Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special " Vacc Calf & Yearling" Auction. Compared to the auction just two weeks ago, light steers weighing 400 - 500 lb were 12.00 to 15.00 higher, 600 - 700 lb steers were 8.00 to 12.00 higher and eight weight steers were as much as 15.00 higher. Heifer calves 400 - 500 lb were 13.00 to 16.00 higher, 600 - 700 lb heifers were 9.00 to 12.00 higher and eight weight heifers were 12.00 to 15.00 higher. Today's moderate offering of higher quality, LTW, double vaccinated, green feeder calves was available in load lots. Demand was very good. Trade was active throughout the auction.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $238.92/cwt on 1,441 head.

Average price

$238.92

1,441 head · 665 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,589

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

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

$26.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.58

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	664	239.18	1,589	1,427
Medium and Large 1-2	732	212.28	1,553	14thin

One grade step is worth $26.90/cwt here — about $36 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 sale1,441 hd

238.92

—

IA average11 barns · 9,327 hd

239.50

−0.58

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

45 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	—	581	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,423	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	618	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,588	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,118	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	222.92/cwt	219.00–230.25	1,627	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	235.84/cwt	221.00–249.00	1,592	373
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	222.95/cwt	222.25–223.50	1,710	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	280.34/cwt	256.00–290.00	1,884	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	334.10/cwt	310.00–340.25	1,681	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	285.27/cwt	251.00–294.60	1,791	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	240.71/cwt	236.50–243.75	2,051	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	352.00/cwt	349.00–354.00	1,285	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,440	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	324.30/cwt	311.00–345.00	1,534	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	416	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,323	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,620	7
Steers	Large 1	—	1,000	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,050	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	327.28/cwt	311.00–351.00	1,397	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	214.59/cwt	202.00–221.00	1,972	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,497	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	300.06/cwt	297.00–302.00	1,548	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,482	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	445	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,157	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	766	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,501	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	366	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	904	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	640	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,350	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	265.33/cwt	247.00–275.50	1,412	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	275.59/cwt	257.00–280.25	1,312	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	248.61/cwt	225.00–258.75	1,556	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	545	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	1,719	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	583	308.07/cwt	293.00–317.00	1,796	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	550	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,243	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	290.31/cwt	285.00–292.00	1,129	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	982	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,900	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	264.50/cwt	261.00–268.00	1,497	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	306.77/cwt	295.00–321.25	1,779	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	253.19/cwt	244.00–257.25	1,904	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,324	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,283	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	248.48/cwt	230.00–260.00	1,436	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	246.65/cwt	228.00–250.10	2,013	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,672	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	260.19/cwt	252.00–272.25	1,881	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	208.37/cwt	208.00–209.00	1,732	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,827	61

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 Feb 7, 2024

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

Receipts 3,147Last week 2,484Year ago 2,003

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	581	245.00	245.00
16	—	618	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	408	274.00	274.00
170	—	730	219.00–230.25	222.92
373	—	675	221.00–249.00	235.84
244	—	767	222.25–223.50	222.95
114	—	532	247.00–275.50	265.33
69	—	476	257.00–280.25	275.59
148	—	626	225.00–258.75	248.61
25	—	389	285.00–292.00	290.31
7	—	335	293.00	293.00
44	—	826	230.00	230.00
116	—	578	230.00–260.00	248.48
61	—	866	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	445	260.00	260.00
3	—	766	196.00	196.00
3	—	366	247.00	247.00
5	—	640	211.00	211.00
4	—	550	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	616	215.00	215.00
3	—	583	220.00	220.00
8	—	831	208.00–209.00	208.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
192	—	672	256.00–290.00	280.34
72	—	503	310.00–340.25	334.10
147	—	628	251.00–294.60	285.27
70	—	852	236.50–243.75	240.71
13	—	365	349.00–354.00	352.00
17	—	473	311.00–345.00	324.30
20	—	427	311.00–351.00	327.28
13	—	919	202.00–221.00	214.59
120	—	580	295.00–321.25	306.77
72	—	752	244.00–257.25	253.19
148	—	816	228.00–250.10	246.65
202	—	723	252.00–272.25	260.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	720	200.00	200.00
3	—	483	310.00	310.00
15	—	516	297.00–302.00	300.06
15	—	620	239.00	239.00
6	—	566	261.00–268.00	264.50
10	—	765	218.50	218.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	416	318.00	318.00
7	—	628	258.00	258.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,000	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	545	315.50	315.50
77	—	583	293.00–317.00	308.07

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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