Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2024-02-21

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Feb 21
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
2,888 head
▼ 259 vs last sale 3,147▲ 942 vs year ago 1,946 · +48.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL "VACC CALF & YEARLING" AUCTION - - - Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 2.00 to 3.00 higher, six weight steer calves were 6.00 to 8.00 higher and 700 - 800 lb calves were fully steady. Heifer feeder calves weighing 400 - 500 lbs were 10.00 - 12.00 higher while 600 -700 lb heifers were 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Great offering today of quality, home raised, long time weaned, double vaccinated feeder calves available in load lots. Demand was very good throughout the auction. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $280.50/cwt on 1,502 head.
Average price
$280.50
1,502 head · 690 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,936
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$197
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.64
vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2617282.351,74226
Medium and Large 1691280.471,9391,476
One grade step is worth $1.88/cwt here — about −$197 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 sale1,502 hd
280.50
—
IA average11 barns · 11,803 hd
268.87
+11.64
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

29 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 1Fancy—743236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,75362
HeifersMedium and Large 1—407304.66/cwt294.00–309.001,24014
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,14021
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523296.95/cwt290.00–305.001,55353
HeifersMedium and Large 1—787227.29/cwt226.50–227.501,78980
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—596249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,48413
SteersMedium and Large 1—617300.74/cwt289.75–315.001,856128
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—490340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6665
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—391350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3696
SteersMedium and Large 1—783251.41/cwt243.75–261.501,969189
SteersMedium and Large 1—491323.16/cwt316.00–336.001,58754
SteersMedium and Large 1—581308.88/cwt304.25–318.751,795166
SteersMedium and Large 1—830247.84/cwt246.50–249.752,057150
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—564287.79/cwt275.00–296.001,62314
SteersMedium and Large 1—523325.94/cwt317.00–329.001,70553
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—518295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5288
SteersMedium and Large 1—440329.14/cwt325.00–331.001,44820
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—698285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,989110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—679276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,87412
SteersMedium and Large 1—674285.11/cwt279.85–299.501,922218
SteersMedium and Large 1—722271.06/cwt263.25–276.751,957298
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675249.29/cwt239.50–253.001,683199
SteersMedium and Large 1—900239.60/cwt239.60–239.602,15659
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473305.81/cwt291.00–314.001,44667
HeifersMedium and Large 1—724233.32/cwt220.00–239.251,689126
HeifersMedium and Large 1—615252.60/cwt245.50–267.001,553159
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573273.70/cwt260.00–284.001,56889
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—450305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3736
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—642299.50/cwt299.50–299.501,92320

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.