Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2023-08-30

Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-30

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Aug 30

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

← Jun 28Aug 30Oct 4 →

Receipts

2,070 head

▲ 1,250 vs last sale 820▼ 463 vs year ago 2,533 · −18.3%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison reported as the previously reported feeder calf auction was on June 28, 2023. Many load lots of yearling cattle were offered today. Trade was active for today's moderate supply. Demand was very good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $249.98/cwt on 1,245 head.

Average price

$249.98

1,245 head · 803 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,006

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$248

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$26.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.30

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	809	250.38	2,026	1,157
Medium and Large 1-2	643	249.95	1,607	70
Large 1	1,015	224.00	2,274	18thin

One grade step is worth $26.38/cwt here — about −$248 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 sale1,245 hd

249.98

—

IA average7 barns · 4,546 hd

249.68

+0.30

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

Every lot

36 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	932	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,135	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,049	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,105	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	271.79/cwt	243.00–300.00	1,272	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	288.29/cwt	281.00–300.00	1,522	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	304.00/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,748	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	295.87/cwt	289.00–299.00	1,849	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	647	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,650	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	241.68/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,607	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	275.63/cwt	265.00–279.00	1,872	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	269.04/cwt	259.00–276.00	1,934	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	719	251.08/cwt	220.00–271.00	1,805	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	255.60/cwt	243.50–262.00	1,976	200
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	826	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,908	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	838	235.41/cwt	234.50–245.00	1,973	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	242.02/cwt	229.00–249.25	2,098	222
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	918	230.18/cwt	221.00–231.75	2,113	142
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	968	225.32/cwt	224.50–226.00	2,181	191
Steers	—	Large 1	1,015	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,274	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,164	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	491	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,247	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	511	251.72/cwt	238.00–282.50	1,286	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	540	261.51/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,412	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	279.80/cwt	276.00–282.00	1,614	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,698	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	682	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,405	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	689	249.73/cwt	246.00–259.00	1,721	96
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	734	238.16/cwt	225.00–243.75	1,748	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	231.25/cwt	227.00–237.00	1,783	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	778	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,673	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	829	233.59/cwt	229.00–235.00	1,936	108
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	872	219.71/cwt	216.00–228.00	1,916	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	943	224.84/cwt	224.50–226.50	2,120	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	963	218.36/cwt	205.50–224.75	2,103	52
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,090	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,376	23

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 Aug 30, 2023

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

Receipts 2,070Last week 820Year ago 2,533

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,090	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	540	260.00–265.00	261.51
11	—	629	270.00	270.00
16	—	872	216.00–228.00	219.71
19	—	491	254.00	254.00
108	—	829	229.00–235.00	233.59
33	—	771	227.00–237.00	231.25
42	—	577	276.00–282.00	279.80
23	—	943	224.50–226.50	224.84
52	—	963	205.50–224.75	218.36
89	—	734	225.00–243.75	238.16
96	—	689	246.00–259.00	249.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	682	206.00	206.00
6	—	778	215.00	215.00
8	—	485	240.00	240.00
16	—	511	238.00–282.50	251.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
191	—	968	224.50–226.00	225.32
8	—	425	260.00	260.00
15	—	528	281.00–300.00	288.29
18	—	468	243.00–300.00	271.79
40	—	575	300.00–308.00	304.00
3	—	390	291.00	291.00
52	—	625	289.00–299.00	295.87
83	—	838	234.50–245.00	235.41
87	—	719	259.00–276.00	269.04
96	—	679	265.00–279.00	275.63
142	—	918	221.00–231.75	230.18
200	—	773	243.50–262.00	255.60
222	—	867	229.00–249.25	242.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	647	255.00	255.00
3	—	826	231.00	231.00
4	—	345	270.00	270.00
4	—	390	269.00	269.00
13	—	719	220.00–271.00	251.08
26	—	665	240.00–244.00	241.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,015	224.00	224.00

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.