large 1569198.46/cwt190.00–205.001,12936
SteersMedium and Large 1621191.67/cwt180.00–201.001,19080
SteersMedium and Large 1953137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,3063
HeifersMedium and Large 1421182.43/cwt178.00–184.5076812
SteersMedium and Large 1454214.22/cwt211.00–217.0097312
HeifersMedium and Large 1618163.97/cwt155.00–169.001,01396
HeifersMedium and Large 1574170.55/cwt163.00–183.0097999
HeifersMedium and Large 1473181.51/cwt177.00–184.0085915
HeifersMedium and Large 1779145.80/cwt145.50–148.001,13665
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2490151.00/cwt151.00–151.007403
SteersMedium and Large 1-2623172.04/cwt161.00–178.501,07216

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.