Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL "BACK TO GRASS CALF & YEARLING" AUCTION - - - - No comparison made today as the previously reported sale was 30 days ago. Great offering today of light weight fall calves in smaller packages. Also available today were many load lots of quality yearling steers and heifers. Demand was very good for today's moderate offering. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $318.80/cwt on 126 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −167.96 against this barn's trailing median of $486.76.

Average price

$318.80

126 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,781

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$48.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.22

vs IA average

+9.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	323.07	1,796	115
Medium and Large 1-2	590	274.18	1,618	11thin

One grade step is worth $48.88/cwt here — about $177 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 sale126 hd

318.80

—

IA average5 barns · 692 hd

319.02

−0.22

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

+9.09

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.76

−167.96

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

37 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	450–500	470	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	1,506	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	575	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,869	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	425	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,628	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	482	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	1,738	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	312.00/cwt	308.00–316.00	1,217	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	318.36/cwt	312.00–321.00	1,458	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	286.43/cwt	277.00–296.50	1,913	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,579	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	249.87/cwt	240.00–262.00	1,697	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	223.04/cwt	201.00–226.25	1,856	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	269.35/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,533	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	335.42/cwt	329.00–343.00	1,751	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	231.81/cwt	226.50–234.50	1,762	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	300.44/cwt	296.00–302.75	1,854	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	325.02/cwt	319.00–327.00	1,391	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	308.67/cwt	283.00–319.50	1,593	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	230.10/cwt	230.10–230.10	2,124	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,317	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	239.10/cwt	239.10–239.10	2,099	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	249.95/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,667	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	238.50/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,748	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	261.97/cwt	252.50–275.00	1,899	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	257.12/cwt	256.50–259.00	1,592	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	347.91/cwt	328.00–357.00	1,660	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	995	202.75/cwt	202.75–202.75	2,017	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,468	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,417	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	592	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,705	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	250.18/cwt	249.85–250.50	2,097	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,018	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	317.29/cwt	298.00–335.00	1,805	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,776	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,800	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	278.22/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,308	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	511	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,589	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,931	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,269	4

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 May 8, 2024

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

Receipts 1,989Last week 2,074Year ago 1,692

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	470	320.50	320.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	390	308.00–316.00	312.00
35	400–450	428	319.00–327.00	325.02
18	450–500	458	312.00–321.00	318.36
60	500–550	516	283.00–319.50	308.67
52	550–600	569	260.00–280.00	269.35
39	600–650	619	256.50–259.00	257.12
67	650–700	679	240.00–262.00	249.87
27	700–750	733	234.00–240.00	238.50
46	750–800	760	226.50–234.50	231.81
194	800–850	832	201.00–226.25	223.04
65	850–900	864	223.50	223.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	460	308.00	308.00
13	500–550	511	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	470	270.00–287.00	278.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	425	383.00	383.00
23	450–500	482	360.50	360.50
8	550–600	575	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	370	356.00	356.00
14	400–450	435	363.00	363.00
53	450–500	477	328.00–357.00	347.91
33	500–550	522	329.00–343.00	335.42
68	550–600	569	298.00–335.00	317.29
60	600–650	617	296.00–302.75	300.44
38	650–700	668	277.00–296.50	286.43
127	700–750	725	252.50–275.00	261.97
5	750–800	790	255.50	255.50
121	800–850	838	249.85–250.50	250.18
69	850–900	878	239.10	239.10
63	900–950	923	230.10	230.10
34	950–1000	995	202.75	202.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	566	318.00	318.00
9	650–700	667	245.00–256.00	249.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	412	308.00	308.00
4	550–600	587	250.00	250.00
6	650–700	691	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	592	288.00	288.00

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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