Sale reports / Iowa / Creston Livestock Auction / 2025-01-22

Creston Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Creston, Iowa · Wed, Jan 22
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2160
Receipts
2,373 head
391 vs last sale 2,764 111 vs year ago 2,484 · 4.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the Feeder Calf & Yearling Cattle Auction just one week ago, steer feeder calves 500 - 600 lbs were 5.00 to 9.00 higher with 600 - 700 lb calves mostly steady to 6.00 higher. Yearling weight steers called fully steady. Heifer feeder calf trade saw all weight classes fully steady with a strong undertone. Heifer yearling trade 6.00 lower. Demand was very good for the many load lots offered today of both feeder calves and yearling cattle. Trade was active for today's moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $359.81/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits 126.96 against this barn's trailing median of $486.76.
Average price
$359.81
97 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,954
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+21.14
vs IA average
+18.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543359.811,95497
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
518497477457median 486.7601/0701/2103/1104/0805/20
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 sale97 hd
359.81
IA average8 barns · 1,484 hd
338.67
+21.14
National average147 barns · 15,667 hd
340.94
+18.87
This barn, trailing median10 sales
486.76
−126.96
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350348349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,2155
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423347.16/cwt345.00–355.001,46814
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650631277.19/cwt271.50–290.001,74951
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950903241.65/cwt241.65–241.652,18260
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550534322.09/cwt315.50–334.001,72030
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600579301.35/cwt292.00–312.501,74585
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000995241.50/cwt241.50–241.502,40313
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900874264.45/cwt257.00–265.102,31163
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400376418.00/cwt400.00–436.001,5726
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550513374.85/cwt367.00–387.501,92344
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950903259.94/cwt254.00–260.352,34765
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450422399.23/cwt391.00–405.001,68512
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700688304.31/cwt295.75–311.252,094122
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700686285.50/cwt285.50–285.501,9595
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500492384.84/cwt379.00–387.001,89354
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700687284.15/cwt279.00–291.751,95283
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800775261.64/cwt261.00–263.002,0289
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750721300.76/cwt285.50–307.502,168135
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650624327.34/cwt300.00–335.252,043178
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850815277.37/cwt274.75–283.752,261125
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600568347.32/cwt330.00–350.001,97353
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850812249.75/cwt249.75–249.752,02870
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800779280.61/cwt268.00–288.502,18695
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900871246.20/cwt245.25–247.252,144152
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475329.69/cwt314.00–342.001,56618
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600560276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,5465
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800785251.79/cwt247.75–262.001,977154
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700694266.34/cwt250.00–270.001,84816
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750736257.36/cwt255.75–265.001,894160

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.