Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2024-12-11

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Dec 11
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
2,393 head
142 vs last sale 2,535 444 vs year ago 1,949 · +22.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, 500 - 600 lb feeder steer calves were 6.00 to 9.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 500 - 600 lb calves fully steady to 15.00 higher. Available today were load lots of quality yearling cattle in high demand but no comparison stated given smaller offering 2 weeks ago. Today's offering of new crop feeder calves were mostly "weaned", double vaccinated and high quality home raised calves. Demand was very good for today's moderate offering. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $332.99/cwt on 108 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits 153.77 against this barn's trailing median of $486.76.
Average price
$332.99
108 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,793
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$298
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$59.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.59
vs IA average
+8.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538336.291,809102
Medium and Large 1-2546277.001,5116thin
One grade step is worth $59.29/cwt here — about $298 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
518497477457median 486.7601/0701/2103/1104/0805/20
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 sale108 hd
332.99
IA average8 barns · 2,134 hd
324.41
+8.59
National average185 barns · 29,268 hd
324.35
+8.64
This barn, trailing median10 sales
486.76
−153.77
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

27 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400375347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,3016
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500474318.89/cwt308.00–329.001,51215
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650615263.85/cwt258.25–271.501,62336
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518309.07/cwt295.50–318.001,60147
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600559306.84/cwt292.00–312.501,71563
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850800236.35/cwt236.35–236.351,89165
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600581265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5403
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750712261.66/cwt261.50–262.001,86310
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950921241.48/cwt241.35–241.602,224120
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750726245.66/cwt242.50–263.001,78387
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900866257.17/cwt256.85–257.502,227130
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750718285.24/cwt283.50–286.002,048135
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850821253.52/cwt235.00–256.502,08122
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450429342.75/cwt327.00–349.001,47025
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800765262.28/cwt256.50–263.002,00628
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700674261.74/cwt254.00–274.751,764133
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600581274.76/cwt264.00–285.001,59629
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700690230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5874
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500499353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,76113
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575326.81/cwt318.00–329.751,87920
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550510289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,4743
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750725230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,66812
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900868235.02/cwt232.35–236.752,040192
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950904232.10/cwt232.10–232.102,09865
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650620312.41/cwt299.50–320.501,937167
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550529338.60/cwt320.00–348.001,79182
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700681291.37/cwt285.00–296.751,98493

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.