Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2023-01-11

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Jan 11
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
2,668 head
▼ 170 vs last sale 2,838▼ 436 vs year ago 3,104 · −14.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Large offering today of quality load lots of LTW/VACC feeder calves. Today's sale results across all segments was $ 5-7 higher than the previous auction on 1-4-2023. Many opportunities for quality replacement heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $184.43/cwt on 1,576 head.
Average price
$184.43
1,576 head · 739 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,362
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$386
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.28
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2530185.0198014thin
Medium and Large 1740184.431,3661,562
One grade step is worth $0.58/cwt here — about −$386 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 sale1,576 hd
184.43
—
IA average14 barns · 17,759 hd
190.72
−6.28
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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1425220.00/cwt220.00–220.009356
Steers—Medium and Large 1465219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,0187
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy477217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,03712
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned480211.50/cwt211.50–211.501,01510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518187.20/cwt180.00–190.0097011
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned530188.00/cwt188.00–188.009965
Steers—Medium and Large 1538212.99/cwt205.50–219.001,14644
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned565199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,1247
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,0143
Steers—Medium and Large 1577210.65/cwt205.25–218.001,21558
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy579215.72/cwt207.50–217.501,24958
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned608186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,1316
Steers—Medium and Large 1613196.71/cwt187.00–205.001,206116
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy637200.18/cwt200.00–200.251,27532
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned660185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,2245
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy676193.76/cwt184.75–197.751,31079
Steers—Medium and Large 1689183.88/cwt177.00–190.501,26798
Steers—Medium and Large 1722180.18/cwt173.00–184.001,301226
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy727180.02/cwt179.00–184.251,30958
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned744166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,2355
Steers—Medium and Large 1772176.66/cwt171.00–180.001,364247
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy831176.28/cwt175.00–176.751,465103
Steers—Medium and Large 1834177.78/cwt170.00–179.501,483111
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy850179.25/cwt179.25–179.251,52421
Steers—Medium and Large 1876167.98/cwt158.00–177.001,47242
Steers—Medium and Large 1927170.60/cwt169.75–173.751,581201
Steers—Medium and Large 1952169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,6095
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned365183.00/cwt183.00–183.006684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2456160.00/cwt160.00–160.007303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481173.95/cwt165.00–181.008379
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned488176.35/cwt173.00–177.0086117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement499185.50/cwt185.50–185.5092638
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524174.51/cwt168.00–184.5091456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531157.00/cwt157.00–157.008346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned535175.00/cwt175.00–175.0093614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy544190.75/cwt190.75–190.751,03811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement579181.50/cwt175.00–183.751,05148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579175.07/cwt163.00–186.001,01490
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned595168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,0004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned613155.00/cwt155.00–155.009503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616174.59/cwt162.00–180.251,075195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy639182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,16317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement646175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,13119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2652145.00/cwt145.00–145.009455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement658170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,11910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1682171.21/cwt161.50–185.501,168163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2706157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,10817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727163.18/cwt157.00–177.501,18653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement738171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,26619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1754172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,29717

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.