Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality ran very deep in today's offering of long-time weaned steer/heifer calves. Many opportunities to purchase large groups of replacement heifers. Strong demand for load lots of feeder calves.

Previous feeder calf auction was 12-14-2022 , no trend/comparison stated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $190.66/cwt on 1,614 head.

Average price

$190.66

1,614 head · 665 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,268

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$236

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$29.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.25

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	666	190.86	1,271	1,595
Medium and Large 1-2	502	176.38	885	16thin
Large 1	936	161.00	1,507	3thin

One grade step is worth $29.86/cwt here — about −$236 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 sale1,614 hd

190.66

—

IA average9 barns · 11,265 hd

189.41

+1.25

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

42 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 1Fancy	—	594	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	986	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	678	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,153	40
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,000	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,300	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	164.75/cwt	164.75–164.75	1,236	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	810	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	161.93/cwt	156.00–168.00	717	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	207.83/cwt	201.50–215.00	1,114	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,505	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	480	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	893	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	588	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,135	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,136	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	520	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	967	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	209.87/cwt	205.00–218.00	1,020	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	165.50/cwt	162.50–169.50	1,369	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	175.00/cwt	174.50–175.25	1,509	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	181.96/cwt	174.00–185.75	1,301	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	191.52/cwt	180.00–204.50	1,191	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	171.59/cwt	159.00–178.50	1,323	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	671	189.08/cwt	184.50–191.00	1,269	108
Steers	Large 1	—	936	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,507	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	203.54/cwt	193.00–212.00	1,178	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	190.11/cwt	173.00–196.75	1,289	407
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,061	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	840	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	561	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	912	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	460	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	978	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	701	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,325	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	575	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,208	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	768	179.44/cwt	177.00–183.00	1,378	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	621	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,211	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	165.88/cwt	155.00–171.25	1,037	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	726	173.75/cwt	173.75–173.75	1,261	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	633	177.23/cwt	170.00–185.50	1,122	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	545	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	927	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	432	184.75/cwt	184.75–184.75	798	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	664	172.36/cwt	171.00–174.50	1,144	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	176.06/cwt	162.00–182.25	926	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	153.00/cwt	152.00–155.00	910	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	790	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	168.07/cwt	160.00–174.00	1,208	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	168.95/cwt	154.50–176.50	1,154	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	168.30/cwt	161.00–175.00	953	78

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 Jan 4, 2023

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

Receipts 2,838Last week 2,403Year ago 2,946

Quality ran very deep in today's offering of long-time weaned steer/heifer calves. Many opportunities to purchase large groups of replacement heifers. Strong demand for load lots of feeder calves.

Previous feeder calf auction was 12-14-2022 , no trend/comparison stated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	594	166.00	166.00
40	—	678	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,000	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	750	164.75	164.75
7	—	488	166.00	166.00
12	—	443	156.00–168.00	161.93
136	—	625	155.00–171.25	165.88
151	—	526	162.00–182.25	176.06
39	—	719	160.00–174.00	168.07
53	—	683	154.50–176.50	168.95
78	—	566	161.00–175.00	168.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	561	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	726	173.75	173.75
217	—	633	170.00–185.50	177.23
32	—	545	170.00	170.00
40	—	432	184.75	184.75
82	—	664	171.00–174.50	172.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	595	152.00–155.00	153.00
3	—	523	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	536	201.50–215.00	207.83
7	—	935	161.00	161.00
21	—	486	205.00–218.00	209.87
22	—	827	162.50–169.50	165.50
56	—	862	174.50–175.25	175.00
108	—	715	174.00–185.75	181.96
109	—	622	180.00–204.50	191.52
119	—	771	159.00–178.50	171.59
232	—	579	193.00–212.00	203.54
407	—	678	173.00–196.75	190.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	480	186.00	186.00
5	—	588	193.00	193.00
6	—	631	180.00	180.00
3	—	520	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	671	184.50–191.00	189.08
25	—	460	212.50	212.50
39	—	701	189.00	189.00
88	—	575	210.00	210.00
141	—	768	177.00–183.00	179.44
7	—	621	195.00	195.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	936	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	643	165.00	165.00
13	—	469	179.00	179.00

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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