Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL "CUSTOMER APPRECIATION BBQ" AUCTION - - - No comparison stated today as the previous feeder auction was in June. Many load lots of high quality, long time weaned, vaccinated feeder cattle were offered today. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Trade was active.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.56/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −152.71 against this barn's trailing median of $418.27.

Average price

$265.56

27 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,466

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

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

$6.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.19

vs IA average

+21.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	266.26	1,474	24
Medium and Large 1-2	541	260.00	1,407	3thin

One grade step is worth $6.26/cwt here — about $67 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $456.14, low $383.09, median $418.27 across 12 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 sale27 hd

265.56

—

IA average3 barns · 83 hd

271.75

−6.19

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

+21.15

This barn, trailing median12 sales

418.27

−152.71

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

29 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Natural	350–400	386	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,216	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	692	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,744	29
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,101	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,285	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	277.81/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,356	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	273.12/cwt	268.00–276.00	1,453	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	259.40/cwt	252.00–265.00	1,492	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	283.40/cwt	277.00–289.00	1,647	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,445	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	260.02/cwt	253.00–263.75	1,916	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	937	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,005	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	251.01/cwt	246.00–254.00	1,953	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	279.51/cwt	273.00–282.50	1,758	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	272.73/cwt	270.00–282.75	1,863	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	231.70/cwt	230.75–233.25	2,134	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	235.25/cwt	235.25–235.25	1,915	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	236.19/cwt	231.25–237.50	1,748	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,445	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,407	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	222.18/cwt	221.25–223.75	1,942	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,752	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	234.41/cwt	230.75–241.00	2,058	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	229.42/cwt	226.00–234.00	1,778	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	244.45/cwt	240.00–250.50	2,007	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,733	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	253.04/cwt	251.00–256.50	1,582	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	214.99/cwt	214.50–215.50	2,004	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	225.00/cwt	221.75–229.50	1,859	347
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	242.74/cwt	241.25–248.75	1,655	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	220.25/cwt	220.25–220.25	2,165	38

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 Aug 21, 2024

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

Receipts 2,856Last week 701Year ago 820

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	386	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	650–700	692	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	1100–1150	1,101	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	488	270.00–283.00	277.81
12	500–550	532	268.00–276.00	273.12
12	550–600	575	252.00–265.00	259.40
48	600–650	625	251.00–256.50	253.04
88	650–700	682	241.25–248.75	242.74
189	700–750	740	231.25–237.50	236.19
223	750–800	775	226.00–234.00	229.42
347	800–850	826	221.75–229.50	225.00
325	850–900	874	221.25–223.75	222.18
126	900–950	932	214.50–215.50	214.99
38	950–1000	983	220.25	220.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	541	260.00	260.00
5	750–800	795	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	495	292.00	292.00
5	500–550	507	285.00	285.00
17	550–600	581	277.00–289.00	283.40
44	600–650	629	273.00–282.50	279.51
83	650–700	683	270.00–282.75	272.73
73	700–750	737	253.00–263.75	260.02
157	750–800	778	246.00–254.00	251.01
264	800–850	821	240.00–250.50	244.45
162	850–900	878	230.75–241.00	234.41
125	900–950	921	230.75–233.25	231.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	724	242.00	242.00
16	800–850	814	235.25	235.25
6	900–950	937	214.00	214.00

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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