Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2022-11-02

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Nov 2
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
1,762 head
▲ 878 vs last sale 884▲ 65 vs year ago 1,697 · +3.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Large offering of new crop spring calves for the active trade and good demand. Fleshy calves, both steers and heifers were 8 to 10 higher compared to the auction results on 10-19-2022. The yearlings offered resulted in 6-8 higher than prior auction.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $181.98/cwt on 978 head.
Average price
$181.98
978 head · 684 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,244
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$231
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.88
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1686182.841,254939
Medium and Large 1-2635161.181,02339
One grade step is worth $21.67/cwt here — about $231 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 sale978 hd
181.98
—
IA average10 barns · 8,162 hd
186.86
−4.88
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

50 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 1405191.00/cwt191.00–191.007744
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned411217.67/cwt209.00–220.0089515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468137.50/cwt137.50–137.506445
Steers—Medium and Large 1484203.63/cwt192.00–211.0098629
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned516208.70/cwt203.00–214.501,07741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned521181.71/cwt179.00–185.009479
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526173.00/cwt173.00–173.009103
Steers—Medium and Large 1535196.21/cwt185.00–203.001,05056
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy573193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,10616
Steers—Medium and Large 1573188.82/cwt179.00–194.501,08247
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned587182.54/cwt171.00–188.501,07222
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned602189.36/cwt183.00–192.751,14029
Steers—Medium and Large 1628181.09/cwt176.50–184.001,137150
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned641164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2658152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0005
Steers—Medium and Large 1666175.85/cwt170.00–182.501,17196
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned676167.50/cwt164.50–170.501,13258
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned711160.37/cwt157.00–161.501,14035
Steers—Medium and Large 1728172.84/cwt170.50–174.001,25824
Steers—Medium and Large 1766176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,34846
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2790144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,1383
Steers—Medium and Large 1815181.16/cwt179.50–182.601,476129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2831158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,3178
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy841182.75/cwt182.75–182.751,53760
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy878187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,64265
Steers—Medium and Large 1998155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,54717
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned302183.00/cwt183.00–183.005534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367176.00/cwt176.00–176.006464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376175.00/cwt175.00–175.006583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned382184.00/cwt184.00–184.0070311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned393171.50/cwt171.50–171.506746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424180.00/cwt180.00–180.007635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned426167.62/cwt163.00–171.007149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned446187.60/cwt175.00–189.5083730
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned451145.00/cwt145.00–145.006548
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469176.80/cwt164.00–185.5082946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned484166.04/cwt150.00–172.0080415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned525158.84/cwt152.00–166.0083444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536166.17/cwt155.00–175.0089171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561168.22/cwt150.00–173.2594498
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned569153.76/cwt150.00–164.0087526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2592145.00/cwt145.00–145.008584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611162.80/cwt155.00–166.0099540
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned619165.06/cwt151.00–168.251,02236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1652152.95/cwt146.00–165.0099711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned660151.13/cwt145.00–152.0099733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned712136.00/cwt136.00–136.009685
Heifers—Medium and Large 1804141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,1345
Heifers—Medium and Large 1879149.75/cwt149.75–149.751,31628

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.