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Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-08

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, May 8

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

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Receipts

1,989 head

▼ 85 vs last sale 2,074▲ 297 vs year ago 1,692 · +17.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL "BACK TO GRASS CALF & YEARLING" AUCTION - - - - No comparison made today as the previously reported sale was 30 days ago. Great offering today of light weight fall calves in smaller packages. Also available today were many load lots of quality yearling steers and heifers. Demand was very good for today's moderate offering. Trade was active.

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 $318.80/cwt on 126 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −166.52 against this barn's trailing median of $485.32.

Average price

$318.80

126 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,781

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$48.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.22

vs IA average

+9.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	323.07	1,796	115
Medium and Large 1-2	590	274.18	1,618	11thin

One grade step is worth $48.88/cwt here — about $177 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 sale126 hd

318.80

—

IA average5 barns · 692 hd

319.02

−0.22

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

+9.09

This barn, trailing median7 sales

485.32

−166.52

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

37 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,317	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	412	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,269	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	425	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,628	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,579	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	347.91/cwt	328.00–357.00	1,660	53
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	482	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	1,738	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	335.42/cwt	329.00–343.00	1,751	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	566	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,800	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	317.29/cwt	298.00–335.00	1,805	68
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	575	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,869	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,468	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	592	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,705	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	300.44/cwt	296.00–302.75	1,854	60
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	667	249.95/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,667	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	286.43/cwt	277.00–296.50	1,913	38
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	691	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,776	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	261.97/cwt	252.50–275.00	1,899	127
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,018	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	250.18/cwt	249.85–250.50	2,097	121
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	239.10/cwt	239.10–239.10	2,099	69
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	230.10/cwt	230.10–230.10	2,124	63
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	995	202.75/cwt	202.75–202.75	2,017	34
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	312.00/cwt	308.00–316.00	1,217	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	325.02/cwt	319.00–327.00	1,391	35
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	318.36/cwt	312.00–321.00	1,458	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	460	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,417	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	470	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	1,506	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	278.22/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,308	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	511	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,589	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	308.67/cwt	283.00–319.50	1,593	60
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	269.35/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,533	52
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	257.12/cwt	256.50–259.00	1,592	39
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	249.87/cwt	240.00–262.00	1,697	67
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	238.50/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,748	27
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	231.81/cwt	226.50–234.50	1,762	46
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	223.04/cwt	201.00–226.25	1,856	194
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,931	65

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 8, 2024

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

Receipts 1,989Last week 2,074Year ago 1,692

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	470	320.50	320.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	390	308.00–316.00	312.00
35	400–450	428	319.00–327.00	325.02
18	450–500	458	312.00–321.00	318.36
60	500–550	516	283.00–319.50	308.67
52	550–600	569	260.00–280.00	269.35
39	600–650	619	256.50–259.00	257.12
67	650–700	679	240.00–262.00	249.87
27	700–750	733	234.00–240.00	238.50
46	750–800	760	226.50–234.50	231.81
194	800–850	832	201.00–226.25	223.04
65	850–900	864	223.50	223.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	460	308.00	308.00
13	500–550	511	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	470	270.00–287.00	278.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	425	383.00	383.00
23	450–500	482	360.50	360.50
8	550–600	575	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	370	356.00	356.00
14	400–450	435	363.00	363.00
53	450–500	477	328.00–357.00	347.91
33	500–550	522	329.00–343.00	335.42
68	550–600	569	298.00–335.00	317.29
60	600–650	617	296.00–302.75	300.44
38	650–700	668	277.00–296.50	286.43
127	700–750	725	252.50–275.00	261.97
5	750–800	790	255.50	255.50
121	800–850	838	249.85–250.50	250.18
69	850–900	878	239.10	239.10
63	900–950	923	230.10	230.10
34	950–1000	995	202.75	202.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	566	318.00	318.00
9	650–700	667	245.00–256.00	249.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	412	308.00	308.00
4	550–600	587	250.00	250.00
6	650–700	691	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	592	288.00	288.00

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.