Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2022-04-13

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Apr 13
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
2,209 head
▲ 302 vs last sale 1,907▲ 2,209 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special- "All Vacc Calf & Yearling Cattle" Sale. No trend, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Many load lots today. Demand good for the moderate offerings. Trade active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $167.43/cwt on 1,196 head.
Average price
$167.43
1,196 head · 733 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,228
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$324
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$45.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.75
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2577175.371,01167
Medium and Large 1738167.491,2371,113
Large 11,032129.411,33616thin
One grade step is worth $45.97/cwt here — about −$324 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 sale1,196 hd
167.43
—
IA average8 barns · 8,128 hd
166.68
+0.75
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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2371200.00/cwt200.00–200.007427
Steers—Medium and Large 1417215.78/cwt205.00–226.0090014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2417185.00/cwt185.00–185.007713
Steers—Medium and Large 1472205.22/cwt201.00–213.0096941
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2493190.50/cwt190.50–190.509393
Steers—Medium and Large 1538206.52/cwt198.00–208.251,11140
Steers—Medium and Large 1578195.04/cwt186.00–203.501,127159
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,05121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615167.14/cwt160.00–171.501,02822
Steers—Medium and Large 1631185.42/cwt184.75–186.501,17021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660164.38/cwt160.00–167.001,0858
Steers—Medium and Large 1665175.74/cwt171.00–184.751,169173
Steers—Medium and Large 1727161.89/cwt154.00–166.001,17776
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2743150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,1183
Steers—Medium and Large 1786159.38/cwt157.00–164.001,253203
Steers—Medium and Large 1834151.06/cwt149.75–156.251,260101
Steers—Medium and Large 1872148.83/cwt144.00–150.001,298143
Steers—Medium and Large 1921142.83/cwt135.00–144.751,315135
Steers—Medium and Large 1979134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,3127
Steers—Large 11,028129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,33113
Steers—Large 11,050129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,3553
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372184.78/cwt179.50–187.506879
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386199.40/cwt195.00–211.0077015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434174.78/cwt170.00–178.0075928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483171.53/cwt166.00–176.5082841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2503155.00/cwt155.00–155.007803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532173.49/cwt165.00–176.2592359
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567171.26/cwt160.00–177.0097147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned586155.75/cwt155.75–155.759137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2587149.69/cwt141.25–155.0087921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625144.15/cwt140.00–150.0090114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1636159.30/cwt156.00–164.251,01391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1657154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,0159
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674146.76/cwt138.00–150.2598919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724143.24/cwt142.25–146.751,03766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1770145.12/cwt145.00–145.251,117140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2770139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,0746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2835123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,0314
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Large 11,210115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3926

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.