Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2022-01-12

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Jan 12
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
3,104 head
▲ 158 vs last sale 2,946▲ 1,219 vs year ago 1,885 · +64.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 550 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 higher; 550-750 lbs. mostly 2.00-7.00 lower; steers over 750 lbs. ended mixed. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. were mostly 7.00 higher, those over 600 lbs. were steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. 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 $170.42/cwt on 1,616 head.
Average price
$170.42
1,616 head · 703 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,198
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.24
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1704170.991,2031,524
Medium and Large 1-2686160.921,10592
One grade step is worth $10.07/cwt here — about $99 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 sale1,616 hd
170.42
—
IA average13 barns · 16,173 hd
170.18
+0.24
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1419214.97/cwt205.00–217.0090127
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned447195.00/cwt195.00–195.008726
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned460191.50/cwt191.50–191.5088111
Steers—Medium and Large 1479206.08/cwt197.00–211.0098719
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487182.62/cwt180.00–186.008897
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510182.00/cwt182.00–182.009285
Steers—Medium and Large 1523197.81/cwt187.50–205.501,03553
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned534177.00/cwt177.00–177.009455
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2557168.05/cwt166.00–174.009368
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned570177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,00931
Steers—Medium and Large 1580188.48/cwt184.50–195.751,093184
Steers—Medium and Large 1635175.72/cwt170.50–178.501,116139
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635162.50/cwt161.00–164.001,0326
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned661164.25/cwt159.00–169.751,08651
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672160.13/cwt160.00–160.501,07616
Steers—Medium and Large 1674172.06/cwt163.25–176.501,160243
Steers—Medium and Large 1720164.11/cwt157.50–169.251,182166
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2738154.20/cwt151.00–156.001,13811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2769153.83/cwt147.00–155.001,18320
Steers—Medium and Large 1776162.44/cwt155.75–168.751,261253
Steers—Medium and Large 1818162.48/cwt156.75–167.001,329187
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2836154.75/cwt154.75–154.751,2947
Steers—Medium and Large 1874154.16/cwt148.00–155.001,34782
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2879142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,2487
Steers—Medium and Large 1915153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,40569
Steers—Medium and Large 1970124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,2033
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1397173.00/cwt173.00–173.006876
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned415160.00/cwt160.00–160.006644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1442173.17/cwt171.50–174.007659
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485171.60/cwt164.00–173.7583239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned501162.00/cwt162.00–162.0081215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534167.45/cwt160.00–173.50894141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned551162.50/cwt162.50–162.508958
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574163.77/cwt154.25–169.50940140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584151.91/cwt151.00–152.5088725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618157.46/cwt151.25–161.75973234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned627142.09/cwt141.00–144.5089113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630145.00/cwt145.00–145.0091414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673153.66/cwt147.50–160.501,034327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678143.99/cwt142.00–145.0097616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2703140.00/cwt140.00–140.0098413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718151.91/cwt143.00–155.001,091128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1800140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,1243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1855132.44/cwt130.00–138.501,13214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1984124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,22514
Heifers—Large 11,054117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,2387

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.