Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated today as the previous feeder calf / yearling auction was in mid April. Available today were many load lots quality, green yearling cattle. Today's moderate supply featured many groups of home-raised, reputation, LTW'd and double vaccinated feeder calves. Internet very active throughout the auction. Demand was very good. Trade was active.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $371.43/cwt on 83 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −46.85 against this barn's trailing median of $418.27.

Average price

$371.43

83 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,987

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

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

$32.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.23

vs IA average

+31.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	374.14	2,004	76
Medium and Large 1-2	525	342.00	1,796	7thin

One grade step is worth $32.14/cwt here — about $209 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

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $456.14, low $383.09, median $418.27 across 12 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 sale83 hd

371.43

—

IA average2 barns · 272 hd

370.20

+1.23

National average164 barns · 12,891 hd

339.88

+31.55

This barn, trailing median12 sales

418.27

−46.85

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

30 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	600–650	644	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,235	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	533	394.50/cwt	394.50–394.50	2,103	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,491	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	345.53/cwt	342.00–347.00	1,976	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,038	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	394.48/cwt	387.00–404.00	1,736	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	299.75/cwt	299.75–299.75	2,359	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	275.87/cwt	275.75–276.00	2,502	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	316.27/cwt	300.00–319.00	2,084	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	370.99/cwt	362.00–386.00	1,963	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	342.82/cwt	329.50–345.00	2,348	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	319.94/cwt	312.00–330.00	2,451	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	321.98/cwt	318.00–329.00	2,009	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	305.92/cwt	291.00–312.00	2,206	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	346.93/cwt	334.00–353.00	2,481	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	408.81/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,179	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	282.22/cwt	274.00–284.25	2,314	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	278.23/cwt	275.50–279.75	2,426	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,480	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,962	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	289.15/cwt	279.50–292.75	2,426	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	367.09/cwt	361.00–386.00	2,294	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	287.95/cwt	283.50–290.50	2,491	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,020	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	2,556	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	391.56/cwt	387.00–395.00	2,287	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	314.88/cwt	305.00–322.00	2,264	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	355.29/cwt	348.00–359.00	2,224	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,673	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,796	7

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	533	394.50	394.50
14	600–650	644	347.00	347.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	350	426.00	426.00
18	400–450	440	387.00–404.00	394.48
13	450–500	497	410.00	410.00
45	500–550	529	362.00–386.00	370.99
10	550–600	572	342.00–347.00	345.53
46	600–650	624	318.00–329.00	321.98
32	650–700	659	300.00–319.00	316.27
61	700–750	721	291.00–312.00	305.92
66	750–800	787	299.75	299.75
145	800–850	820	274.00–284.25	282.22
185	850–900	872	275.50–279.75	278.23
128	900–950	907	275.75–276.00	275.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	445	376.00	376.00
7	500–550	525	342.00	342.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	436	450.00	450.00
14	450–500	454	445.00	445.00
41	500–550	533	395.00–420.00	408.81
34	550–600	584	387.00–395.00	391.56
122	600–650	625	361.00–386.00	367.09
43	650–700	685	329.50–345.00	342.82
37	700–750	715	334.00–353.00	346.93
44	750–800	766	312.00–330.00	319.94
47	800–850	839	279.50–292.75	289.15
11	850–900	865	283.50–290.50	287.95
17	900–950	945	270.50	270.50
6	950–1000	954	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	600–650	626	348.00–359.00	355.29
21	700–750	719	305.00–322.00	314.88

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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