Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Large offering today of quality load lots of LTW/VACC feeder calves. Today's sale results across all segments was $ 5-7 higher than the previous auction on 1-4-2023. Many opportunities for quality replacement heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $184.43/cwt on 1,576 head.

Average price

$184.43

1,576 head · 739 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,362

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$386

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

$0.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.28

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	530	185.01	980	14thin
Medium and Large 1	740	184.43	1,366	1,562

One grade step is worth $0.58/cwt here — about −$386 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 sale1,576 hd

184.43

—

IA average14 barns · 17,759 hd

190.72

−6.28

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

50 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 1Fancy	—	727	180.02/cwt	179.00–184.25	1,309	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	212.99/cwt	205.50–219.00	1,146	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	935	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	170.60/cwt	169.75–173.75	1,581	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	477	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,037	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,018	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	176.66/cwt	171.00–180.00	1,364	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	608	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,131	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	744	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,235	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	187.20/cwt	180.00–190.00	970	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	180.18/cwt	173.00–184.00	1,301	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	183.88/cwt	177.00–190.50	1,267	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	210.65/cwt	205.25–218.00	1,215	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	660	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,224	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	530	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	996	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	196.71/cwt	187.00–205.00	1,206	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	167.98/cwt	158.00–177.00	1,472	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	480	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,015	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,124	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	173.95/cwt	165.00–181.00	837	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,108	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	163.18/cwt	157.00–177.50	1,186	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,297	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	639	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,163	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	544	190.75/cwt	190.75–190.75	1,038	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	175.07/cwt	163.00–186.00	1,014	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	174.51/cwt	168.00–184.50	914	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	738	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,266	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	595	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,000	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	652	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	945	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	730	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	658	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,119	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	834	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	637	200.18/cwt	200.00–200.25	1,275	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	488	176.35/cwt	173.00–177.00	861	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	174.59/cwt	162.00–180.25	1,075	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	171.21/cwt	161.50–185.50	1,168	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	579	181.50/cwt	175.00–183.75	1,051	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	499	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	926	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	579	215.72/cwt	207.50–217.50	1,249	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	850	179.25/cwt	179.25–179.25	1,524	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	365	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	668	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	646	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,131	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	831	176.28/cwt	175.00–176.75	1,465	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	676	193.76/cwt	184.75–197.75	1,310	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,014	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,609	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	535	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	936	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	950	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	177.78/cwt	170.00–179.50	1,483	111

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 11, 2023

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

Receipts 2,668Last week 2,838Year ago 3,104

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	727	179.00–184.25	180.02
12	—	477	217.50	217.50
32	—	637	200.00–200.25	200.18
58	—	579	207.50–217.50	215.72
21	—	850	179.25	179.25
103	—	831	175.00–176.75	176.28
79	—	676	184.75–197.75	193.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	538	205.50–219.00	212.99
6	—	425	220.00	220.00
201	—	927	169.75–173.75	170.60
7	—	465	219.00	219.00
247	—	772	171.00–180.00	176.66
226	—	722	173.00–184.00	180.18
98	—	689	177.00–190.50	183.88
58	—	577	205.25–218.00	210.65
116	—	613	187.00–205.00	196.71
42	—	876	158.00–177.00	167.98
5	—	952	169.00	169.00
111	—	834	170.00–179.50	177.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	608	186.00	186.00
5	—	744	166.00	166.00
5	—	660	185.50	185.50
5	—	530	188.00	188.00
10	—	480	211.50	211.50
7	—	565	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	518	180.00–190.00	187.20
3	—	573	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	481	165.00–181.00	173.95
53	—	727	157.00–177.50	163.18
17	—	754	172.00	172.00
90	—	579	163.00–186.00	175.07
56	—	524	168.00–184.50	174.51
195	—	616	162.00–180.25	174.59
163	—	682	161.50–185.50	171.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	706	157.00	157.00
5	—	652	145.00	145.00
3	—	456	160.00	160.00
6	—	531	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	639	182.00	182.00
11	—	544	190.75	190.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	738	171.50	171.50
10	—	658	170.00	170.00
48	—	579	175.00–183.75	181.50
38	—	499	185.50	185.50
19	—	646	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	595	168.00	168.00
17	—	488	173.00–177.00	176.35
4	—	365	183.00	183.00
14	—	535	175.00	175.00
3	—	613	155.00	155.00

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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