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Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-06

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Nov 6

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

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Receipts

1,943 head

▲ 123 vs last sale 1,820▼ 203 vs year ago 2,146 · −9.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special "All Vacc Calf & Yearling Auction". No comparison stated today as the previous sale was on Oct 2, 2024. Available today were many load lots of quality, reputation yearling cattle coming off grass. Today's offering of new crop feeder calves saw large groups down to smaller packages. All double vaccinated but many "off the cow". Internet was active. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply.

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 $307.00/cwt on 184 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −178.32 against this barn's trailing median of $485.32.

Average price

$307.00

184 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,691

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$39.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.72

vs IA average

+5.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	307.86	1,694	180
Medium and Large 1-2	577	268.00	1,546	4thin

One grade step is worth $39.86/cwt here — about $148 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 sale184 hd

307.00

—

IA average6 barns · 1,019 hd

294.28

+12.72

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

+5.15

This barn, trailing median7 sales

485.32

−178.32

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

32 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,362	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,406	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	352.79/cwt	342.00–364.00	1,453	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,144	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	323.49/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,511	34
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	318.82/cwt	303.50–325.00	1,651	72
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	300.56/cwt	295.50–306.00	1,719	108
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,546	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	290.58/cwt	277.50–298.00	1,793	96
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	647	254.79/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,648	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	261.47/cwt	241.00–265.00	1,762	121
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	251.42/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,803	59
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	248.00/cwt	239.50–254.00	1,917	80
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	254.82/cwt	238.00–258.00	2,074	76
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	2,172	67
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	250.27/cwt	249.50–252.00	2,282	212
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	977	238.10/cwt	238.10–238.10	2,326	55
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	304.67/cwt	299.00–315.00	1,133	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	394	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,103	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	289.62/cwt	280.00–306.00	1,254	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	484	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,394	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	282.12/cwt	276.00–286.00	1,377	132
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,397	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	275.87/cwt	273.00–279.00	1,487	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	268.90/cwt	259.00–279.00	1,519	91
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	254.19/cwt	242.00–258.00	1,454	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	583	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,609	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	263.07/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,594	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	254.16/cwt	243.00–257.00	1,685	21
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	225.91/cwt	224.00–227.00	1,880	11
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	228.75/cwt	228.75–228.75	2,011	75
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	952	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,037	10

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 Nov 6, 2024

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

Receipts 1,943Last week 1,820Year ago 2,146

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	484	288.00	288.00
15	550–600	583	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	372	299.00–315.00	304.67
13	400–450	433	280.00–306.00	289.62
132	450–500	488	276.00–286.00	282.12
23	500–550	539	273.00–279.00	275.87
91	550–600	565	259.00–279.00	268.90
13	600–650	606	260.00–265.00	263.07
21	650–700	663	243.00–257.00	254.16
11	800–850	832	224.00–227.00	225.91
75	850–900	879	228.75	228.75
10	950–1000	952	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	394	280.00	280.00
7	500–550	527	265.00	265.00
22	550–600	572	242.00–258.00	254.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	344	396.00	396.00
5	350–400	372	378.00	378.00
11	400–450	412	342.00–364.00	352.79
34	450–500	467	315.00–330.00	323.49
72	500–550	518	303.50–325.00	318.82
108	550–600	572	295.50–306.00	300.56
96	600–650	617	277.50–298.00	290.58
121	650–700	674	241.00–265.00	261.47
59	700–750	717	240.00–256.00	251.42
80	750–800	773	239.50–254.00	248.00
76	800–850	814	238.00–258.00	254.82
67	850–900	867	250.50	250.50
212	900–950	912	249.50–252.00	250.27
55	950–1000	977	238.10	238.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	260.00	260.00
4	550–600	577	268.00	268.00
18	600–650	647	245.00–267.00	254.79

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.