Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2022-01-05

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Jan 5
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
2,946 head
▲ 537 vs last sale 2,409▲ 165 vs year ago 2,781 · +5.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend, as there was no recent market coverage for comparison. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. The offerings included several large drafts and load lots. Trade was active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $171.59/cwt on 1,793 head.
Average price
$171.59
1,793 head · 707 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,213
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.59
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1710172.191,2231,655
Medium and Large 1-2667164.451,097138
One grade step is worth $7.74/cwt here — about $126 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1,793 hd
171.59
—
IA average9 barns · 9,709 hd
171.01
+0.59
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1266205.00/cwt205.00–205.005458
Steers—Medium and Large 1403216.00/cwt216.00–216.0087015
Steers—Medium and Large 1464206.03/cwt196.00–213.2595634
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned464202.87/cwt194.00–212.009416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2484186.06/cwt184.00–188.0090112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518183.00/cwt180.00–185.0094817
Steers—Medium and Large 1525196.05/cwt189.00–205.001,02984
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned553170.00/cwt170.00–170.009403
Steers—Medium and Large 1567190.55/cwt183.00–196.501,080101
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned582183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,06513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587175.13/cwt174.50–177.001,02819
Steers—Medium and Large 1611183.62/cwt175.00–189.251,122152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2646170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,09810
Steers—Medium and Large 1676172.58/cwt163.75–180.601,167349
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy719174.76/cwt173.25–175.101,257113
Steers—Medium and Large 1729168.20/cwt156.75–171.751,226219
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2745153.78/cwt153.50–155.501,14657
Steers—Medium and Large 1757167.20/cwt159.75–170.851,266111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2772153.33/cwt153.00–154.001,18415
Steers—Medium and Large 1822158.47/cwt152.50–160.001,303233
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2832149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,2445
Steers—Medium and Large 1880155.73/cwt147.50–157.001,370136
Steers—Medium and Large 1927152.99/cwt149.75–154.101,41881
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2322160.00/cwt160.00–160.005156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440162.68/cwt162.00–165.0071613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned470161.00/cwt161.00–161.007573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1489162.37/cwt158.25–164.2579458
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525159.96/cwt151.00–164.50840165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned571154.63/cwt154.00–155.5088316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572157.12/cwt150.00–160.25899128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584138.00/cwt138.00–138.008068
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613157.44/cwt147.50–161.50965323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2639143.25/cwt143.00–144.0091516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673155.13/cwt147.50–161.001,044158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676140.70/cwt138.00–144.0095136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1709155.39/cwt149.00–158.751,10245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2723144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761143.25/cwt143.25–143.251,09027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2790138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0907

This sale against other markets

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.