Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2023-02-08

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Feb 8
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
2,003 head
▼ 563 vs last sale 2,566▼ 563 vs year ago 2,566 · −21.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparison. Demand was very good on today's great offering of green, long-time weaned and vaccinated feeder calves.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $199.30/cwt on 1,004 head.
Average price
$199.30
1,004 head · 680 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,355
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$239
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.28
vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1680199.561,357994
Medium and Large 1-2643173.991,11810thin
One grade step is worth $25.56/cwt here — about $239 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 sale1,004 hd
199.30
—
IA average11 barns · 11,025 hd
196.02
+3.28
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1432240.31/cwt238.00–244.001,03815
Steers—Medium and Large 1480219.02/cwt207.00–226.001,05130
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned490213.64/cwt200.00–227.001,0478
Steers—Medium and Large 1530219.73/cwt207.00–227.001,16542
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530180.00/cwt180.00–180.009544
Steers—Medium and Large 1572213.63/cwt209.00–220.751,222128
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned588212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,25015
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned630183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,1536
Steers—Medium and Large 1632209.38/cwt205.00–214.501,323114
Steers—Medium and Large 1669203.52/cwt187.00–213.001,362154
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy676208.25/cwt208.25–208.251,40857
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718169.99/cwt168.00–172.001,2216
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy725193.75/cwt193.75–193.751,40521
Steers—Medium and Large 1725190.87/cwt170.00–193.601,384131
Steers—Medium and Large 1770184.49/cwt180.00–188.251,421113
Steers—Medium and Large 1807181.95/cwt167.00–187.001,46856
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy808182.84/cwt180.25–189.001,47765
Steers—Medium and Large 1881168.04/cwt165.00–170.501,48026
Steers—Medium and Large 1906167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,51313
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380207.00/cwt207.00–207.0078725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432200.00/cwt200.00–200.008644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned464187.95/cwt183.00–190.0087214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486192.93/cwt183.00–201.0093818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523170.00/cwt170.00–170.008893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525192.35/cwt184.00–195.001,01067
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned530170.00/cwt170.00–170.009014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned552186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0278
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560189.33/cwt187.50–190.001,06039
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy571191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,09132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624180.58/cwt170.00–188.001,127117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666177.63/cwt168.00–179.001,18330
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy676178.71/cwt176.50–182.001,20881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726165.40/cwt155.00–170.001,20120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1762168.29/cwt165.00–170.001,28246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy795170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,35262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1804169.15/cwt167.50–173.001,36057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1909153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,39511

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.