Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL "ALL VACC CALF & YEARLING" AUCTION - - - - Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, 400 - 500 lb light weight steer calves were 8.00 to 11.00 higher, 600 - 700 lb calves were 7.00 to 12.00 higher and eight weight cattle were fully 10.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 400 - 500 lb light weight calves 6.00 to 8.00 higher and 600 -700 lb heifer calves 6.00 to 9.00 higher. Many home raised, quality, long time weaned feeder calves were in today's moderate offering. Demand was very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $318.85/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −167.44 against this barn's trailing median of $486.30.

Average price

$318.85

82 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,773

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$40.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.50

vs IA average

+0.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	330.20	1,837	59
Medium and Large 1-2	556	289.74	1,611	23

One grade step is worth $40.46/cwt here — about $225 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

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.62, low $396.64, median $486.30 across 8 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 sale82 hd

318.85

—

IA average5 barns · 927 hd

333.36

−14.50

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

+0.56

This barn, trailing median8 sales

486.30

−167.44

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	762	233.75/cwt	233.75–233.75	1,781	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	683	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,049	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	817	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,116	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	305.98/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,438	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	322.59/cwt	318.00–330.00	1,213	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,737	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	370.94/cwt	357.00–378.00	1,747	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	250.15/cwt	240.25–272.50	1,784	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	330.69/cwt	330.00–332.00	1,921	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	268.44/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,632	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	309.48/cwt	298.00–319.00	1,312	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	283.06/cwt	272.00–286.00	1,616	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,818	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,212	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	300.94/cwt	288.00–304.50	2,064	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	222.09/cwt	221.00–224.50	1,810	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	293.98/cwt	284.00–302.50	1,540	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	249.48/cwt	241.50–250.50	2,151	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	304.34/cwt	296.00–318.00	1,878	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	249.53/cwt	249.25–250.50	2,086	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	264.88/cwt	250.50–269.25	2,071	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	332.42/cwt	330.00–334.00	1,370	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	282.51/cwt	277.00–287.00	2,028	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,335	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,767	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,663	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	558	302.06/cwt	290.00–306.00	1,685	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	488	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,669	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	235.64/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,666	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,247	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,401	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	556	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,590	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,560	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	588	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,588	9

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 20, 2024

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

Receipts 1,359Last week 1,719Year ago 1,549

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	750–800	762	233.75	233.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	376	318.00–330.00	322.59
23	400–450	424	298.00–319.00	309.48
12	450–500	470	290.00–311.00	305.98
72	500–550	524	284.00–302.50	293.98
35	550–600	571	272.00–286.00	283.06
53	600–650	608	255.00–271.00	268.44
18	650–700	680	255.50	255.50
140	700–750	713	240.25–272.50	250.15
99	800–850	815	221.00–224.50	222.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	462	270.00	270.00
19	700–750	707	235.00–237.00	235.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	475	295.00	295.00
16	550–600	556	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	683	300.00	300.00
14	800–850	817	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	354	377.00	377.00
8	400–450	412	330.00–334.00	332.42
24	450–500	471	357.00–378.00	370.94
22	500–550	527	345.00	345.00
25	550–600	581	330.00–332.00	330.69
38	600–650	617	296.00–318.00	304.34
47	650–700	686	288.00–304.50	300.94
11	700–750	718	277.00–287.00	282.51
141	750–800	782	250.50–269.25	264.88
40	800–850	836	249.25–250.50	249.53
95	850–900	862	241.50–250.50	249.48
56	900–950	916	241.50	241.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	478	348.00	348.00
10	500–550	515	303.00	303.00
4	550–600	587	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	488	342.00	342.00
12	550–600	558	290.00–306.00	302.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	588	270.00	270.00

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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