Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ. No recent auction sale for comparison. Many large groups and load lots. Active trade with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $186.19/cwt on 1,457 head.

Average price

$186.19

1,457 head · 776 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,445

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$696

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

$40.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.11

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	551	198.59	1,094	32
Medium and Large 1	768	186.92	1,436	1,375
Large 1	1,133	158.00	1,790	50

One grade step is worth $40.59/cwt here — about −$696 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 sale1,457 hd

186.19

—

IA average6 barns · 4,248 hd

181.08

+5.11

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

44 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	—	771	184.42/cwt	180.00–188.00	1,422	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	183.37/cwt	163.00–190.75	1,533	276
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	190.02/cwt	180.00–196.75	1,385	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	988	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,587	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	196.27/cwt	191.00–202.00	1,095	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	194.20/cwt	185.00–204.00	1,311	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	207.76/cwt	203.00–210.00	1,095	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	810	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	990	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	733	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,014	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	822	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,480	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	202.06/cwt	195.00–209.75	1,273	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	814	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	786	187.11/cwt	185.75–189.25	1,471	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	186.68/cwt	185.00–188.00	1,161	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,658	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	173.46/cwt	163.00–186.00	916	22
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,003	162.75/cwt	162.50–164.50	1,632	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	783	172.75/cwt	172.75–172.75	1,353	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	849	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,405	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	180.05/cwt	169.00–185.00	1,559	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,206	8
Steers	Large 1	—	1,147	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,807	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	166.86/cwt	155.00–169.00	1,540	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,519	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	186.03/cwt	167.00–193.00	1,073	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	785	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	987	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	171.74/cwt	152.00–173.25	1,400	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	194.36/cwt	193.00–195.50	1,042	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	183.39/cwt	182.50–184.00	844	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	979	166.51/cwt	165.50–167.25	1,630	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	820	186.75/cwt	186.75–186.75	1,531	56
Steers	Large 1	—	1,008	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,638	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	173.73/cwt	168.00–179.00	1,331	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	180.44/cwt	172.50–186.00	1,216	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,587	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	187.23/cwt	186.50–189.50	1,103	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	172.54/cwt	164.50–176.50	1,486	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	174.51/cwt	167.00–179.50	1,236	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,196	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	814	3

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 Aug 24, 2022

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

Receipts 2,533Last week 1,263Year ago 2,075

Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ. No recent auction sale for comparison. Many large groups and load lots. Active trade with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
146	—	771	180.00–188.00	184.42
276	—	836	163.00–190.75	183.37
241	—	729	180.00–196.75	190.02
4	—	482	205.00	205.00
3	—	956	166.00	166.00
23	—	558	191.00–202.00	196.27
159	—	675	185.00–204.00	194.20
28	—	527	203.00–210.00	207.76
5	—	352	230.00	230.00
16	—	435	227.50	227.50
105	—	630	195.00–209.75	202.06
21	—	1,005	165.00	165.00
109	—	866	169.00–185.00	180.05
130	—	923	155.00–169.00	166.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	822	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	375	217.00	217.00
8	—	577	209.00	209.00
3	—	470	167.00	167.00
4	—	525	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	786	185.75–189.25	187.11
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,147	157.50	157.50
5	—	1,008	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	820	186.75	186.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	396	185.00	185.00
4	—	690	147.00	147.00
22	—	528	163.00–186.00	173.46
11	—	950	167.00	167.00
16	—	589	186.50–189.50	187.23
3	—	716	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	622	185.00–188.00	186.68
8	—	915	166.00	166.00
48	—	577	167.00–193.00	186.03
64	—	815	152.00–173.25	171.74
13	—	536	193.00–195.50	194.36
15	—	460	182.50–184.00	183.39
28	—	979	165.50–167.25	166.51
92	—	766	168.00–179.00	173.73
216	—	674	172.50–186.00	180.44
39	—	861	164.50–176.50	172.54
78	—	708	167.00–179.50	174.51
3	—	433	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,003	162.50–164.50	162.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	783	172.75	172.75
66	—	849	165.50	165.50

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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