Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL " ALL VACC CALF & YEARLING" AUCTION TODAY. Compared to last week's sale, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 8.00 to 12.00 higher, 800 weight cattle were 12.00 to 15.00 higher. 500 - 600 lb heifer calves were as much as 20.00 higher. Exceptional offering today of quality, LTW, double vaccinated feeder calves available in load lots. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Trade was very active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $246.73/cwt on 1,109 head.

Average price

$246.73

1,109 head · 677 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$308

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$44.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.08

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	661	249.79	1,651	1,028
Medium and Large 1-2	476	222.85	1,061	13thin
Large 1	955	205.07	1,958	68

One grade step is worth $44.72/cwt here — about −$308 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 sale1,109 hd

246.73

—

IA average10 barns · 7,071 hd

231.65

+15.08

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

40 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	—	712	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,406	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	240.62/cwt	232.00–247.50	1,258	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	248.42/cwt	242.00–256.00	1,185	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	235.29/cwt	227.00–247.00	979	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	219.47/cwt	216.00–223.00	1,477	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,042	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,543	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	566	273.93/cwt	242.00–279.50	1,550	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	220.75/cwt	220.75–220.75	1,881	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	818	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,701	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	743	221.70/cwt	216.00–225.00	1,647	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	507	301.01/cwt	297.00–305.00	1,526	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	221.26/cwt	206.75–225.00	1,819	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	274.73/cwt	254.50–283.00	1,558	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,223	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	390	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,147	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,315	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	271.05/cwt	238.00–297.00	1,027	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,353	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	238.98/cwt	215.00–243.50	1,651	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	663	237.32/cwt	237.00–239.00	1,573	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	408	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,248	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	295.75/cwt	292.00–303.00	1,399	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	227.40/cwt	216.00–230.50	1,721	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	218.31/cwt	187.00–228.75	1,375	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	680	193.87/cwt	192.00–197.00	1,318	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	288.30/cwt	250.00–302.50	1,491	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	219.29/cwt	200.00–235.00	822	7
Steers	Large 1	—	1,058	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	2,084	6
Steers	Large 1	—	945	205.85/cwt	205.85–205.85	1,945	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	234.15/cwt	220.00–245.75	1,335	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	581	199.27/cwt	199.00–200.00	1,158	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	257.62/cwt	235.00–264.50	1,579	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	234.69/cwt	226.00–239.50	1,673	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	236.12/cwt	228.50–240.00	1,365	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,812	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	224.01/cwt	210.00–241.00	847	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	641	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,202	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	514	240.20/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,235	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	447	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,100	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 Dec 13, 2023

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

Receipts 1,949Last week 2,504Year ago 2,403

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	712	197.50	197.50
44	—	523	232.00–247.50	240.62
71	—	477	242.00–256.00	248.42
16	—	416	227.00–247.00	235.29
98	—	673	216.00–223.00	219.47
73	—	630	187.00–228.75	218.31
143	—	570	220.00–245.75	234.15
9	—	884	205.00	205.00
11	—	378	210.00–241.00	224.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	496	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	680	192.00–197.00	193.87
45	—	578	228.50–240.00	236.12
10	—	641	187.50	187.50
15	—	514	235.00–244.00	240.20
10	—	447	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	581	199.00–200.00	199.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	631	244.50	244.50
40	—	566	242.00–279.50	273.93
9	—	818	208.00	208.00
19	—	743	216.00–225.00	221.70
23	—	507	297.00–305.00	301.01
4	—	390	294.00	294.00
19	—	663	237.00–239.00	237.32
5	—	408	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	852	220.75	220.75
84	—	822	206.75–225.00	221.26
68	—	567	254.50–283.00	274.73
9	—	440	278.00	278.00
9	—	379	238.00–297.00	271.05
141	—	691	215.00–243.50	238.98
15	—	473	292.00–303.00	295.75
68	—	757	216.00–230.50	227.40
92	—	517	250.00–302.50	288.30
209	—	613	235.00–264.50	257.62
137	—	713	226.00–239.50	234.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	526	250.00	250.00
3	—	663	204.00	204.00
7	—	375	200.00–235.00	219.29
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,058	197.00	197.00
62	—	945	205.85	205.85

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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