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Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-31

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, May 31

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

← May 3May 31Jun 28 →

Receipts

1,390 head

▼ 302 vs last sale 1,692▼ 1,042 vs year ago 2,432 · −42.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison reported today as the previous feeder calf auction was on May 3, 2023. Load lots available today for both quality yearlings and fall feeder calves. Trade was very active. Supply was moderate. Demand was good to very good to today's offering of green, long time weaned and vaccinated fall feeder calves and yearling cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $214.65/cwt on 607 head.

Average price

$214.65

607 head · 689 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,480

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$346

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$9.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.05

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	695	215.02	1,494	584
Medium and Large 1-2	559	205.37	1,147	23

One grade step is worth $9.65/cwt here — about $346 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 sale607 hd

214.65

—

IA average6 barns · 3,541 hd

230.70

−16.05

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

26 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	303.24/cwt	298.00–310.00	1,183	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	260.42/cwt	256.00–275.00	1,268	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	505	296.80/cwt	296.00–297.00	1,499	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	544	260.65/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,418	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	274.25/cwt	269.00–281.00	1,574	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,467	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	611	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,246	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	241.48/cwt	241.00–243.00	1,495	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	627	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,473	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	244.70/cwt	220.00–253.00	1,644	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	227.69/cwt	218.00–230.00	1,767	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	212.61/cwt	204.25–220.25	1,750	91
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	892	200.25/cwt	200.25–200.25	1,786	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	929	199.96/cwt	189.75–204.75	1,858	110
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	236.42/cwt	220.00–248.00	1,097	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	211.12/cwt	200.00–222.00	1,091	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	242.67/cwt	236.00–258.00	1,279	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	235.61/cwt	225.00–248.00	1,352	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,137	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	224.46/cwt	222.00–227.50	1,419	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	657	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,321	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	215.09/cwt	213.00–216.50	1,443	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	208.38/cwt	206.25–210.00	1,525	196
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	205.56/cwt	195.00–206.00	1,552	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	818	200.24/cwt	188.00–203.25	1,638	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	864	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,685	62

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Creston Livestock Feeder Cattle - Creston, IA

Wed May 31, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 1,390Last week 1,692Year ago 2,432

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	527	236.00–258.00	242.67
62	—	864	195.00	195.00
73	—	632	222.00–227.50	224.46
79	—	755	195.00–206.00	205.56
196	—	732	206.25–210.00	208.38
29	—	818	188.00–203.25	200.24
35	—	574	225.00–248.00	235.61
20	—	671	213.00–216.50	215.09
29	—	464	220.00–248.00	236.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	517	200.00–222.00	211.12
4	—	657	201.00	201.00
7	—	574	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	574	269.00–281.00	274.25
68	—	892	200.25	200.25
16	—	390	298.00–310.00	303.24
110	—	929	189.75–204.75	199.96
21	—	619	241.00–243.00	241.48
68	—	672	220.00–253.00	244.70
77	—	776	218.00–230.00	227.69
12	—	487	256.00–275.00	260.42
91	—	823	204.25–220.25	212.61
20	—	505	296.00–297.00	296.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	627	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	611	204.00	204.00
9	—	544	250.00–266.00	260.65
4	—	580	253.00	253.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.