Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder calf auction 2 weeks ago ( Jan 22 ) 400 - 500 lb steer calves were fully steady, 500 - 600 lb calves 6.00 to 12.00 higher and 600 - 700 lb calves as much as 9.00 higher. Yearling steers were 4.00 - 5.00 lower. Heifer trade today saw 500 - 600 lb calves 9.00 - 12.00 higher with 600 -700 lb calves fully steady with a stronger undertone. Quality ran very deep in today's offering of home - raised, LTW'd and green feeder calves. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. Trade very active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $366.67/cwt on 225 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −119.62 against this barn's trailing median of $486.30.

Average price

$366.67

225 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,015

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$16.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.34

vs IA average

+24.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	368.97	2,033	194
Medium and Large 1-2	541	352.27	1,904	31

One grade step is worth $16.70/cwt here — about $129 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.62, low $396.64, median $486.30 across 8 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 sale225 hd

366.67

—

IA average6 barns · 1,275 hd

356.33

+10.34

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+24.29

This barn, trailing median8 sales

486.30

−119.62

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

25 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 1	700–750	722	263.88/cwt	263.00–264.50	1,905	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	296.90/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,597	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	335.49/cwt	322.00–348.00	1,587	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	268.25/cwt	268.25–268.25	2,025	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	284.58/cwt	278.50–300.00	1,773	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	316.73/cwt	313.00–319.75	1,802	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,692	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,843	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	276.57/cwt	264.75–289.50	2,152	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	1,932	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	333.52/cwt	328.75–340.25	2,054	256
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	258.10/cwt	258.10–258.10	2,424	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	377.27/cwt	369.50–386.00	2,003	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	363.15/cwt	356.75–372.50	2,052	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	303.89/cwt	293.75–313.75	2,179	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	807	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,118	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	252.85/cwt	252.85–252.85	2,455	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	262.75/cwt	262.75–262.75	2,260	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	377.06/cwt	352.00–410.00	1,783	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	313.53/cwt	300.00–322.75	2,151	355
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	272.36/cwt	266.10–280.00	2,258	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,504	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	294.75/cwt	294.75–294.75	1,757	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	285.64/cwt	275.50–290.00	1,908	272
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,833	15

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 Feb 5, 2025

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

Receipts 3,035Last week 2,373Year ago 3,147

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	450–500	473	322.00–348.00	335.49
14	500–550	538	290.00–310.00	296.90
183	550–600	569	313.00–319.75	316.73
83	600–650	623	278.50–300.00	284.58
272	650–700	668	275.50–290.00	285.64
12	700–750	722	263.00–264.50	263.88
73	750–800	755	268.25	268.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	479	314.00	314.00
39	550–600	596	294.75	294.75
15	650–700	697	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	436	388.00	388.00
64	450–500	473	352.00–410.00	377.06
80	500–550	531	369.50–386.00	377.27
114	550–600	565	356.75–372.50	363.15
256	600–650	616	328.75–340.25	333.52
355	650–700	686	300.00–322.75	313.53
243	700–750	717	293.75–313.75	303.89
52	750–800	778	264.75–289.50	276.57
122	800–850	829	266.10–280.00	272.36
68	850–900	860	262.75	262.75
62	900–950	939	258.10	258.10
61	950–1000	971	252.85	252.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	536	360.50	360.50
10	550–600	550	335.00	335.00
7	800–850	807	262.50	262.50

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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