Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality ran deep on the new crop spring calf offering for the active demand. 400 -500 pounds steers and heifers ran 2-4 higher than the 11-02-2022 auction results. 800 pound yearling steers were steady

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $189.15/cwt on 1,375 head.

Average price

$189.15

1,375 head · 614 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,162

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$11.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.42

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	618	189.71	1,172	1,310
Medium and Large 1-2	541	177.84	962	65

One grade step is worth $11.86/cwt here — about $211 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 sale1,375 hd

189.15

—

IA average10 barns · 8,930 hd

186.72

+2.42

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

48 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	—	357	215.65/cwt	212.50–220.00	770	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	695	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	199.76/cwt	187.00–209.00	1,057	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	174.50/cwt	169.00–175.00	1,492	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	180.34/cwt	177.25–186.00	1,304	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	204.23/cwt	197.00–213.00	950	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	574	173.92/cwt	167.00–183.00	998	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	477	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	892	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	746	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,194	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	187.73/cwt	185.75–190.50	1,168	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	657	182.54/cwt	175.50–185.75	1,199	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	571	193.09/cwt	185.00–208.00	1,103	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	718	180.85/cwt	168.00–185.00	1,299	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	200.14/cwt	194.00–206.00	1,065	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	205.42/cwt	196.00–209.00	980	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	350	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	802	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	844	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,300	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	426	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	941	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	166.29/cwt	155.00–175.00	1,023	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	183.36/cwt	178.00–191.25	1,232	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	168.01/cwt	155.00–169.75	1,205	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,218	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	675	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	178.05/cwt	176.00–180.00	584	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	207.04/cwt	199.00–235.00	890	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	186.51/cwt	175.00–191.50	1,169	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	195.49/cwt	195.00–196.00	837	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	163.60/cwt	163.00–165.00	1,052	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	173.79/cwt	171.50–176.00	1,338	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	167.36/cwt	167.00–168.00	1,387	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	164.39/cwt	159.00–168.25	1,032	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	544	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,153	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	177.41/cwt	176.00–181.00	944	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	881	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	191.48/cwt	180.00–197.50	1,097	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	186.30/cwt	172.00–189.00	1,237	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	169.32/cwt	159.00–176.00	965	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	470	170.04/cwt	165.00–176.00	799	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	676	156.30/cwt	152.50–157.00	1,057	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	168.96/cwt	163.75–172.25	885	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	166.10/cwt	155.00–169.00	960	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	431	170.94/cwt	165.00–173.50	737	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,021	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	754	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	633	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	170.04/cwt	162.50–178.00	724	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	175.62/cwt	170.00–181.00	927	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	173.75/cwt	160.00–180.25	824	156

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 Nov 16, 2022

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

Receipts 2,729Last week 1,762Year ago 1,336

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	357	212.50–220.00	215.65
3	—	346	201.00	201.00
85	—	529	187.00–209.00	199.76
72	—	855	169.00–175.00	174.50
57	—	723	177.25–186.00	180.34
45	—	465	197.00–213.00	204.23
38	—	430	199.00–235.00	207.04
166	—	627	175.00–191.50	186.51
10	—	770	171.50–176.00	173.79
14	—	829	167.00–168.00	167.36
138	—	573	180.00–197.50	191.48
182	—	664	172.00–189.00	186.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	574	167.00–183.00	173.92
4	—	477	187.00	187.00
3	—	746	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	622	185.75–190.50	187.73
94	—	657	175.50–185.75	182.54
89	—	571	185.00–208.00	193.09
78	—	718	168.00–185.00	180.85
63	—	532	194.00–206.00	200.14
49	—	477	196.00–209.00	205.42
8	—	350	229.00	229.00
5	—	844	154.00	154.00
5	—	426	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	428	195.00–196.00	195.49
10	—	643	163.00–165.00	163.60
17	—	532	176.00–181.00	177.41
9	—	484	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	544	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	615	155.00–175.00	166.29
34	—	672	178.00–191.25	183.36
26	—	717	155.00–169.75	168.01
10	—	812	150.00	150.00
7	—	397	170.00	170.00
6	—	328	176.00–180.00	178.05
163	—	570	159.00–176.00	169.32
76	—	426	162.50–178.00	170.04
81	—	528	170.00–181.00	175.62
156	—	474	160.00–180.25	173.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	628	159.00–168.25	164.39
20	—	470	165.00–176.00	170.04
25	—	676	152.50–157.00	156.30
105	—	524	163.75–172.25	168.96
123	—	578	155.00–169.00	166.10
27	—	431	165.00–173.50	170.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	650	157.00	157.00
3	—	496	152.00	152.00
4	—	415	152.50	152.50

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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