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Creston Livestock Auction

Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-07

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Oct 7

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160

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Receipts

1,440 head

▼ 936 vs last sale 2,376▲ 1,440 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent special yearling - feeder calf auction for comparison to today. Available today were many load lots of green yearling steers and heifers along with high quality, home - raised new crop calves. Many calves were just of the cow but on a strong vaccination program. Demand was very good. Active internet bidding. The next scheduled feeder special is Nov. 4

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 $427.32/cwt on 154 head, up $30.69 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −58.28 against this barn's trailing median of $485.60.

Average price

$427.32

▲ 30.69 vs prior sale

154 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,357

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

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

$20.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.02

vs IA average

−3.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	429.17	2,372	140
Medium and Large 1-2	538	408.86	2,201	14thin

One grade step is worth $20.31/cwt here — about $171 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale154 hd

427.32

—

IA average3 barns · 542 hd

434.34

−7.02

National average183 barns · 26,018 hd

430.36

−3.04

This barn, trailing median8 sales

485.60

−58.28

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

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.62, low $396.64, median $485.60 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

38 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	321	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,605	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	353	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,083	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	402	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,090	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	482	464.87/cwt	455.00–480.00	2,241	51
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	447.08/cwt	438.00–451.00	2,182	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	504	431.70/cwt	431.00–434.00	2,176	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	521	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,428	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	529	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,232	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,113	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,377	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	576	418.82/cwt	410.00–444.50	2,412	80
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,477	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	646	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,196	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,442	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,241	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	352.70/cwt	349.00–355.00	2,546	40
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	351.13/cwt	349.00–351.75	2,693	78
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	340.32/cwt	339.00–346.50	2,760	84
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	815	306.38/cwt	301.00–315.00	2,497	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	334.23/cwt	333.00–335.50	2,921	129
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	313.12/cwt	291.50–314.25	2,909	60
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	3,133	59
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	368	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,568	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	417	440.21/cwt	434.00–445.00	1,836	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	458	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,050	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	458	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,690	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,905	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	523	371.26/cwt	364.50–380.50	1,942	75
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	347.63/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,013	34
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	647	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,077	34
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,794	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	314.01/cwt	300.00–328.00	2,135	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	306.62/cwt	301.00–308.00	2,198	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	292.26/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,291	13
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	835	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,338	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	848	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,671	65
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	308.43/cwt	305.00–312.00	2,680	129
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	2,511	11

How this sale compares

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 Oct 7, 2026

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Receipts 1,440Last week 2,376Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	474	402.00	402.00
34	550–600	579	345.00–350.00	347.63
34	600–650	647	321.00	321.00
10	650–700	680	300.00–328.00	314.01
15	700–750	717	301.00–308.00	306.62
13	750–800	784	290.00–300.00	292.26
65	800–850	848	315.00	315.00
129	850–900	869	305.00–312.00	308.43
11	900–950	908	276.50	276.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	368	426.00	426.00
16	400–450	417	434.00–445.00	440.21
7	450–500	458	447.50	447.50
75	500–550	523	364.50–380.50	371.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	458	369.00	369.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	650	276.00	276.00
4	800–850	835	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	488	438.00–451.00	447.08
26	500–550	504	431.00–434.00	431.70
10	550–600	570	417.00	417.00
19	600–650	624	397.00	397.00
7	650–700	660	370.00	370.00
40	700–750	722	349.00–355.00	352.70
78	750–800	767	349.00–351.75	351.13
84	800–850	811	339.00–346.50	340.32
129	850–900	874	333.00–335.50	334.23
60	900–950	929	291.50–314.25	313.12
59	950–1000	973	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	321	500.00	500.00
11	350–400	353	590.00	590.00
7	400–450	402	520.00	520.00
51	450–500	482	455.00–480.00	464.87
24	500–550	521	466.00	466.00
80	550–600	576	410.00–444.50	418.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	529	422.00	422.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	562	376.00	376.00
9	600–650	646	340.00	340.00
3	650–700	673	333.00	333.00
8	800–850	815	301.00–315.00	306.38

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.