Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated today as the previous feeder cattle auction was in August. Available today were many load lots of quality yearling steers and heifers coming off grass. Also today were many smaller packages of reputation new crop calves, double vaccinated and many off the cow. Demand was very good for today's moderate offering. Trade very active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $288.12/cwt on 169 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −198.65 against this barn's trailing median of $486.76.

Average price

$288.12

169 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,580

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$24.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.66

vs IA average

+1.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	290.74	1,594	151
Medium and Large 1-2	550	266.11	1,463	18thin

One grade step is worth $24.63/cwt here — about $131 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 sale169 hd

288.12

—

IA average4 barns · 853 hd

297.78

−9.66

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

+1.30

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.76

−198.65

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	500–550	523	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,491	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,077	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,737	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	231.31/cwt	231.00–232.00	1,621	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	261.31/cwt	253.00–275.00	1,476	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	265.61/cwt	258.00–279.00	1,413	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	928	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,069	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,960	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	270.61/cwt	262.00–279.00	1,678	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	281.32/cwt	271.00–294.00	1,609	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	292.59/cwt	290.00–294.00	1,241	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	261.61/cwt	247.00–270.00	1,729	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	242.49/cwt	238.75–245.75	2,124	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,111	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	319.00/cwt	299.00–339.00	1,474	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	284.74/cwt	279.00–287.00	1,390	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	325.88/cwt	325.00–328.00	1,385	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	2,082	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	249.37/cwt	247.00–258.00	1,566	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	485	309.75/cwt	309.75–309.75	1,502	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	240.71/cwt	234.00–247.50	2,227	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,495	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	299.10/cwt	281.00–316.50	1,576	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	268.57/cwt	267.75–269.50	1,963	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	228.67/cwt	224.00–229.10	1,866	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	283.11/cwt	278.00–298.00	1,206	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,418	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,046	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	2,129	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	263.37/cwt	263.00–264.00	1,156	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	2,002	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	282.82/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,349	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	209.33/cwt	209.00–210.00	1,850	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	263.09/cwt	252.00–267.75	1,992	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	258.82/cwt	247.75–263.00	2,146	259

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 Oct 2, 2024

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

Receipts 1,820Last week 2,856Year ago 2,297

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	523	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	277.50	277.50
17	400–450	426	278.00–298.00	283.11
19	450–500	477	280.00–285.00	282.82
21	500–550	532	258.00–279.00	265.61
16	550–600	565	253.00–275.00	261.31
29	600–650	628	247.00–258.00	249.37
13	700–750	701	231.00–232.00	231.31
4	750–800	757	229.50	229.50
99	800–850	816	224.00–229.10	228.67
18	850–900	884	209.00–210.00	209.33
68	900–950	912	219.50	219.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	439	263.00–264.00	263.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	424	290.00–294.00	292.59
17	450–500	488	279.00–287.00	284.74
10	500–550	536	279.00	279.00
8	550–600	567	250.00	250.00
6	800–850	845	232.00	232.00
4	900–950	928	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	321	346.00	346.00
20	400–450	425	325.00–328.00	325.88
44	450–500	462	299.00–339.00	319.00
80	500–550	527	281.00–316.50	299.10
71	550–600	572	271.00–294.00	281.32
114	600–650	620	262.00–279.00	270.61
39	650–700	661	247.00–270.00	261.61
136	700–750	731	267.75–269.50	268.57
151	750–800	757	252.00–267.75	263.09
259	800–850	829	247.75–263.00	258.82
139	850–900	876	238.75–245.75	242.49
190	900–950	925	234.00–247.50	240.71
7	950–1000	975	213.50	213.50
8	1000–1050	1,046	203.50	203.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	485	309.75	309.75

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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