Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2023-05-31

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, May 31
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
1,390 head
302 vs last sale 1,692 1,042 vs year ago 2,432 · 42.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison reported today as the previous feeder calf auction was on May 3, 2023. Load lots available today for both quality yearlings and fall feeder calves. Trade was very active. Supply was moderate. Demand was good to very good to today's offering of green, long time weaned and vaccinated fall feeder calves and yearling cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $214.65/cwt on 607 head.
Average price
$214.65
607 head · 689 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,480
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$346
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.05
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1695215.021,494584
Medium and Large 1-2559205.371,14723
One grade step is worth $9.65/cwt here — about $346 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 sale607 hd
214.65
IA average6 barns · 3,541 hd
230.70
−16.05
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

26 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 1527242.67/cwt236.00–258.001,27961
HeifersMedium and Large 1864195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,68562
HeifersMedium and Large 1632224.46/cwt222.00–227.501,41973
HeifersMedium and Large 1755205.56/cwt195.00–206.001,55279
HeifersMedium and Large 1732208.38/cwt206.25–210.001,525196
HeifersMedium and Large 1818200.24/cwt188.00–203.251,63829
SteersMedium and Large 1574274.25/cwt269.00–281.001,57463
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned627235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4738
SteersMedium and Large 1892200.25/cwt200.25–200.251,78668
SteersMedium and Large 1-2611204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,2466
SteersMedium and Large 1390303.24/cwt298.00–310.001,18316
SteersMedium and Large 1929199.96/cwt189.75–204.751,858110
SteersMedium and Large 1619241.48/cwt241.00–243.001,49521
SteersMedium and Large 1672244.70/cwt220.00–253.001,64468
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2517211.12/cwt200.00–222.001,09112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2657201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,3214
SteersMedium and Large 1776227.69/cwt218.00–230.001,76777
SteersMedium and Large 1487260.42/cwt256.00–275.001,26812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2544260.65/cwt250.00–266.001,4189
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,4674
HeifersMedium and Large 1574235.61/cwt225.00–248.001,35235
HeifersMedium and Large 1671215.09/cwt213.00–216.501,44320
SteersMedium and Large 1823212.61/cwt204.25–220.251,75091
SteersMedium and Large 1505296.80/cwt296.00–297.001,49920
HeifersMedium and Large 1464236.42/cwt220.00–248.001,09729
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2574198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,1377

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.