Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last sale was one month ago no comparison is available. Today was the annual back to grass calf and yearling special. Demand was good for all cattle suitable to run on grass. Cattle too heavy to develop into yearlings sold on moderate demand. Good buyer attendance was seen with a mix of order buyers and farmer feeders noted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $315.20/cwt on 178 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −171.57 against this barn's trailing median of $486.76.

Average price

$315.20

178 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,745

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$53

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

$39.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.64

vs IA average

+9.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	326.79	1,760	112
Large 1	576	297.05	1,711	56
Medium and Large 1-2	595	287.00	1,708	10thin

One grade step is worth $39.79/cwt here — about $53 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale178 hd

315.20

—

IA average6 barns · 679 hd

320.83

−5.64

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

+9.73

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.76

−171.57

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

53 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	248.63/cwt	239.75–262.00	1,912	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	747	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,211	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	681	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,703	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	1,902	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,542	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	209.75/cwt	209.75–209.75	2,024	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	538	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,786	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	238.04/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,616	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,660	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,708	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,392	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	512	299.26/cwt	289.00–303.00	1,532	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	386.92/cwt	375.00–397.50	1,590	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	798	216.75/cwt	216.75–216.75	1,730	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	875	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,943	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	304.94/cwt	303.00–311.00	1,561	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	250.52/cwt	246.00–255.50	1,656	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,089	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	332.14/cwt	328.00–339.00	1,581	28
Steers	Large 1	650–700	676	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,768	45
Steers	Large 1	400–450	425	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,615	6
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	441	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,323	6
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	625	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,563	8
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	410	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,328	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	706	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,454	8
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	795	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,713	10
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	657	242.75/cwt	242.75–242.75	1,595	33
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	575	258.77/cwt	258.50–259.00	1,488	37
Steers	Large 1	800–850	827	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,886	11
Steers	Large 1	750–800	789	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,854	14
Steers	Large 1	550–600	576	297.05/cwt	288.00–309.50	1,711	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	254.45/cwt	251.00–257.50	1,585	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	1,987	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	285.93/cwt	281.00–290.00	1,636	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	395.79/cwt	377.50–412.50	1,453	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	234.12/cwt	229.00–237.50	1,686	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,789	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	2,060	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	321.25/cwt	320.00–323.00	1,378	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	315.29/cwt	310.00–319.00	1,807	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	313.58/cwt	311.00–316.00	1,455	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	326.26/cwt	319.00–332.00	1,227	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	683	284.75/cwt	284.75–284.75	1,945	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	442	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,587	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	228.34/cwt	222.00–235.75	2,089	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	550	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,749	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	290.61/cwt	283.00–293.00	1,965	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,908	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	336.89/cwt	311.00–353.00	1,701	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	450	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,400	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	351.90/cwt	349.00–361.00	1,679	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	436	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,386	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	337	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,065	8

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

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

Receipts 2,074Last week 1,359Year ago 1,445

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	367	377.50–412.50	395.79
44	400–450	411	375.00–397.50	386.92
29	450–500	477	349.00–361.00	351.90
42	500–550	505	311.00–353.00	336.89
38	550–600	573	310.00–319.00	315.29
13	600–650	646	294.50	294.50
30	650–700	676	283.00–293.00	290.61
22	700–750	731	261.00	261.00
55	750–800	769	239.75–262.00	248.63
65	800–850	843	235.75	235.75
65	850–900	871	236.50	236.50
211	900–950	915	222.00–235.75	228.34
63	950–1000	965	209.75	209.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	442	359.00	359.00
21	500–550	538	332.00	332.00
11	550–600	550	318.00	318.00
8	650–700	681	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	476	328.00–339.00	332.14
10	550–600	595	287.00	287.00
6	600–650	608	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	850–900	875	222.00	222.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	425	380.00	380.00
56	550–600	576	288.00–309.50	297.05
45	650–700	676	261.50	261.50
14	750–800	789	235.00	235.00
11	800–850	827	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	410	324.00	324.00
8	600–650	625	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
50	700–750	747	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	530	291.00	291.00
5	550–600	580	240.00	240.00
15	650–700	679	235.00–240.00	238.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	337	316.00	316.00
11	400–450	436	318.00	318.00
7	450–500	450	311.00	311.00
23	500–550	512	289.00–303.00	299.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	706	206.00	206.00
34	750–800	798	216.75	216.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	330	330.00	330.00
32	350–400	376	319.00–332.00	326.26
26	400–450	429	320.00–323.00	321.25
41	450–500	464	311.00–316.00	313.58
64	500–550	512	303.00–311.00	304.94
60	550–600	572	281.00–290.00	285.93
41	600–650	623	251.00–257.50	254.45
62	650–700	661	246.00–255.50	250.52
85	700–750	720	229.00–237.50	234.12
66	750–800	778	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	441	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	550–600	575	258.50–259.00	258.77
33	650–700	657	242.75	242.75
10	750–800	795	215.50	215.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
33	650–700	683	284.75	284.75

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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