Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL "BACK TO GRASS CALF & YEARLING" AUCTION - - - No comparison made today as the previous sale was reported 30 days ago. A tremendous offering of high quality, reputation yearling cattle was available today in load lots. Demand was very good. Also offered today was many packages of long time weaned, double vaccinated, home raised fall steers and heifers. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $319.07/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −167.69 against this barn's trailing median of $486.76.

Average price

$319.07

109 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,781

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$29.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.44

vs IA average

+9.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	320.99	1,787	102
Medium and Large 1-2	578	291.00	1,682	7thin

One grade step is worth $29.99/cwt here — about $105 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 sale109 hd

319.07

—

IA average5 barns · 623 hd

328.51

−9.44

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

+9.91

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.76

−167.69

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

31 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	752	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,835	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	615	283.25/cwt	283.25–283.25	1,742	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	831	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,036	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	605	318.75/cwt	318.75–318.75	1,928	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	705	281.58/cwt	278.50–282.50	1,985	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,200	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	238.22/cwt	224.00–247.50	2,194	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	274.86/cwt	264.00–286.75	1,572	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,383	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	308.96/cwt	290.00–318.50	1,888	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	245.12/cwt	243.00–251.00	1,789	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	233.60/cwt	233.60–233.60	1,927	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,595	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	274.17/cwt	258.00–280.00	1,711	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	247.11/cwt	246.00–248.00	1,710	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	244.57/cwt	235.50–248.00	2,169	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	281.54/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,875	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	304.04/cwt	297.00–307.00	1,487	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	277.54/cwt	265.00–280.25	1,954	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,696	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	256.46/cwt	254.50–258.50	2,126	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	245.22/cwt	236.00–246.00	1,898	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	989	224.41/cwt	223.85–228.00	2,219	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	314.64/cwt	309.00–322.00	1,328	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,682	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	335.04/cwt	328.00–338.50	1,739	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	270.48/cwt	248.00–284.00	1,277	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	312.30/cwt	298.00–326.00	1,811	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	341.27/cwt	326.00–353.00	1,624	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	266.75/cwt	266.75–266.75	2,115	59

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 Jun 5, 2024

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

Receipts 1,599Last week 1,989Year ago 1,390

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	600–650	615	283.25	283.25
21	750–800	752	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	366	328.00	328.00
9	400–450	422	309.00–322.00	314.64
10	450–500	489	297.00–307.00	304.04
23	500–550	523	305.00	305.00
80	550–600	572	264.00–286.75	274.86
61	600–650	624	258.00–280.00	274.17
20	650–700	692	246.00–248.00	247.11
77	700–750	730	243.00–251.00	245.12
85	750–800	774	236.00–246.00	245.22
61	800–850	825	233.60	233.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	472	248.00–284.00	270.48
4	550–600	575	250.00	250.00
9	650–700	655	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	605	318.75	318.75
78	700–750	705	278.50–282.50	281.58
22	800–850	831	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	380	364.00	364.00
13	450–500	476	326.00–353.00	341.27
39	500–550	519	328.00–338.50	335.04
63	550–600	580	298.00–326.00	312.30
38	600–650	611	290.00–318.50	308.96
22	650–700	666	270.00–289.00	281.54
72	700–750	704	265.00–280.25	277.54
59	750–800	793	266.75	266.75
132	800–850	829	254.50–258.50	256.46
157	850–900	887	235.50–248.00	244.57
130	900–950	921	224.00–247.50	238.22
65	950–1000	989	223.85–228.00	224.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	578	291.00	291.00

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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