Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL " ALL VACC CALF & YEARLING" AUCTION - - - - Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, 400 - 500 lb light steer calves were 4.00 to 5.00 higher, 600 - 700 lb steers were 2.00 to 3.00 higher and eight weight cattle were 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifer trade saw 600 - 700 lb calves 7.00 to 10.00 higher. A high quality offering of home raised and long time weaned feeder calves was available in today's moderate supply. Demand was very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $331.72/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −155.04 against this barn's trailing median of $486.76.

Average price

$331.72

78 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,787

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$13

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

$18.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.94

vs IA average

+18.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	333.37	1,786	71
Medium and Large 1-2	571	315.00	1,799	7thin

One grade step is worth $18.37/cwt here — about −$13 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

10 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.62, low $471.06, median $486.76 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale78 hd

331.72

—

IA average4 barns · 613 hd

319.78

+11.94

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

+18.72

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.76

−155.04

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

35 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	550–600	563	272.01/cwt	263.00–279.00	1,531	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	694	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,797	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	788	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,836	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	733	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,770	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,892	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	285.42/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,222	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,236	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	231.23/cwt	230.00–232.50	1,797	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	255.57/cwt	254.50–259.00	1,723	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	241.73/cwt	239.00–246.00	1,714	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	303.96/cwt	291.00–309.00	1,906	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	256.16/cwt	252.00–257.35	1,985	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	246.09/cwt	237.50–248.00	2,055	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	330.27/cwt	323.00–340.00	1,850	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	342.12/cwt	333.00–360.00	1,611	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	779	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,909	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	2,124	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	652	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,695	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	263.84/cwt	256.00–265.00	1,675	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	230.97/cwt	227.00–231.25	2,118	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,480	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	550	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,452	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,924	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	286.64/cwt	271.00–295.50	1,932	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	274.44/cwt	264.50–279.00	1,957	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	299.85/cwt	292.00–301.00	1,478	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,632	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,477	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	230.03/cwt	225.00–235.00	2,017	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,722	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,799	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,347	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,673	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	500	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,615	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	335.46/cwt	325.00–348.00	1,775	48

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 Mar 6, 2024

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	395	313.00	313.00
7	400–450	428	280.00–293.00	285.42
23	450–500	493	292.00–301.00	299.85
13	500–550	500	296.00	296.00
26	550–600	563	263.00–279.00	272.01
111	600–650	635	256.00–265.00	263.84
80	650–700	674	254.50–259.00	255.57
94	700–750	709	239.00–246.00	241.73
36	750–800	777	230.00–232.50	231.23
4	800–850	837	226.00	226.00
14	850–900	853	225.50	225.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	694	259.00	259.00
55	700–750	733	241.50	241.50
13	750–800	788	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
73	650–700	652	260.00	260.00
60	750–800	779	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	550	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	466	289.00	289.00
4	500–550	537	275.00	275.00
4	800–850	812	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	447	365.00	365.00
33	450–500	471	333.00–360.00	342.12
48	500–550	529	325.00–348.00	335.46
19	550–600	560	323.00–340.00	330.27
100	600–650	627	291.00–309.00	303.96
81	650–700	674	271.00–295.50	286.64
176	700–750	713	264.50–279.00	274.44
188	750–800	775	252.00–257.35	256.16
195	800–850	835	237.50–248.00	246.09
22	850–900	877	225.00–235.00	230.03
75	900–950	917	227.00–231.25	230.97
22	950–1000	981	216.50	216.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	571	315.00	315.00
3	600–650	600	287.00	287.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	500	323.00	323.00

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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