Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2022-12-07

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Dec 7
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
2,920 head
▲ 191 vs last sale 2,729▲ 511 vs year ago 2,409 · +21.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Great offering of high quality "weaned" new crop spring steer and heifer calves for the very active demand. With the previous feeder auction back on 11-16-2022, no trend was established for today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $192.56/cwt on 1,703 head.
Average price
$192.56
1,703 head · 650 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,252
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$54
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$35.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.96
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1649192.921,2521,686
Medium and Large 1-2760157.651,19917thin
One grade step is worth $35.27/cwt here — about $54 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 sale1,703 hd
192.56
—
IA average13 barns · 11,319 hd
187.60
+4.96
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

48 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 1Unweaned380229.00/cwt229.00–229.008706
Steers—Medium and Large 1395222.00/cwt222.00–222.008778
Steers—Medium and Large 1433214.15/cwt209.00–219.0092719
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned482217.29/cwt214.00–220.001,04734
Steers—Medium and Large 1486212.79/cwt200.00–221.001,03450
Steers—Medium and Large 1523212.15/cwt200.00–225.001,11095
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned525206.47/cwt199.00–215.001,08439
Steers—Medium and Large 1571207.77/cwt198.00–215.001,186131
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned575201.37/cwt192.00–214.001,15869
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy591208.76/cwt207.00–210.001,23443
Steers—Medium and Large 1619194.32/cwt185.00–207.751,203124
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy627201.67/cwt194.50–206.751,264124
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned629192.97/cwt186.00–196.751,21488
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2636184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,1703
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy671190.33/cwt187.75–195.751,277129
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned674187.20/cwt183.50–189.251,26249
Steers—Medium and Large 1679188.45/cwt180.00–192.751,280245
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned716174.25/cwt174.25–174.251,24816
Steers—Medium and Large 1717176.27/cwt168.00–179.001,264101
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy738179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,32122
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy772180.22/cwt174.75–184.851,39167
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2787152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,19614
Steers—Medium and Large 1792173.65/cwt166.00–174.251,37569
Steers—Medium and Large 1807172.73/cwt163.00–174.001,394145
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy834164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,37210
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned856153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,3103
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1394180.00/cwt180.00–180.007097
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425179.96/cwt175.00–184.0076519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482179.92/cwt160.00–184.5086793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned490179.26/cwt167.00–182.0087822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned513169.59/cwt164.00–171.0087015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527179.75/cwt163.00–188.50947116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570178.35/cwt174.00–194.001,017226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572158.44/cwt157.50–162.5090632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement573175.98/cwt170.25–186.001,00844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned581171.31/cwt163.00–175.7599587
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy582185.68/cwt182.00–190.001,08140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement615177.52/cwt177.00–178.251,09254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615169.27/cwt150.00–175.001,04150
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned618169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,04810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy668168.99/cwt166.00–170.251,12976
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669161.25/cwt155.00–162.001,07937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned675159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,07320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement678169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,14615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy700168.25/cwt168.25–168.251,17823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement724165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,19517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1743151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,1223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy752162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,21834

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.