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Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-11

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Dec 11

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

← Dec 4Dec 11Jan 8 →

Receipts

2,393 head

▼ 142 vs last sale 2,535▲ 444 vs year ago 1,949 · +22.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction 2 weeks ago, 500 - 600 lb feeder steer calves were 6.00 to 9.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 500 - 600 lb calves fully steady to 15.00 higher. Available today were load lots of quality yearling cattle in high demand but no comparison stated given smaller offering 2 weeks ago. Today's offering of new crop feeder calves were mostly "weaned", double vaccinated and high quality home raised calves. 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 $332.99/cwt on 108 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −152.32 against this barn's trailing median of $485.32.

Average price

$332.99

108 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,793

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$298

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

$59.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.59

vs IA average

+8.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	336.29	1,809	102
Medium and Large 1-2	546	277.00	1,511	6thin

One grade step is worth $59.29/cwt here — about $298 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 sale108 hd

332.99

—

IA average8 barns · 2,134 hd

324.41

+8.59

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+8.64

This barn, trailing median7 sales

485.32

−152.32

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

27 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	342.75/cwt	327.00–349.00	1,470	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	499	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,761	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,474	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	338.60/cwt	320.00–348.00	1,791	82
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	326.81/cwt	318.00–329.75	1,879	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,540	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	312.41/cwt	299.50–320.50	1,937	167
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	291.37/cwt	285.00–296.75	1,984	93
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	712	261.66/cwt	261.50–262.00	1,863	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	285.24/cwt	283.50–286.00	2,048	135
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	262.28/cwt	256.50–263.00	2,006	28
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	253.52/cwt	235.00–256.50	2,081	22
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	257.17/cwt	256.85–257.50	2,227	130
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	241.48/cwt	241.35–241.60	2,224	120
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,301	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	318.89/cwt	308.00–329.00	1,512	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	309.07/cwt	295.50–318.00	1,601	47
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	306.84/cwt	292.00–312.50	1,715	63
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	274.76/cwt	264.00–285.00	1,596	29
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	263.85/cwt	258.25–271.50	1,623	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	261.74/cwt	254.00–274.75	1,764	133
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,587	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,668	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	245.66/cwt	242.50–263.00	1,783	87
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	236.35/cwt	236.35–236.35	1,891	65
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	235.02/cwt	232.35–236.75	2,040	192
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	904	232.10/cwt	232.10–232.10	2,098	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 Dec 11, 2024

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

Receipts 2,393Last week 2,535Year ago 1,949

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	375	347.00	347.00
15	450–500	474	308.00–329.00	318.89
47	500–550	518	295.50–318.00	309.07
63	550–600	559	292.00–312.50	306.84
36	600–650	615	258.25–271.50	263.85
133	650–700	674	254.00–274.75	261.74
87	700–750	726	242.50–263.00	245.66
65	800–850	800	236.35	236.35
192	850–900	868	232.35–236.75	235.02
65	900–950	904	232.10	232.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	550–600	581	264.00–285.00	274.76
4	650–700	690	230.00	230.00
12	700–750	725	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	510	289.00	289.00
3	550–600	581	265.00	265.00
10	700–750	712	261.50–262.00	261.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	429	327.00–349.00	342.75
13	450–500	499	353.00	353.00
82	500–550	529	320.00–348.00	338.60
20	550–600	575	318.00–329.75	326.81
167	600–650	620	299.50–320.50	312.41
93	650–700	681	285.00–296.75	291.37
135	700–750	718	283.50–286.00	285.24
28	750–800	765	256.50–263.00	262.28
22	800–850	821	235.00–256.50	253.52
130	850–900	866	256.85–257.50	257.17
120	900–950	921	241.35–241.60	241.48

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.