Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special "All Vacc Calf & Yearling Auction". No comparison stated today as the previous sale was on Oct 2, 2024. Available today were many load lots of quality, reputation yearling cattle coming off grass. Today's offering of new crop feeder calves saw large groups down to smaller packages. All double vaccinated but many "off the cow". Internet was active. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $307.00/cwt on 184 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −179.77 against this barn's trailing median of $486.76.

Average price

$307.00

184 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,691

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$39.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.72

vs IA average

+5.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	307.86	1,694	180
Medium and Large 1-2	577	268.00	1,546	4thin

One grade step is worth $39.86/cwt here — about $148 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 sale184 hd

307.00

—

IA average6 barns · 1,019 hd

294.28

+12.72

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

+5.15

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.76

−179.77

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

32 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	550–600	583	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,609	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	484	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,394	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,037	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	254.16/cwt	243.00–257.00	1,685	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	275.87/cwt	273.00–279.00	1,487	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	263.07/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,594	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	300.56/cwt	295.50–306.00	1,719	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,406	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	323.49/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,511	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,144	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	251.42/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,803	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	254.79/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,648	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	318.82/cwt	303.50–325.00	1,651	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	290.58/cwt	277.50–298.00	1,793	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	289.62/cwt	280.00–306.00	1,254	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	261.47/cwt	241.00–265.00	1,762	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,362	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	238.10/cwt	238.10–238.10	2,326	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	248.00/cwt	239.50–254.00	1,917	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	352.79/cwt	342.00–364.00	1,453	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	228.75/cwt	228.75–228.75	2,011	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	268.90/cwt	259.00–279.00	1,519	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,546	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	2,172	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	282.12/cwt	276.00–286.00	1,377	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	225.91/cwt	224.00–227.00	1,880	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,103	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	304.67/cwt	299.00–315.00	1,133	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	250.27/cwt	249.50–252.00	2,282	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	254.82/cwt	238.00–258.00	2,074	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,397	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	254.19/cwt	242.00–258.00	1,454	22

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 Nov 6, 2024

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

Receipts 1,943Last week 1,820Year ago 2,146

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	484	288.00	288.00
15	550–600	583	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	372	299.00–315.00	304.67
13	400–450	433	280.00–306.00	289.62
132	450–500	488	276.00–286.00	282.12
23	500–550	539	273.00–279.00	275.87
91	550–600	565	259.00–279.00	268.90
13	600–650	606	260.00–265.00	263.07
21	650–700	663	243.00–257.00	254.16
11	800–850	832	224.00–227.00	225.91
75	850–900	879	228.75	228.75
10	950–1000	952	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	394	280.00	280.00
7	500–550	527	265.00	265.00
22	550–600	572	242.00–258.00	254.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	344	396.00	396.00
5	350–400	372	378.00	378.00
11	400–450	412	342.00–364.00	352.79
34	450–500	467	315.00–330.00	323.49
72	500–550	518	303.50–325.00	318.82
108	550–600	572	295.50–306.00	300.56
96	600–650	617	277.50–298.00	290.58
121	650–700	674	241.00–265.00	261.47
59	700–750	717	240.00–256.00	251.42
80	750–800	773	239.50–254.00	248.00
76	800–850	814	238.00–258.00	254.82
67	850–900	867	250.50	250.50
212	900–950	912	249.50–252.00	250.27
55	950–1000	977	238.10	238.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	260.00	260.00
4	550–600	577	268.00	268.00
18	600–650	647	245.00–267.00	254.79

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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