Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL " ALL VACC CALF & YEARLING " AUCTION - - - Compared to last week's auction, 500 - 600 lb steers were 4.00 to 6.00 lower, seven weight steers were 7.00 - 9.00 higher and 800 - 900 lb yearlings sold 6.00 to 9.00 higher. Heifers weighing 600 - 700 lb were 8.00 - 10.00 higher. Quality ran very deep in today's offering of LTW, double vaccinated feeder calves available in load lots. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $255.04/cwt on 1,386 head.

Average price

$255.04

1,386 head · 698 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,781

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$37.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.77

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	697	255.50	1,781	1,369
Medium and Large 1-2	779	218.29	1,701	17thin

One grade step is worth $37.21/cwt here — about $80 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 sale1,386 hd

255.04

—

IA average14 barns · 11,305 hd

248.28

+6.77

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

44 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 1Fancy	—	680	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,550	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	770	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,686	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	714	222.75/cwt	222.75–222.75	1,590	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,559	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	209.95/cwt	192.00–212.25	1,671	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,713	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,672	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,721	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	320.00/cwt	319.00–321.00	1,331	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	282.31/cwt	268.00–306.25	1,604	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	700	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,684	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	466	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,305	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	591	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,560	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	633	251.38/cwt	235.00–259.50	1,591	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	250.56/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,814	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	314.79/cwt	309.00–318.50	1,489	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,649	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	750	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,778	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	270.31/cwt	255.00–294.00	1,687	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,075	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	618	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,360	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	702	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,787	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	307.11/cwt	301.00–320.00	1,625	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	227.11/cwt	219.00–234.25	1,833	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	238.90/cwt	225.50–248.50	1,840	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	252.41/cwt	240.00–257.50	1,681	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	577	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,313	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	236.75/cwt	227.00–246.00	1,489	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,945	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	225.07/cwt	210.00–227.75	1,949	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	662	214.75/cwt	214.75–214.75	1,422	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	487	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,169	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	256.80/cwt	250.00–263.00	1,094	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,302	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	689	261.05/cwt	260.50–261.10	1,799	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	766	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,846	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	246.19/cwt	233.00–251.50	1,418	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	257.76/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,237	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	247.93/cwt	244.00–259.00	1,312	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	214.09/cwt	209.00–220.00	1,511	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	230.86/cwt	217.00–241.75	1,542	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	220.85/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,292	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,739	3

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 Jan 24, 2024

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

Receipts 2,484Last week 2,186Year ago 2,566

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	680	228.00	228.00
27	—	770	219.00	219.00
34	—	714	222.75	222.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	825	189.00	189.00
3	—	600	217.00	217.00
7	—	585	220.00–222.00	220.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	796	192.00–212.25	209.95
70	—	810	211.50	211.50
107	—	629	227.00–246.00	236.75
13	—	426	250.00–263.00	256.80
96	—	576	233.00–251.50	246.19
38	—	480	255.00–261.00	257.76
41	—	529	244.00–259.00	247.93
57	—	706	209.00–220.00	214.09
158	—	668	217.00–241.75	230.86
3	—	866	191.00	191.00
3	—	950	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	618	220.00	220.00
11	—	577	227.50	227.50
25	—	662	214.75	214.75
4	—	487	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	800	209.00	209.00
11	—	786	219.00	219.00
3	—	733	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	416	319.00–321.00	320.00
115	—	568	268.00–306.25	282.31
178	—	724	240.00–256.00	250.56
26	—	473	309.00–318.50	314.79
192	—	624	255.00–294.00	270.31
5	—	320	336.00	336.00
66	—	529	301.00–320.00	307.11
74	—	807	219.00–234.25	227.11
166	—	770	225.50–248.50	238.90
132	—	666	240.00–257.50	252.41
12	—	933	208.50	208.50
156	—	866	210.00–227.75	225.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	700	240.50	240.50
3	—	466	280.00	280.00
12	—	591	264.00	264.00
15	—	633	235.00–259.50	251.38
18	—	750	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	702	254.50	254.50
108	—	689	260.50–261.10	261.05
28	—	766	241.00	241.00

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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