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Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-10

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Apr 10

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

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Receipts

2,074 head

▲ 715 vs last sale 1,359▲ 629 vs year ago 1,445 · +43.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last sale was one month ago no comparison is available. Today was the annual back to grass calf and yearling special. Demand was good for all cattle suitable to run on grass. Cattle too heavy to develop into yearlings sold on moderate demand. Good buyer attendance was seen with a mix of order buyers and farmer feeders noted.

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 $315.20/cwt on 178 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −170.12 against this barn's trailing median of $485.32.

Average price

$315.20

178 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,745

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$53

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

$39.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.64

vs IA average

+9.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	326.79	1,760	112
Large 1	576	297.05	1,711	56
Medium and Large 1-2	595	287.00	1,708	10thin

One grade step is worth $39.79/cwt here — about $53 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale178 hd

315.20

—

IA average6 barns · 679 hd

320.83

−5.64

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

+9.73

This barn, trailing median7 sales

485.32

−170.12

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

53 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	395.79/cwt	377.50–412.50	1,453	6
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	410	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,328	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	386.92/cwt	375.00–397.50	1,590	44
Steers	400–450	Large 1	425	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,615	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	442	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,587	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	332.14/cwt	328.00–339.00	1,581	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	351.90/cwt	349.00–361.00	1,679	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	336.89/cwt	311.00–353.00	1,701	42
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	538	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,786	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,749	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	315.29/cwt	310.00–319.00	1,807	38
Steers	550–600	Large 1	576	297.05/cwt	288.00–309.50	1,711	56
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,708	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	608	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,660	6
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	625	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,563	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	1,902	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	290.61/cwt	283.00–293.00	1,965	30
Steers	650–700	Large 1	676	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,768	45
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	681	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,703	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,908	22
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	248.63/cwt	239.75–262.00	1,912	55
Steers	750–800	Large 1	789	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,854	14
Steers	800–850	Large 1	827	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,886	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	843	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	1,987	65
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	2,060	65
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	875	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,943	35
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	228.34/cwt	222.00–235.75	2,089	211
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	209.75/cwt	209.75–209.75	2,024	63
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,089	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	337	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,065	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	326.26/cwt	319.00–332.00	1,227	32
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	321.25/cwt	320.00–323.00	1,378	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	436	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,386	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	441	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,323	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,400	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	313.58/cwt	311.00–316.00	1,455	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	304.94/cwt	303.00–311.00	1,561	64
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	512	299.26/cwt	289.00–303.00	1,532	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,542	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	285.93/cwt	281.00–290.00	1,636	60
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	575	258.77/cwt	258.50–259.00	1,488	37
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,392	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	254.45/cwt	251.00–257.50	1,585	41
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	657	242.75/cwt	242.75–242.75	1,595	33
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	250.52/cwt	246.00–255.50	1,656	62
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	238.04/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,616	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	683	284.75/cwt	284.75–284.75	1,945	33
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	706	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,454	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	234.12/cwt	229.00–237.50	1,686	85
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	747	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,211	50
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,789	66
Heifers	750–800	Large 1	795	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,713	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	798	216.75/cwt	216.75–216.75	1,730	34

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

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Receipts 2,074Last week 1,359Year ago 1,445

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	367	377.50–412.50	395.79
44	400–450	411	375.00–397.50	386.92
29	450–500	477	349.00–361.00	351.90
42	500–550	505	311.00–353.00	336.89
38	550–600	573	310.00–319.00	315.29
13	600–650	646	294.50	294.50
30	650–700	676	283.00–293.00	290.61
22	700–750	731	261.00	261.00
55	750–800	769	239.75–262.00	248.63
65	800–850	843	235.75	235.75
65	850–900	871	236.50	236.50
211	900–950	915	222.00–235.75	228.34
63	950–1000	965	209.75	209.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	442	359.00	359.00
21	500–550	538	332.00	332.00
11	550–600	550	318.00	318.00
8	650–700	681	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	476	328.00–339.00	332.14
10	550–600	595	287.00	287.00
6	600–650	608	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	850–900	875	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	425	380.00	380.00
56	550–600	576	288.00–309.50	297.05
45	650–700	676	261.50	261.50
14	750–800	789	235.00	235.00
11	800–850	827	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	410	324.00	324.00
8	600–650	625	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
50	700–750	747	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	530	291.00	291.00
5	550–600	580	240.00	240.00
15	650–700	679	235.00–240.00	238.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	337	316.00	316.00
11	400–450	436	318.00	318.00
7	450–500	450	311.00	311.00
23	500–550	512	289.00–303.00	299.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	706	206.00	206.00
34	750–800	798	216.75	216.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	330	330.00	330.00
32	350–400	376	319.00–332.00	326.26
26	400–450	429	320.00–323.00	321.25
41	450–500	464	311.00–316.00	313.58
64	500–550	512	303.00–311.00	304.94
60	550–600	572	281.00–290.00	285.93
41	600–650	623	251.00–257.50	254.45
62	650–700	661	246.00–255.50	250.52
85	700–750	720	229.00–237.50	234.12
66	750–800	778	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	441	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	550–600	575	258.50–259.00	258.77
33	650–700	657	242.75	242.75
10	750–800	795	215.50	215.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
33	650–700	683	284.75	284.75

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.