Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Great offering of high quality "weaned" new crop spring steer and heifer calves for the very active demand. With the previous feeder auction back on 11-16-2022, no trend was established for today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $192.56/cwt on 1,703 head.

Average price

$192.56

1,703 head · 650 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,252

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$54

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

$35.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.96

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	649	192.92	1,252	1,686
Medium and Large 1-2	760	157.65	1,199	17thin

One grade step is worth $35.27/cwt here — about $54 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 sale1,703 hd

192.56

—

IA average13 barns · 11,319 hd

187.60

+4.96

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	—	679	188.45/cwt	180.00–192.75	1,280	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	172.73/cwt	163.00–174.00	1,394	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	207.77/cwt	198.00–215.00	1,186	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	194.32/cwt	185.00–207.75	1,203	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	176.27/cwt	168.00–179.00	1,264	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	212.15/cwt	200.00–225.00	1,110	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	575	201.37/cwt	192.00–214.00	1,158	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	629	192.97/cwt	186.00–196.75	1,214	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	173.65/cwt	166.00–174.25	1,375	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	212.79/cwt	200.00–221.00	1,034	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	214.15/cwt	209.00–219.00	927	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	877	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	674	187.20/cwt	183.50–189.25	1,262	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	525	206.47/cwt	199.00–215.00	1,084	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	482	217.29/cwt	214.00–220.00	1,047	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	716	174.25/cwt	174.25–174.25	1,248	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	380	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	870	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	856	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,310	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	179.96/cwt	175.00–184.00	765	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,122	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	668	168.99/cwt	166.00–170.25	1,129	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	582	185.68/cwt	182.00–190.00	1,081	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	752	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,218	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	700	168.25/cwt	168.25–168.25	1,178	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	591	208.76/cwt	207.00–210.00	1,234	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	772	180.22/cwt	174.75–184.85	1,391	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	627	201.67/cwt	194.50–206.75	1,264	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	671	190.33/cwt	187.75–195.75	1,277	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,170	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,196	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	513	169.59/cwt	164.00–171.00	870	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,073	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	490	179.26/cwt	167.00–182.00	878	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	581	171.31/cwt	163.00–175.75	995	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	834	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,372	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	738	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,321	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	179.92/cwt	160.00–184.50	867	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	678	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,146	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	724	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,195	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	573	175.98/cwt	170.25–186.00	1,008	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	615	177.52/cwt	177.00–178.25	1,092	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	618	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,048	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	161.25/cwt	155.00–162.00	1,079	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	169.27/cwt	150.00–175.00	1,041	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	179.75/cwt	163.00–188.50	947	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	178.35/cwt	174.00–194.00	1,017	226
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	158.44/cwt	157.50–162.50	906	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	709	7

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 Dec 7, 2022

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

Receipts 2,920Last week 2,729Year ago 2,409

Great offering of high quality "weaned" new crop spring steer and heifer calves for the very active demand. With the previous feeder auction back on 11-16-2022, no trend was established for today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
245	—	679	180.00–192.75	188.45
145	—	807	163.00–174.00	172.73
131	—	571	198.00–215.00	207.77
124	—	619	185.00–207.75	194.32
101	—	717	168.00–179.00	176.27
95	—	523	200.00–225.00	212.15
69	—	792	166.00–174.25	173.65
50	—	486	200.00–221.00	212.79
19	—	433	209.00–219.00	214.15
8	—	395	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	575	192.00–214.00	201.37
88	—	629	186.00–196.75	192.97
49	—	674	183.50–189.25	187.20
39	—	525	199.00–215.00	206.47
34	—	482	214.00–220.00	217.29
16	—	716	174.25	174.25
6	—	380	229.00	229.00
3	—	856	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	591	207.00–210.00	208.76
67	—	772	174.75–184.85	180.22
124	—	627	194.50–206.75	201.67
129	—	671	187.75–195.75	190.33
10	—	834	164.50	164.50
22	—	738	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	636	184.00	184.00
14	—	787	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	425	175.00–184.00	179.96
3	—	743	151.00	151.00
93	—	482	160.00–184.50	179.92
37	—	669	155.00–162.00	161.25
50	—	615	150.00–175.00	169.27
116	—	527	163.00–188.50	179.75
226	—	570	174.00–194.00	178.35
7	—	394	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	668	166.00–170.25	168.99
40	—	582	182.00–190.00	185.68
34	—	752	162.00	162.00
23	—	700	168.25	168.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	513	164.00–171.00	169.59
20	—	675	159.00	159.00
22	—	490	167.00–182.00	179.26
87	—	581	163.00–175.75	171.31
10	—	618	169.50	169.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	678	169.00	169.00
17	—	724	165.00	165.00
44	—	573	170.25–186.00	175.98
54	—	615	177.00–178.25	177.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	572	157.50–162.50	158.44

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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