Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons stated today as the previous feeder cattle auction was back on August 20th. Available today were many load lots of high quality yearling steers and heifers. Also, many packages of reputation, new crop, home-raised, weaned and double vaccinated feeder calves. Demand was very good for today's moderate offering. Internet bidding active all day. November 5th will be the next "Special Calf and Yearling Auction".

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $402.75/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 4 of 12 comparable sales and sits −15.52 against this barn's trailing median of $418.27.

Average price

$402.75

59 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,118

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

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

$20.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.07

vs IA average

+33.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	405.14	2,129	52
Medium and Large 1-2	528	385.00	2,033	7thin

One grade step is worth $20.14/cwt here — about $96 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale59 hd

402.75

—

IA average4 barns · 450 hd

397.68

+5.07

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

+33.84

This barn, trailing median12 sales

418.27

−15.52

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	950–1000	971	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,631	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,338	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	445.95/cwt	438.00–451.00	1,927	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	323.08/cwt	320.00–326.75	2,685	327
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	340.67/cwt	334.50–341.75	2,630	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	504.41/cwt	490.00–516.00	2,361	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	337.25/cwt	337.25–337.25	3,214	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	365.05/cwt	355.00–375.85	2,982	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,216	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,498	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	339.36/cwt	335.75–342.75	3,129	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,820	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	416.44/cwt	411.00–418.00	1,932	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	376.18/cwt	349.00–386.00	2,855	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,045	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	318.01/cwt	317.75–318.25	2,808	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	407.04/cwt	403.00–410.00	2,096	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	353.65/cwt	350.00–356.25	2,589	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	432.18/cwt	424.00–442.50	2,425	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,161	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	312.92/cwt	311.00–314.85	2,882	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	385.80/cwt	376.00–396.00	2,253	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	473.01/cwt	465.00–476.00	1,708	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,827	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	497.58/cwt	485.00–502.00	2,189	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,826	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	347.75/cwt	347.75–347.75	3,095	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,033	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	458.05/cwt	436.00–483.00	2,391	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,544	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,790	3

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 Oct 1, 2025

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

Receipts 1,871Last week 2,105Year ago 1,820

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	361	465.00–476.00	473.01
24	400–450	432	438.00–451.00	445.95
22	450–500	464	411.00–418.00	416.44
38	500–550	515	403.00–410.00	407.04
14	550–600	554	400.00	400.00
8	650–700	670	349.00	349.00
147	700–750	732	350.00–356.25	353.65
82	750–800	772	334.50–341.75	340.67
327	800–850	831	320.00–326.75	323.08
120	850–900	883	317.75–318.25	318.01
123	900–950	921	311.00–314.85	312.92
7	950–1000	971	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	448	407.50	407.50
7	500–550	528	385.00	385.00
9	750–800	795	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	337	540.00	540.00
7	350–400	399	512.50	512.50
15	400–450	440	485.00–502.00	497.58
90	450–500	468	490.00–516.00	504.41
43	500–550	522	436.00–483.00	458.05
73	550–600	561	424.00–442.50	432.18
24	600–650	623	401.00	401.00
10	650–700	698	405.00	405.00
15	750–800	759	349.00–386.00	376.18
122	800–850	817	355.00–375.85	365.05
23	850–900	890	347.75	347.75
253	900–950	922	335.75–342.75	339.36
66	950–1000	953	337.25	337.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	527	410.00	410.00
12	550–600	584	376.00–396.00	385.80
3	900–950	900	310.00	310.00

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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