Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf auction just one week ago, all weight classes of feeder steer calves were fully steady with a slightly lower undertone. Several load lots of yearling steers available were 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Heifer trade saw 500 - 600 lb feeder calves 5.00 to 9.00 lower with seven weight calves fully steady. Again this week many quality, reputation replacement heifers were offered. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Internet active for the large packages. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $353.75/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −133.02 against this barn's trailing median of $486.76.

Average price

$353.75

96 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,936

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+12.32

vs IA average

+11.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	353.75	1,936	96

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

10 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.62, low $471.06, median $486.76 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale96 hd

353.75

—

IA average9 barns · 2,060 hd

341.43

+12.32

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+11.30

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.76

−133.02

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

29 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	582	292.30/cwt	288.00–296.00	1,701	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	683	275.66/cwt	266.25–290.00	1,883	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	314.03/cwt	301.00–331.00	1,646	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	283.53/cwt	272.00–294.00	1,656	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	250.50/cwt	248.00–252.50	1,864	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	259.08/cwt	257.00–260.25	1,982	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	252.10/cwt	252.10–252.10	2,397	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	293.44/cwt	292.00–294.50	2,010	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	267.87/cwt	266.50–270.00	1,955	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	264.25/cwt	264.25–264.25	2,407	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	321.48/cwt	305.50–330.50	2,006	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	267.41/cwt	264.00–269.00	2,308	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	310.48/cwt	303.50–319.50	2,105	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	394.81/cwt	385.00–407.50	1,694	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	326.34/cwt	323.00–334.00	1,550	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	341.11/cwt	328.50–357.50	1,944	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	900	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,250	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	278.72/cwt	263.25–292.50	2,155	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	290.21/cwt	274.50–299.00	2,107	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	272.76/cwt	266.00–277.75	2,231	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	278.96/cwt	267.00–288.50	1,746	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	364.00/cwt	340.00–378.00	1,926	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	271.99/cwt	255.00–277.50	1,822	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	251.61/cwt	244.00–253.00	2,066	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	270.28/cwt	255.00–276.00	1,935	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	349.55/cwt	336.00–358.00	1,458	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	250.72/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,941	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	764	290.25/cwt	290.25–290.25	2,218	42

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 Jan 15, 2025

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

Receipts 2,764Last week 2,884Year ago 2,186

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	550–600	582	288.00–296.00	292.30
89	650–700	683	266.25–290.00	275.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	417	336.00–358.00	349.55
17	450–500	475	323.00–334.00	326.34
31	500–550	524	301.00–331.00	314.03
65	550–600	584	272.00–294.00	283.53
147	600–650	626	267.00–288.50	278.96
96	650–700	670	255.00–277.50	271.99
116	700–750	716	255.00–276.00	270.28
93	750–800	774	240.00–259.00	250.72
57	800–850	821	244.00–253.00	251.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	635	256.00	256.00
18	700–750	744	248.00–252.50	250.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	685	292.00–294.50	293.44
15	700–750	730	266.50–270.00	267.87
11	750–800	765	257.00–260.25	259.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	429	385.00–407.50	394.81
53	500–550	529	340.00–378.00	364.00
43	550–600	570	328.50–357.50	341.11
108	600–650	624	305.50–330.50	321.48
137	650–700	678	303.50–319.50	310.48
143	700–750	726	274.50–299.00	290.21
261	750–800	773	263.25–292.50	278.72
175	800–850	818	266.00–277.75	272.76
130	850–900	863	264.00–269.00	267.41
31	900–950	911	264.25	264.25
62	950–1000	951	252.10	252.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	900–950	900	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	750–800	764	290.25	290.25

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.

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