Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2023-03-01

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Mar 1
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
2,280 head
▲ 334 vs last sale 1,946▲ 373 vs year ago 1,907 · +19.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, 500 -600 lb steers were 10.00 to 12.00 higher; 700 lb steers were 9.00 to 11.00 higher. Heifers 600 - 700 lb were 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Many load lots available of quality feeder calves and yearlings. Demand was very good for today's offering of green, long-time weaned and vaccinated calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $206.34/cwt on 1,328 head.
Average price
$206.34
1,328 head · 705 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,454
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$306
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.09
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1706206.401,4581,314
Medium and Large 1-2573201.001,15214thin
One grade step is worth $5.40/cwt here — about $306 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 sale1,328 hd
206.34
—
IA average9 barns · 5,934 hd
203.25
+3.09
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

24 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—940156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,47113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—393207.52/cwt206.00–209.0081614
HeifersMedium and Large 1—434215.86/cwt214.00–219.0093718
HeifersMedium and Large 1—772176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,35919
HeifersMedium and Large 1—490204.60/cwt201.00–208.001,00330
HeifersMedium and Large 1—808173.75/cwt173.75–173.751,40431
SteersMedium and Large 1—526244.23/cwt232.00–259.001,28566
SteersMedium and Large 1—822183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,50471
SteersMedium and Large 1—860182.30/cwt178.00–183.001,56885
SteersMedium and Large 1—624216.40/cwt204.00–224.001,35097
SteersMedium and Large 1—996161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,6095
SteersMedium and Large 1—476257.82/cwt255.25–260.001,22724
SteersMedium and Large 1—739201.05/cwt190.75–205.851,486129
SteersMedium and Large 1—769193.57/cwt187.50–199.751,489290
SteersMedium and Large 1—664213.63/cwt198.75–223.251,419364
SteersMedium and Large 1—437241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,0537
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—573201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,15214
SteersMedium and Large 1—906174.85/cwt174.85–174.851,58461
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525206.90/cwt194.00–222.001,08653
HeifersMedium and Large 1—726180.36/cwt175.75–186.001,30962
HeifersMedium and Large 1—579196.97/cwt186.00–203.001,14081
HeifersMedium and Large 1—670185.37/cwt171.00–192.001,242136
HeifersMedium and Large 1—626190.80/cwt178.00–197.751,194150
SteersMedium and Large 1—578229.84/cwt224.50–248.001,328115

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.