Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today as the last reported auction was on March 22, 2023. Trade was active. Demand was good for today's moderate offering. Load lots available of quality yearling steers. Good supply of long-time weaned, vaccinated , green fall feeder calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $217.73/cwt on 559 head.

Average price

$217.73

559 head · 679 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,479

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$376

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

$11.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.74

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	695	218.94	1,522	498
Medium and Large 1-2	551	207.80	1,145	61

One grade step is worth $11.15/cwt here — about $376 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 sale559 hd

217.73

—

IA average8 barns · 5,166 hd

218.46

−0.74

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

28 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 1	—	418	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,003	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	221.17/cwt	208.00–239.00	1,051	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	857	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	201.28/cwt	192.00–206.00	1,272	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	183.04/cwt	174.00–191.75	1,303	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	218.04/cwt	195.00–231.00	1,132	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	890	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	222.67/cwt	217.50–230.50	1,470	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	1,792	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	207.82/cwt	194.00–211.50	1,490	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	239.28/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,156	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	190.88/cwt	181.00–191.75	1,689	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	1,737	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	963	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	240.53/cwt	233.00–265.00	1,265	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	216.54/cwt	209.00–224.00	1,308	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	255.10/cwt	250.00–258.00	847	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	247.21/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,070	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	198.54/cwt	185.00–202.00	1,302	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	208.40/cwt	190.00–216.00	1,205	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	179.95/cwt	169.50–207.00	1,186	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	215.68/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,165	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	724	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,405	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	826	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,524	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,016	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	830	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	242.26/cwt	219.00–245.00	1,483	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	238.25/cwt	226.00–249.00	1,346	48

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 Apr 12, 2023

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

Receipts 1,445Last week 1,549Year ago 2,209

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	418	240.00	240.00
12	—	475	208.00–239.00	221.17
15	—	368	233.00	233.00
16	—	632	192.00–206.00	201.28
33	—	712	174.00–191.75	183.04
89	—	519	195.00–231.00	218.04
122	—	656	185.00–202.00	198.54
165	—	578	190.00–216.00	208.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	724	194.00	194.00
18	—	826	184.50	184.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	635	160.00	160.00
8	—	413	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	392	227.00	227.00
3	—	426	226.00	226.00
8	—	604	209.00–224.00	216.54
18	—	659	169.50–207.00	179.95
21	—	540	215.00–220.00	215.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	660	217.50–230.50	222.67
57	—	936	191.50	191.50
73	—	717	194.00–211.50	207.82
25	—	483	230.00–245.00	239.28
50	—	885	181.00–191.75	190.88
64	—	841	206.50	206.50
25	—	526	233.00–265.00	240.53
18	—	332	250.00–258.00	255.10
21	—	433	242.00–250.00	247.21
47	—	612	219.00–245.00	242.26
48	—	565	226.00–249.00	238.25

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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