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Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-03

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Jan 3

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

← Dec 13Jan 3Jan 17 →

Receipts

2,373 head

▲ 424 vs last sale 1,949▼ 465 vs year ago 2,838 · −16.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL "ALL VACC CALF & YEARLING AUCTION" No recent price comparison as the previous sale was held on 12-13-23. Quality ran very deep in today's offering of LTW, reputation feeder calves. Demand was very good. Trade was active for today's moderate offering.

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 $252.02/cwt on 1,207 head.

Average price

$252.02

1,207 head · 689 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,736

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$307

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

$0.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.96

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	568	252.36	1,433	11thin
Medium and Large 1	690	252.02	1,739	1,196

One grade step is worth $0.35/cwt here — about −$307 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 sale1,207 hd

252.02

—

IA average8 barns · 5,767 hd

252.98

−0.96

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

Every lot

34 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	364	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,012	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,364	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	455	258.09/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,174	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,200	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	288.26/cwt	255.50–298.00	1,510	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	283.32/cwt	269.00–291.00	1,601	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,524	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	611	267.51/cwt	258.00–270.50	1,634	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	263.53/cwt	237.75–277.50	1,660	186
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	663	257.75/cwt	257.75–257.75	1,709	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	666	254.98/cwt	242.00–270.00	1,698	144
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	247.31/cwt	222.00–254.00	1,773	237
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	762	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,524	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	234.45/cwt	220.00–238.00	1,819	233
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	227.64/cwt	216.00–234.75	1,842	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	226.75/cwt	226.75–226.75	1,966	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	915	208.64/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,909	22
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	248.26/cwt	246.00–254.00	951	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	412	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	956	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,003	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,092	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	257.35/cwt	252.00–259.50	1,246	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	251.19/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,339	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	537	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,359	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	241.26/cwt	231.00–245.00	1,390	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	239.49/cwt	222.00–243.00	1,497	186
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,344	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	636	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,558	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	226.77/cwt	218.00–235.50	1,526	132
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	692	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,567	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,316	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	218.05/cwt	216.00–221.75	1,568	104
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	728	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,609	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	757	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,533	15

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 Jan 3, 2024

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

Receipts 2,373Last week 1,949Year ago 2,838

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	418	240.00	240.00
15	—	757	202.50	202.50
18	—	383	246.00–254.00	248.26
104	—	719	216.00–221.75	218.05
74	—	576	231.00–245.00	241.26
61	—	533	245.00–260.00	251.19
132	—	673	218.00–235.50	226.77
41	—	484	252.00–259.50	257.35
186	—	625	222.00–243.00	239.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	636	245.00	245.00
16	—	728	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	483	226.00	226.00
7	—	700	188.00	188.00
8	—	631	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	537	253.00	253.00
4	—	412	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	692	226.50	226.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	500	240.00	240.00
8	—	593	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	364	278.00	278.00
85	—	809	216.00–234.75	227.64
233	—	776	220.00–238.00	234.45
237	—	717	222.00–254.00	247.31
10	—	455	250.00–266.00	258.09
144	—	666	242.00–270.00	254.98
31	—	867	226.75	226.75
22	—	915	200.00–210.00	208.64
186	—	630	237.75–277.50	263.53
80	—	524	255.50–298.00	288.26
92	—	565	269.00–291.00	283.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	450	303.00	303.00
4	—	762	200.00	200.00
13	—	611	258.00–270.50	267.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	663	257.75	257.75

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.