Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2024-01-03

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Jan 3
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
2,373 head
424 vs last sale 1,949 465 vs year ago 2,838 · 16.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL "ALL VACC CALF & YEARLING AUCTION" No recent price comparison as the previous sale was held on 12-13-23. Quality ran very deep in today's offering of LTW, reputation feeder calves. Demand was very good. Trade was active for today's moderate offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $252.02/cwt on 1,207 head.
Average price
$252.02
1,207 head · 689 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,736
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$307
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.96
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2568252.361,43311thin
Medium and Large 1690252.021,7391,196
One grade step is worth $0.35/cwt here — about −$307 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 sale1,207 hd
252.02
IA average8 barns · 5,767 hd
252.98
−0.96
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

34 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1418240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,00311
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy636245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,55852
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy728221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,60916
HeifersMedium and Large 1757202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,53315
HeifersMedium and Large 1383248.26/cwt246.00–254.0095118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2483226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,0923
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2003
SteersMedium and Large 1-2593257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,5248
SteersMedium and Large 1364278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,0127
SteersMedium and Large 1809227.64/cwt216.00–234.751,84285
SteersMedium and Large 1776234.45/cwt220.00–238.001,819233
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,3643
SteersMedium and Large 1717247.31/cwt222.00–254.001,773237
SteersMedium and Large 1455258.09/cwt250.00–266.001,17410
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned762200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5244
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned611267.51/cwt258.00–270.501,63413
SteersMedium and Large 1666254.98/cwt242.00–270.001,698144
SteersMedium and Large 1867226.75/cwt226.75–226.751,96631
HeifersMedium and Large 1719218.05/cwt216.00–221.751,568104
HeifersMedium and Large 1576241.26/cwt231.00–245.001,39074
SteersMedium and Large 1915208.64/cwt200.00–210.001,90922
SteersMedium and Large 1630263.53/cwt237.75–277.501,660186
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned537253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,35912
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy663257.75/cwt257.75–257.751,70949
HeifersMedium and Large 1533251.19/cwt245.00–260.001,33961
HeifersMedium and Large 1673226.77/cwt218.00–235.501,526132
SteersMedium and Large 1524288.26/cwt255.50–298.001,51080
SteersMedium and Large 1565283.32/cwt269.00–291.001,60192
HeifersMedium and Large 1484257.35/cwt252.00–259.501,24641
HeifersMedium and Large 1625239.49/cwt222.00–243.001,497186
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,3167
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2631213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,3448
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement692226.50/cwt226.50–226.501,56770
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned412232.00/cwt232.00–232.009564

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.