Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today due to the last sale reported was back on March 1, 2023. Trade was active. Demand was good to very good on today's moderate offering of both fall calves and yearlings. Load lots available of quality, long time weaned feeder calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $191.49/cwt on 829 head.

Average price

$191.49

829 head · 638 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,222

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$193

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$50.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.11

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	639	192.67	1,232	791
Medium and Large 1-2	545	171.73	936	32
Large 1	1,003	142.00	1,424	6thin

One grade step is worth $50.67/cwt here — about −$193 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 sale829 hd

191.49

—

IA average8 barns · 4,599 hd

188.38

+3.11

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

40 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	Large 1	—	1,003	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,424	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	835	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	180.30/cwt	171.50–181.25	1,322	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,021	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	180.31/cwt	172.00–195.00	959	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	191.75/cwt	191.75–191.75	1,586	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	187.87/cwt	178.00–192.75	1,437	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,129	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,103	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	823	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	174.05/cwt	166.50–178.00	1,492	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	212.68/cwt	196.00–225.00	1,408	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	264.74/cwt	250.00–269.50	1,154	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	269.27/cwt	268.00–269.50	1,002	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	250.59/cwt	230.00–260.50	1,200	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	219.75/cwt	219.75–219.75	1,308	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	242.26/cwt	229.00–253.00	1,369	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	167.24/cwt	165.00–168.75	1,380	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	222.13/cwt	213.00–235.00	749	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	196.06/cwt	195.00–197.00	1,463	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	251.97/cwt	230.00–256.00	1,305	38
Steers	Large 1	—	979	161.55/cwt	145.00–169.00	1,582	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	219.18/cwt	213.50–239.00	1,381	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	885	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	191.02/cwt	180.00–199.00	1,203	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	948	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,230	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	217.74/cwt	209.00–224.00	1,060	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	162.02/cwt	157.00–164.50	1,497	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	221.61/cwt	214.00–228.00	935	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,331	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	669	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,318	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	765	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,366	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	790	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	196.21/cwt	188.50–206.00	1,124	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	173.86/cwt	154.50–179.00	1,320	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,079	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	179.72/cwt	159.50–186.00	1,231	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	223.46/cwt	216.00–229.00	1,178	76

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 Mar 22, 2023

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

Receipts 1,549Last week 2,280Year ago 1,907

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,003	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	394	212.00	212.00
102	—	733	171.50–181.25	180.30
33	—	825	165.00–168.75	167.24
37	—	337	213.00–235.00	222.13
81	—	630	180.00–199.00	191.02
79	—	487	209.00–224.00	217.74
18	—	924	157.00–164.50	162.02
45	—	422	214.00–228.00	221.61
12	—	887	150.00	150.00
48	—	573	188.50–206.00	196.21
116	—	759	154.50–179.00	173.86
82	—	685	159.50–186.00	179.72
76	—	527	216.00–229.00	223.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	482	177.00	177.00
6	—	630	162.00	162.00
8	—	532	172.00–195.00	180.31
4	—	590	150.00	150.00
6	—	416	190.00	190.00
3	—	710	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	669	197.00	197.00
37	—	765	178.50	178.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	827	191.75	191.75
28	—	765	178.00–192.75	187.87
11	—	857	166.50–178.00	174.05
73	—	662	196.00–225.00	212.68
19	—	436	250.00–269.50	264.74
20	—	372	268.00–269.50	269.27
53	—	479	230.00–260.50	250.59
81	—	565	229.00–253.00	242.26
36	—	746	195.00–197.00	196.06
38	—	518	230.00–256.00	251.97
55	—	630	213.50–239.00	219.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	610	185.00	185.00
4	—	497	222.00	222.00
3	—	343	240.00	240.00
23	—	595	219.75	219.75
3	—	416	228.00	228.00
4	—	695	177.00	177.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	979	145.00–169.00	161.55

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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