Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ auction!! No comparison today, as the last reported sale was July 9. CME feeder cattle futures rebounding 4.00-6.00 today. Many load lots of yearling cattle in the offering, along with plenty of smaller packages. Full arena for this special sale. Good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $401.50/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 4 of 12 comparable sales and sits −16.78 against this barn's trailing median of $418.27.

Average price

$401.50

81 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,202

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.04

vs IA average

+41.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	401.50	2,202	81

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

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 sale81 hd

401.50

—

IA average2 barns · 97 hd

391.46

+10.04

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

+41.70

This barn, trailing median12 sales

418.27

−16.78

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

31 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	400–450	447	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	1,994	5
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,008	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	3,165	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,759	3
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,071	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	3,095	3
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,136	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,954	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,058	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	424.90/cwt	400.00–436.00	2,719	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,145	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	327.50/cwt	319.00–335.50	2,823	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	405.03/cwt	397.50–418.00	2,135	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	342.49/cwt	320.00–347.50	2,675	306
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	311.16/cwt	306.50–327.50	2,903	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,100	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	343.19/cwt	340.75–346.60	3,034	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	337.96/cwt	337.50–340.00	3,055	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	328.55/cwt	328.00–329.50	2,743	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,393	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	363.01/cwt	351.75–385.00	2,443	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	420.81/cwt	420.00–422.50	2,466	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,280	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	399.36/cwt	390.00–416.00	2,700	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	368.93/cwt	368.00–370.00	2,719	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	310.19/cwt	306.00–320.00	2,996	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	360.71/cwt	355.00–362.50	2,990	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,398	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	396.09/cwt	388.00–402.00	2,301	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	377.53/cwt	363.00–381.00	2,371	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	346.98/cwt	342.00–354.00	2,554	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	368.22/cwt	359.50–374.50	2,865	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	708	363.50/cwt	363.50–363.50	2,574	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	445.40/cwt	420.00–458.00	2,298	9

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 Aug 20, 2025

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

Receipts 2,105Last week 848Year ago 2,856

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	451.00	451.00
5	400–450	447	446.00	446.00
5	450–500	487	422.50	422.50
49	500–550	527	397.50–418.00	405.03
32	550–600	581	388.00–402.00	396.09
38	600–650	628	363.00–381.00	377.53
100	650–700	673	351.75–385.00	363.01
107	700–750	736	342.00–354.00	346.98
306	750–800	781	320.00–347.50	342.49
92	800–850	835	328.00–329.50	328.55
182	850–900	862	319.00–335.50	327.50
92	900–950	933	306.50–327.50	311.16
96	950–1000	966	306.00–320.00	310.19
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,071	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	650–700	699	343.00	343.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
24	700–750	708	363.50	363.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,008	314.00	314.00
3	1100–1150	1,136	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	458	522.50	522.50
9	500–550	516	420.00–458.00	445.40
9	550–600	586	420.00–422.50	420.81
48	600–650	640	400.00–436.00	424.90
27	650–700	676	390.00–416.00	399.36
53	700–750	737	368.00–370.00	368.93
162	750–800	778	359.50–374.50	368.22
97	800–850	829	355.00–362.50	360.71
223	850–900	884	340.75–346.60	343.19
87	900–950	904	337.50–340.00	337.96
11	950–1000	981	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	533	402.50	402.50
3	550–600	570	400.00	400.00

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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