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Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-03

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Fri, Jun 3

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

← May 4Jun 3Aug 24 →

Receipts

1,263 head

▼ 1,169 vs last sale 2,432▲ 1,263 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special "Calf & Yearling Cattle" Sale. Compared to a month ago, steers 600-680 pounds were 2.00-5.00 higher. Light heifers mostly 5.00-12.00 lower, heavy heifers 600-650 pounds 8.00 higher. Few load lots today. Demand was good. Active trade.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $179.34/cwt on 539 head.

Average price

$179.34

539 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,190

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$75.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.52

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	670	180.64	1,210	480
Medium and Large 1-2	595	172.16	1,025	56
Large 1	953	105.00	1,001	3thin

One grade step is worth $75.64/cwt here — about $209 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 sale539 hd

179.34

—

IA average7 barns · 4,863 hd

177.82

+1.52

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	203.04/cwt	198.00–208.00	792	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	199.96/cwt	186.00–212.00	850	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	454	214.22/cwt	211.00–217.00	973	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	463	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	796	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	192.04/cwt	184.00–204.00	989	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	831	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	198.46/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,129	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	175.13/cwt	163.00–177.50	1,039	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	191.67/cwt	180.00–201.00	1,190	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	172.04/cwt	161.00–178.50	1,072	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	183.14/cwt	170.50–190.00	1,227	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	686	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,053	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	171.18/cwt	156.00–175.50	1,258	111
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	167.07/cwt	150.00–170.00	1,296	108
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	811	163.27/cwt	160.00–164.00	1,324	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	953	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,306	3
Steers	—	Large 1	953	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,001	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	181.39/cwt	180.00–182.00	675	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	173.04/cwt	166.00–180.00	718	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	182.43/cwt	178.00–184.50	768	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	181.51/cwt	177.00–184.00	859	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	740	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	173.16/cwt	160.00–179.00	892	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	159.21/cwt	156.00–163.00	833	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	151.84/cwt	145.00–157.00	867	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	170.55/cwt	163.00–183.00	979	99
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	163.97/cwt	155.00–169.00	1,013	96
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	882	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	160.77/cwt	155.00–164.00	1,082	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	125.98/cwt	122.00–130.00	860	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	703	146.75/cwt	141.50–153.00	1,032	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	145.80/cwt	145.50–148.00	1,136	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	805	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,111	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	854	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,213	5
Heifers	—	Large 1	932	138.11/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,287	13

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Creston Livestock Feeder Cattle - Creston, IA

Fri Jun 3, 2022

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

Receipts 1,263Last week 2,432Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	515	160.00–179.00	173.16
16	—	673	155.00–164.00	160.77
5	—	854	142.00	142.00
7	—	805	138.00	138.00
10	—	372	180.00–182.00	181.39
11	—	703	141.50–153.00	146.75
12	—	421	178.00–184.50	182.43
96	—	618	155.00–169.00	163.97
99	—	574	163.00–183.00	170.55
15	—	473	177.00–184.00	181.51
65	—	779	145.50–148.00	145.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	683	122.00–130.00	125.98
3	—	623	141.50	141.50
8	—	415	166.00–180.00	173.04
9	—	523	156.00–163.00	159.21
12	—	571	145.00–157.00	151.84
3	—	490	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	932	133.00–140.00	138.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	390	198.00–208.00	203.04
48	—	670	170.50–190.00	183.14
48	—	515	184.00–204.00	192.04
108	—	776	150.00–170.00	167.07
11	—	425	186.00–212.00	199.96
111	—	735	156.00–175.50	171.18
17	—	811	160.00–164.00	163.27
36	—	569	190.00–205.00	198.46
80	—	621	180.00–201.00	191.67
3	—	953	137.00	137.00
12	—	454	211.00–217.00	214.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	593	163.00–177.50	175.13
3	—	463	172.00	172.00
3	—	686	153.50	153.50
3	—	516	161.00	161.00
16	—	623	161.00–178.50	172.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	953	105.00	105.00

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.