Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison as the previously reported auction was on October 4, 2023. Outstanding offering today of quality, green, reputation spring calves. Vaccination status and hide color continues to drive the market. Also available today were load lots of quality yearling cattle. Demand was good to very good. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $261.68/cwt on 1,238 head.

Average price

$261.68

1,238 head · 666 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,742

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$388

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$53.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.33

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	655	264.17	1,731	1,141
Medium and Large 1-2	481	263.13	1,265	40
Large 1	1,005	210.85	2,119	57

One grade step is worth $53.32/cwt here — about −$388 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 sale1,238 hd

261.68

—

IA average8 barns · 6,580 hd

255.35

+6.33

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

38 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	—	523	268.04/cwt	264.00–271.00	1,402	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	496	275.50/cwt	274.50–277.50	1,366	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	253.77/cwt	247.00–258.50	1,644	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	242.25/cwt	238.00–249.00	1,599	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,210	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	621	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,490	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	317	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	894	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	700	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,680	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	236.11/cwt	235.50–240.00	1,594	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	456	264.26/cwt	263.00–268.00	1,205	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	341	320.65/cwt	296.00–334.00	1,093	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	445	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,268	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	468	284.35/cwt	272.00–290.00	1,331	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	537	262.07/cwt	250.00–268.00	1,407	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	301.27/cwt	288.00–306.50	1,597	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	230.48/cwt	223.00–237.00	1,768	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	431	312.11/cwt	294.00–339.50	1,345	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	526	297.85/cwt	282.00–303.50	1,567	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	304.87/cwt	290.00–313.50	1,430	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	245.90/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,768	53
Steers	Large 1	—	1,005	210.85/cwt	210.85–210.85	2,119	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	220.47/cwt	215.25–225.60	2,136	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	576	276.94/cwt	256.00–297.50	1,595	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	620	254.50/cwt	245.00–266.75	1,578	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	225.75/cwt	225.75–225.75	2,120	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	278.47/cwt	251.00–289.00	1,607	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	476	268.93/cwt	255.00–279.00	1,280	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	529	259.11/cwt	243.00–267.50	1,371	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	275.85/cwt	252.00–281.50	1,699	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,353	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	426	254.64/cwt	241.00–273.50	1,085	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	568	262.32/cwt	253.00–269.00	1,490	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	236.07/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,577	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	569	234.98/cwt	232.00–241.00	1,337	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,229	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	251.29/cwt	246.00–259.75	1,701	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	382	252.55/cwt	251.00–255.00	965	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	251.07/cwt	237.00–267.50	1,444	64

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 Nov 1, 2023

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

Receipts 2,146Last week 2,297Year ago 1,762

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	523	264.00–271.00	268.04
24	—	496	274.50–277.50	275.50
34	—	648	247.00–258.50	253.77
36	—	660	238.00–249.00	242.25
64	—	575	237.00–267.50	251.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	500	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	621	240.00	240.00
70	—	476	255.00–279.00	268.93
115	—	529	243.00–267.50	259.11
70	—	426	241.00–273.50	254.64
50	—	568	253.00–269.00	262.32
42	—	668	235.00–237.00	236.07
13	—	382	251.00–255.00	252.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	569	232.00–241.00	234.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	317	282.00	282.00
12	—	456	263.00–268.00	264.26
4	—	445	285.00	285.00
15	—	537	250.00–268.00	262.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	700	240.00	240.00
30	—	675	235.50–240.00	236.11
11	—	341	296.00–334.00	320.65
65	—	468	272.00–290.00	284.35
24	—	431	294.00–339.50	312.11
103	—	526	282.00–303.50	297.85
104	—	576	256.00–297.50	276.94
100	—	620	245.00–266.75	254.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	530	288.00–306.50	301.27
82	—	767	223.00–237.00	230.48
25	—	469	290.00–313.50	304.87
53	—	719	240.00–250.00	245.90
123	—	969	215.25–225.60	220.47
64	—	939	225.75	225.75
69	—	577	251.00–289.00	278.47
138	—	616	252.00–281.50	275.85
6	—	435	311.00	311.00
59	—	677	246.00–259.75	251.29
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,005	210.85	210.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	532	231.00	231.00

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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