Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated today as the previous feeder calf / yearling auction was earlier in May, 2025. Available today were load lots of quality, reputation yearling steers and heifers. Also, many green, "home -raised", LTW'd, fall calves were in today's moderate offering. Internet bidding very active through out the auction. Demand was very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $386.48/cwt on 132 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −100.28 against this barn's trailing median of $486.76.

Average price

$386.48

132 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,219

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$27.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.23

vs IA average

+7.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	390.43	2,230	113
Medium and Large 1-2	591	363.04	2,146	19thin

One grade step is worth $27.39/cwt here — about $85 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

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 sale132 hd

386.48

—

IA average3 barns · 333 hd

391.71

−5.23

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

+7.90

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.76

−100.28

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

27 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	285.25/cwt	285.25–285.25	2,761	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	355.58/cwt	344.00–364.00	2,251	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	311.72/cwt	306.00–314.25	2,528	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	389.12/cwt	379.00–396.00	2,245	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	284.10/cwt	283.00–291.50	2,472	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	320.04/cwt	307.50–336.00	2,359	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	289.29/cwt	284.75–294.00	2,682	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,070	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	400.48/cwt	388.00–422.00	2,111	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	799	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,397	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,163	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	351.38/cwt	350.00–356.00	1,926	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	337.16/cwt	326.50–343.00	2,296	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	325.78/cwt	318.00–330.00	2,505	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	283.83/cwt	277.75–302.00	2,217	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	363.04/cwt	349.00–371.00	2,146	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,004	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,000	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	318.47/cwt	314.00–320.50	2,118	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	270.53/cwt	270.50–271.00	2,416	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	282.75/cwt	282.75–282.75	2,319	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	371.52/cwt	363.50–373.00	1,995	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	318.27/cwt	314.00–328.00	2,024	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	300.53/cwt	288.00–305.00	2,218	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	338.29/cwt	336.00–341.00	1,955	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	397.84/cwt	388.00–405.00	1,866	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,345	8

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 Jun 4, 2025

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

Receipts 1,549Last week 1,942Year ago 1,599

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	490	422.50	422.50
13	500–550	527	388.00–422.00	400.48
100	550–600	577	379.00–396.00	389.12
31	600–650	633	344.00–364.00	355.58
67	650–700	681	326.50–343.00	337.16
41	700–750	737	307.50–336.00	320.04
47	750–800	769	318.00–330.00	325.78
23	800–850	811	306.00–314.25	311.72
74	850–900	870	283.00–291.50	284.10
136	900–950	927	284.75–294.00	289.29
67	950–1000	968	285.25	285.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	591	349.00–371.00	363.04
4	650–700	678	319.00	319.00
10	750–800	799	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	548	350.00–356.00	351.38
5	600–650	645	310.00	310.00
5	700–750	703	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	469	388.00–405.00	397.84
36	500–550	537	363.50–373.00	371.52
20	550–600	578	336.00–341.00	338.29
35	600–650	636	314.00–328.00	318.27
90	650–700	665	314.00–320.50	318.47
26	700–750	738	288.00–305.00	300.53
233	750–800	781	277.75–302.00	283.83
61	800–850	820	282.75	282.75
76	850–900	893	270.50–271.00	270.53
8	950–1000	977	240.00	240.00

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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