Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, 500 - 600 lb new crop feeder steer calves were 10.00 to 16.00 higher with no comparison stated on yearling cattle due to light offering. Heifer trade on 500 - 600 lb feeder calves saw the market 10.00 to 14.00 higher. Today's auction featured many consignments of high quality, home raised feeder calves sired by Nichols Angus. In today's moderate offering, equal numbers of replacement feeder calves were both "weaned" and "off the cow" with no selling price difference apparent. Demand was very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $322.90/cwt on 256 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −163.87 against this barn's trailing median of $486.76.

Average price

$322.90

256 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,827

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$15.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.65

vs IA average

−2.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	325.66	1,828	211
Medium and Large 1-2	588	309.92	1,822	45

One grade step is worth $15.74/cwt here — about $5 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 sale256 hd

322.90

—

IA average3 barns · 853 hd

325.54

−2.65

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−2.47

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.76

−163.87

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	450–500	481	315.58/cwt	305.00–322.00	1,518	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	311.87/cwt	303.50–323.00	1,594	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	268.90/cwt	253.00–282.75	1,673	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	261.26/cwt	241.00–267.50	1,740	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	241.75/cwt	241.75–241.75	1,799	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,446	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	342.63/cwt	334.00–378.00	1,621	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	305.14/cwt	298.00–314.50	1,916	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	323.34/cwt	316.50–339.00	1,856	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,148	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	332.09/cwt	318.50–347.00	1,747	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	289.06/cwt	274.50–301.00	1,922	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	284.81/cwt	273.00–292.50	2,079	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	382.44/cwt	373.00–389.00	1,499	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	309.92/cwt	308.00–311.00	1,822	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	619	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	1,712	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,710	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	777	260.41/cwt	254.00–266.00	2,023	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	713	282.58/cwt	270.00–292.00	2,015	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,826	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	250.95/cwt	233.00–261.50	2,038	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,929	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	248.65/cwt	240.00–277.00	1,942	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	287.48/cwt	274.00–312.00	1,650	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	313.41/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,319	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	288.51/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,500	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	272.72/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,565	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	508	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,585	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	885	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,080	3

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 Dec 4, 2024

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

Receipts 2,535Last week 2,271Year ago 2,504

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	421	310.00–317.00	313.41
64	450–500	481	305.00–322.00	315.58
80	500–550	511	303.50–323.00	311.87
150	550–600	574	274.00–312.00	287.48
115	600–650	622	253.00–282.75	268.90
189	650–700	666	241.00–267.50	261.26
54	700–750	744	241.75	241.75
17	750–800	755	255.50	255.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	490	295.00	295.00
10	500–550	520	287.00–290.00	288.51
35	550–600	574	270.00–274.00	272.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	508	312.00	312.00
21	600–650	619	276.50	276.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	392	373.00–389.00	382.44
3	400–450	443	386.00	386.00
24	450–500	473	334.00–378.00	342.63
56	500–550	526	318.50–347.00	332.09
155	550–600	574	316.50–339.00	323.34
138	600–650	628	298.00–314.50	305.14
220	650–700	665	274.50–301.00	289.06
228	700–750	730	273.00–292.50	284.81
65	750–800	781	240.00–277.00	248.65
27	800–850	812	233.00–261.50	250.95
5	900–950	914	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	550–600	588	308.00–311.00	309.92
4	600–650	622	293.50	293.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	700–750	713	270.00–292.00	282.58
17	750–800	777	254.00–266.00	260.41
3	850–900	885	235.00	235.00

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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