Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2023-06-28

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Jun 28
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
820 head
570 vs last sale 1,390 443 vs year ago 1,263 · 35.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison reported as the previous feeder calf auction was on May 31, 2023. Many load lots of quality yearling cattle offered today. Demand was good to very good. Trade was active. Supply was moderate to light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $233.42/cwt on 593 head.
Average price
$233.42
593 head · 801 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,870
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$175
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$39.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.56
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1784236.111,852553
Large 11,033196.252,02740
One grade step is worth $39.86/cwt here — about −$175 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 sale593 hd
233.42
IA average5 barns · 2,292 hd
228.86
+4.56
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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2503229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,1523
HeifersMedium and Large 1655219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4344
HeifersMedium and Large 1392255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0007
HeifersMedium and Large 1437248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,0847
HeifersMedium and Large 1314250.51/cwt248.00–255.007878
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2533215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1463
SteersMedium and Large 1709244.50/cwt229.00–248.001,73417
SteersMedium and Large 1557270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,50421
SteersMedium and Large 1825226.85/cwt217.00–234.501,87251
SteersMedium and Large 1780242.75/cwt242.75–242.751,89363
SteersMedium and Large 1372290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0795
SteersMedium and Large 1618261.84/cwt260.00–265.001,61816
SteersLarge 11,033196.25/cwt196.25–196.252,02740
SteersMedium and Large 1526280.68/cwt280.00–281.001,47628
SteersMedium and Large 1693251.97/cwt250.00–256.501,74689
SteersMedium and Large 1901219.25/cwt219.00–219.501,975124
SteersMedium and Large 1867219.62/cwt213.50–225.501,904135
SteersMedium and Large 1462280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2944
HeifersMedium and Large 1595241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,4349
HeifersMedium and Large 1483258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,2468
HeifersMedium and Large 1740213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,57620
HeifersMedium and Large 1801210.75/cwt210.75–210.751,68822
HeifersMedium and Large 1522271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,41526
HeifersMedium and Large 1637219.21/cwt219.00–220.001,39662

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.