Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2022-08-24

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Aug 24
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
2,533 head
▲ 1,270 vs last sale 1,263▲ 458 vs year ago 2,075 · +22.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ. No recent auction sale for comparison. Many large groups and load lots. Active trade with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $186.19/cwt on 1,457 head.
Average price
$186.19
1,457 head · 776 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,445
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$696
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$40.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.11
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2551198.591,09432
Medium and Large 1768186.921,4361,375
Large 11,133158.001,79050
One grade step is worth $40.59/cwt here — about −$696 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 sale1,457 hd
186.19
—
IA average6 barns · 4,248 hd
181.08
+5.11
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 1352230.00/cwt230.00–230.008105
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375217.00/cwt217.00–217.0081410
Steers—Medium and Large 1435227.50/cwt227.50–227.5099016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470167.00/cwt167.00–167.007853
Steers—Medium and Large 1482205.00/cwt205.00–205.009884
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525188.00/cwt188.00–188.009874
Steers—Medium and Large 1527207.76/cwt203.00–210.001,09528
Steers—Medium and Large 1558196.27/cwt191.00–202.001,09523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,2068
Steers—Medium and Large 1630202.06/cwt195.00–209.751,273105
Steers—Medium and Large 1675194.20/cwt185.00–204.001,311159
Steers—Medium and Large 1729190.02/cwt180.00–196.751,385241
Steers—Medium and Large 1771184.42/cwt180.00–188.001,422146
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy786187.11/cwt185.75–189.251,47153
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy820186.75/cwt186.75–186.751,53156
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed822180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4807
Steers—Medium and Large 1836183.37/cwt163.00–190.751,533276
Steers—Medium and Large 1866180.05/cwt169.00–185.001,559109
Steers—Medium and Large 1923166.86/cwt155.00–169.001,540130
Steers—Medium and Large 1956166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,5873
Steers—Medium and Large 11,005165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,65821
Steers—Large 11,008162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,6385
Steers—Large 11,147157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,80745
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2396185.00/cwt185.00–185.007333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433188.00/cwt188.00–188.008143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460183.39/cwt182.50–184.0084415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528173.46/cwt163.00–186.0091622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536194.36/cwt193.00–195.501,04213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577186.03/cwt167.00–193.001,07348
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2589187.23/cwt186.50–189.501,10316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622186.68/cwt185.00–188.001,16144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674180.44/cwt172.50–186.001,216216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2690147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1708174.51/cwt167.00–179.501,23678
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2716167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1766173.73/cwt168.00–179.001,33192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy783172.75/cwt172.75–172.751,35374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1815171.74/cwt152.00–173.251,40064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy849165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,40566
Heifers—Medium and Large 1861172.54/cwt164.50–176.501,48639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1915166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,5198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2950167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,58711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1979166.51/cwt165.50–167.251,63028
Heifers—Large 11,003162.75/cwt162.50–164.501,63232

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.