Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2023-08-30

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Aug 30
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
2,070 head
1,250 vs last sale 820 463 vs year ago 2,533 · 18.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison reported as the previously reported feeder calf auction was on June 28, 2023. Many load lots of yearling cattle were offered today. Trade was active for today's moderate supply. Demand was very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $249.98/cwt on 1,245 head.
Average price
$249.98
1,245 head · 803 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,006
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$248
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$26.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.30
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1809250.382,0261,157
Medium and Large 1-2643249.951,60770
Large 11,015224.002,27418thin
One grade step is worth $26.38/cwt here — about −$248 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 sale1,245 hd
249.98
IA average7 barns · 4,546 hd
249.68
+0.30
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

36 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
HeifersLarge 11,090218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,37623
HeifersMedium and Large 1540261.51/cwt260.00–265.001,41210
HeifersMedium and Large 1629270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,69811
HeifersMedium and Large 1872219.71/cwt216.00–228.001,91616
HeifersMedium and Large 1491254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,24719
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2682206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,4054
SteersMedium and Large 1968225.32/cwt224.50–226.002,181191
SteersMedium and Large 1425260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1058
SteersMedium and Large 1528288.29/cwt281.00–300.001,52215
SteersMedium and Large 1468271.79/cwt243.00–300.001,27218
SteersMedium and Large 1575304.00/cwt300.00–308.001,74840
SteersMedium and Large 1390291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,1353
SteersMedium and Large 1-2647255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,65020
SteersMedium and Large 1625295.87/cwt289.00–299.001,84952
SteersMedium and Large 1838235.41/cwt234.50–245.001,97383
SteersMedium and Large 1719269.04/cwt259.00–276.001,93487
SteersMedium and Large 1679275.63/cwt265.00–279.001,87296
SteersMedium and Large 1918230.18/cwt221.00–231.752,113142
SteersMedium and Large 1-2826231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,9083
SteersMedium and Large 1773255.60/cwt243.50–262.001,976200
SteersMedium and Large 1867242.02/cwt229.00–249.252,098222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2345270.00/cwt270.00–270.009324
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,0494
SteersMedium and Large 1-2719251.08/cwt220.00–271.001,80513
HeifersMedium and Large 1829233.59/cwt229.00–235.001,936108
HeifersMedium and Large 1771231.25/cwt227.00–237.001,78333
HeifersMedium and Large 1577279.80/cwt276.00–282.001,61442
HeifersMedium and Large 1943224.84/cwt224.50–226.502,12023
SteersLarge 11,015224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,27418
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665241.68/cwt240.00–244.001,60726
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2778215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6736
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2485240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1648
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2511251.72/cwt238.00–282.501,28616
HeifersMedium and Large 1963218.36/cwt205.50–224.752,10352
HeifersMedium and Large 1734238.16/cwt225.00–243.751,74889
HeifersMedium and Large 1689249.73/cwt246.00–259.001,72196

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.