Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special "All Vacc Calf & Yearling" Auction - Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, 500 - 600 lb new crop steer calves were 6.00 - 15.00 higher. Eight weight yearling steers were 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Today's

heifer trade saw 500 - 600 lb new crop calves 8.00 to 12.00 higher with 800 lb yearling heifers fully steady to 4.00 higher. Quality ran very deep in today's moderate offering of home raised feeder calves with many "off the cow" yesterday. Demand was very good. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $307.24/cwt on 147 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −179.52 against this barn's trailing median of $486.76.

Average price

$307.24

147 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,756

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$123

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

$26.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.65

vs IA average

−2.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	308.50	1,761	140
Medium and Large 1-2	581	281.96	1,638	7thin

One grade step is worth $26.54/cwt here — about $123 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

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 sale147 hd

307.24

—

IA average8 barns · 1,608 hd

306.58

+0.65

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

−2.02

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.76

−179.52

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	230.10/cwt	230.10–230.10	1,979	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,360	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	229.75/cwt	229.75–229.75	1,900	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	222.75/cwt	222.75–222.75	2,007	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	278.72/cwt	278.00–279.00	1,385	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	280.35/cwt	276.00–287.00	1,573	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	267.14/cwt	260.00–271.50	1,688	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	240.51/cwt	210.00–251.50	1,739	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	281.48/cwt	270.50–290.00	1,863	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	314.48/cwt	306.00–319.00	1,698	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	257.87/cwt	249.50–260.25	2,151	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	294.03/cwt	281.00–306.25	1,849	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	348.72/cwt	334.00–362.00	1,622	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	281.96/cwt	276.00–286.50	1,638	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	535	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,578	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	258.34/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,746	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	307.14/cwt	291.00–313.00	1,775	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	265.36/cwt	249.75–272.75	2,035	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	272.54/cwt	255.50–280.50	1,970	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	248.60/cwt	248.60–248.60	2,297	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	247.80/cwt	236.00–258.00	1,680	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	257.25/cwt	257.25–257.25	2,272	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,562	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	257.84/cwt	256.00–260.00	1,459	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	256.04/cwt	248.00–260.00	1,618	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	286.22/cwt	273.50–298.00	1,517	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	657	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,833	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	264.63/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,416	9

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 20, 2024

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

Receipts 2,271Last week 1,943Year ago 2,319

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	446	305.00	305.00
18	450–500	497	278.00–279.00	278.72
23	500–550	530	273.50–298.00	286.22
38	550–600	561	276.00–287.00	280.35
103	600–650	632	248.00–260.00	256.04
28	650–700	678	236.00–258.00	247.80
16	800–850	827	229.75	229.75
70	850–900	860	230.10	230.10
17	900–950	901	222.75	222.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	535	295.00	295.00
26	650–700	657	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	535	264.00–266.00	264.63
11	550–600	566	256.00–260.00	257.84
3	650–700	685	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	416	346.00	346.00
24	450–500	465	334.00–362.00	348.72
26	500–550	540	306.00–319.00	314.48
114	550–600	578	291.00–313.00	307.14
268	600–650	629	281.00–306.25	294.03
110	650–700	662	270.50–290.00	281.48
290	700–750	723	255.50–280.50	272.54
116	750–800	767	249.75–272.75	265.36
81	800–850	834	249.50–260.25	257.87
68	850–900	883	257.25	257.25
58	900–950	924	248.60	248.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	581	276.00–286.50	281.96
29	600–650	632	260.00–271.50	267.14
18	650–700	676	257.00–260.00	258.34
18	700–750	723	210.00–251.50	240.51

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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