Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison as the previously reported auction was on Aug. 30, 2023. Many load lots of high quality reputation yearling cattle were offered on today's moderate supply. Trade was active. Demand was good to very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $269.48/cwt on 1,350 head.

Average price

$269.48

1,350 head · 717 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,932

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$555

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

$33.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.44

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	719	269.85	1,939	1,335
Medium and Large 1-2	585	236.50	1,384	15thin

One grade step is worth $33.35/cwt here — about $555 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 sale1,350 hd

269.48

—

IA average7 barns · 3,526 hd

257.04

+12.44

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

35 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	575	280.46/cwt	277.00–287.00	1,613	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	281.79/cwt	268.00–284.00	1,364	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	276.92/cwt	250.00–285.50	1,393	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	255.25/cwt	255.25–255.25	1,628	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	241.57/cwt	241.00–242.10	1,773	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	246.85/cwt	244.00–258.00	1,701	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,048	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	412	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,195	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	468	330.81/cwt	322.00–338.00	1,548	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	255.55/cwt	248.00–261.00	1,973	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,447	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	283.25/cwt	282.00–284.50	1,878	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	252.63/cwt	242.25–258.00	2,178	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	641	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,679	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,465	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	252.19/cwt	240.25–260.00	2,083	360
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	523	314.43/cwt	308.00–320.00	1,644	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,025	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	302.63/cwt	291.00–312.00	1,577	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	273.55/cwt	256.00–282.00	1,691	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	292.24/cwt	286.00–294.00	1,675	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	484	281.56/cwt	281.00–283.00	1,363	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	323.99/cwt	302.00–334.00	1,549	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	413	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,165	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	477	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,216	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	312.64/cwt	310.00–316.00	1,163	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,328	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,371	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	263.28/cwt	258.50–267.00	1,954	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	502	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,235	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,835	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,289	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	598	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,519	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,598	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	562	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,590	10

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 Oct 4, 2023

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

Receipts 2,297Last week 2,070Year ago 1,640

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	575	277.00–287.00	280.46
4	—	412	290.00	290.00
51	—	468	322.00–338.00	330.81
11	—	641	262.00	262.00
31	—	523	308.00–320.00	314.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
262	—	772	248.00–261.00	255.55
24	—	428	338.00	338.00
92	—	663	282.00–284.50	283.25
108	—	862	242.25–258.00	252.63
360	—	826	240.25–260.00	252.19
11	—	912	222.00	222.00
56	—	521	291.00–312.00	302.63
56	—	618	256.00–282.00	273.55
29	—	573	286.00–294.00	292.24
48	—	478	302.00–334.00	323.99
13	—	372	310.00–316.00	312.64
152	—	742	258.50–267.00	263.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	803	182.50	182.50
12	—	531	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	484	268.00–284.00	281.79
48	—	503	250.00–285.50	276.92
56	—	638	255.25	255.25
140	—	734	241.00–242.10	241.57
160	—	689	244.00–258.00	246.85
14	—	347	302.00	302.00
21	—	776	236.50	236.50
35	—	443	291.00	291.00
17	—	598	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	484	281.00–283.00	281.56
22	—	413	282.00	282.00
9	—	617	259.00	259.00
10	—	562	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	477	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	623	220.00	220.00
4	—	502	246.00	246.00

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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