Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2023-02-15

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Feb 15
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
1,946 head
57 vs last sale 2,003 122 vs year ago 2,068 · 5.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 500-600 lb steers were 6.00 to 8.00 higher; 750 -800 lb steers were steady and 700 lb heifers were 3.00 - 4.00 higher. Many load lots available. Demand was very good on a quality offering today of long-time weaned, green and vaccinated feeder calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $193.00/cwt on 1,231 head.
Average price
$193.00
1,231 head · 730 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,409
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$176
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$31.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.62
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1728193.541,4081,201
Medium and Large 1-2530190.001,00710thin
Large 1978162.001,58420
One grade step is worth $31.54/cwt here — about −$176 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 sale1,231 hd
193.00
IA average7 barns · 6,818 hd
194.63
−1.62
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

27 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 1997156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,5554
HeifersMedium and Large 1491184.91/cwt177.00–195.0090827
HeifersMedium and Large 1780169.01/cwt164.00–174.251,31834
HeifersMedium and Large 1810166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,34948
HeifersMedium and Large 1562188.91/cwt172.00–191.001,06255
HeifersMedium and Large 1680174.95/cwt168.75–180.001,190108
SteersMedium and Large 1782179.71/cwt174.00–182.751,405100
SteersMedium and Large 1406199.00/cwt199.00–199.008083
SteersMedium and Large 1904174.74/cwt166.00–175.601,580136
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2516183.00/cwt183.00–183.009449
SteersLarge 1978162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,58420
SteersMedium and Large 1820178.63/cwt166.00–181.101,465221
SteersMedium and Large 1966167.67/cwt156.00–168.251,62073
SteersMedium and Large 1590212.56/cwt211.00–220.001,25484
SteersMedium and Large 1526229.91/cwt210.00–239.501,20987
HeifersMedium and Large 1352180.00/cwt180.00–180.006348
HeifersMedium and Large 1429182.37/cwt176.00–188.0078216
HeifersMedium and Large 1717177.25/cwt177.25–177.251,27120
SteersMedium and Large 1612208.43/cwt190.00–221.251,276174
SteersMedium and Large 1678199.72/cwt190.00–207.251,354210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2530190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,00710
HeifersMedium and Large 1534199.33/cwt190.00–208.001,06466
HeifersMedium and Large 1631176.91/cwt170.00–188.501,11675
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2783150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1753
SteersMedium and Large 1474235.84/cwt219.00–240.001,11815
SteersMedium and Large 1388228.00/cwt228.00–228.008859
SteersMedium and Large 1729188.12/cwt186.00–194.501,37189

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.