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Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Mar 20

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

← Mar 6Mar 20Apr 10 →

Receipts

1,359 head

▼ 360 vs last sale 1,719▼ 190 vs year ago 1,549 · −12.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL "ALL VACC CALF & YEARLING" AUCTION - - - - Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, 400 - 500 lb light weight steer calves were 8.00 to 11.00 higher, 600 - 700 lb calves were 7.00 to 12.00 higher and eight weight cattle were fully 10.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 400 - 500 lb light weight calves 6.00 to 8.00 higher and 600 -700 lb heifer calves 6.00 to 9.00 higher. Many home raised, quality, long time weaned feeder calves were in today's moderate offering. Demand was very good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $318.85/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −166.46 against this barn's trailing median of $485.32.

Average price

$318.85

82 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,773

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$40.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.50

vs IA average

+0.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	330.20	1,837	59
Medium and Large 1-2	556	289.74	1,611	23

One grade step is worth $40.46/cwt here — about $225 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale82 hd

318.85

—

IA average5 barns · 927 hd

333.36

−14.50

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

+0.56

This barn, trailing median7 sales

485.32

−166.46

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.62, low $396.64, median $485.32 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,335	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	332.42/cwt	330.00–334.00	1,370	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	370.94/cwt	357.00–378.00	1,747	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,663	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	488	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,669	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,560	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,818	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	558	302.06/cwt	290.00–306.00	1,685	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	330.69/cwt	330.00–332.00	1,921	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,767	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	588	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,588	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	304.34/cwt	296.00–318.00	1,878	38
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	683	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,049	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	300.94/cwt	288.00–304.50	2,064	47
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	282.51/cwt	277.00–287.00	2,028	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	264.88/cwt	250.50–269.25	2,071	141
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	817	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,116	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	249.53/cwt	249.25–250.50	2,086	40
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	249.48/cwt	241.50–250.50	2,151	95
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,212	56
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	322.59/cwt	318.00–330.00	1,213	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	309.48/cwt	298.00–319.00	1,312	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	462	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,247	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	305.98/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,438	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	475	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,401	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	293.98/cwt	284.00–302.50	1,540	72
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	556	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,590	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	283.06/cwt	272.00–286.00	1,616	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	268.44/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,632	53
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,737	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	707	235.64/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,666	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	250.15/cwt	240.25–272.50	1,784	140
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	762	233.75/cwt	233.75–233.75	1,781	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	222.09/cwt	221.00–224.50	1,810	99

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 Mar 20, 2024

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

Receipts 1,359Last week 1,719Year ago 1,549

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	750–800	762	233.75	233.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	376	318.00–330.00	322.59
23	400–450	424	298.00–319.00	309.48
12	450–500	470	290.00–311.00	305.98
72	500–550	524	284.00–302.50	293.98
35	550–600	571	272.00–286.00	283.06
53	600–650	608	255.00–271.00	268.44
18	650–700	680	255.50	255.50
140	700–750	713	240.25–272.50	250.15
99	800–850	815	221.00–224.50	222.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	462	270.00	270.00
19	700–750	707	235.00–237.00	235.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	475	295.00	295.00
16	550–600	556	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	683	300.00	300.00
14	800–850	817	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	354	377.00	377.00
8	400–450	412	330.00–334.00	332.42
24	450–500	471	357.00–378.00	370.94
22	500–550	527	345.00	345.00
25	550–600	581	330.00–332.00	330.69
38	600–650	617	296.00–318.00	304.34
47	650–700	686	288.00–304.50	300.94
11	700–750	718	277.00–287.00	282.51
141	750–800	782	250.50–269.25	264.88
40	800–850	836	249.25–250.50	249.53
95	850–900	862	241.50–250.50	249.48
56	900–950	916	241.50	241.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	478	348.00	348.00
10	500–550	515	303.00	303.00
4	550–600	587	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	488	342.00	342.00
12	550–600	558	290.00–306.00	302.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	588	270.00	270.00

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.