Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated today as the previous feeder auction was on October 1. Available today were many load lots of high quality yearling steers and heifers. Also offered today were many packages of "home - raised", high quality new crop calves many of which were "just off the cow". Demand was very good for the moderate supply. Trade very active. Internet bidding also active. November 19th is the next scheduled Special "All Vacc Calf and Yearling Auction".

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $401.11/cwt on 227 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −85.66 against this barn's trailing median of $486.76.

Average price

$401.11

227 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,201

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$415

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

$98.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.47

vs IA average

−17.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	410.20	2,237	206
Medium and Large 1-2	584	311.88	1,821	21

One grade step is worth $98.32/cwt here — about $415 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 sale227 hd

401.11

—

IA average9 barns · 1,625 hd

417.58

−16.47

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−17.99

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.76

−85.66

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

40 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	407	392.43/cwt	360.00–403.00	1,597	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	379.90/cwt	370.00–387.50	2,207	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	358.38/cwt	349.00–371.00	1,871	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,144	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	418.32/cwt	414.00–422.00	2,020	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	357.77/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,340	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	325.68/cwt	325.00–326.35	2,817	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	290.75/cwt	290.75–290.75	2,768	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	297.25/cwt	297.25–297.25	2,708	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	562	349.88/cwt	326.00–358.00	1,966	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	314.94/cwt	309.35–322.25	2,926	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	2,630	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	464.02/cwt	457.50–497.50	2,065	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	465	392.14/cwt	365.00–412.00	1,823	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	370.39/cwt	363.00–384.50	2,308	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	383.94/cwt	372.00–401.00	2,188	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	343.00/cwt	310.00–348.85	2,480	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	347.58/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,134	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	392	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,568	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	727	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,355	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	425.13/cwt	400.00–458.50	2,240	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	625	351.57/cwt	341.00–382.50	2,197	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	328.19/cwt	322.00–333.75	2,484	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	421.62/cwt	416.00–449.00	2,268	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	375.15/cwt	362.50–385.00	1,966	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	435	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,914	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	427	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,665	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	444	477.20/cwt	465.00–482.50	2,119	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	688	306.32/cwt	296.00–320.00	2,107	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	305.03/cwt	303.75–306.25	2,937	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	311.88/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,821	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,213	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	441.53/cwt	425.00–458.00	2,106	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	683	326.14/cwt	310.00–340.00	2,228	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,264	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	342.38/cwt	332.00–357.50	1,910	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	384.38/cwt	375.50–392.50	2,176	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	638	352.57/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,249	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	338.39/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,091	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	317.98/cwt	315.00–319.50	2,191	12

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$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	407	360.00–403.00	392.43
6	450–500	494	434.00	434.00
68	500–550	522	349.00–371.00	358.38
30	550–600	581	370.00–387.50	379.90
50	600–650	614	330.00–360.00	347.58
67	850–900	893	294.50	294.50
58	900–950	911	297.25	297.25
64	950–1000	952	290.75	290.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	392	400.00	400.00
6	400–450	427	390.00	390.00
44	450–500	465	365.00–412.00	392.14
26	500–550	524	362.50–385.00	375.15
40	550–600	562	326.00–358.00	349.88
21	600–650	638	340.00–360.00	352.57
39	650–700	688	296.00–320.00	306.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	418	302.50	302.50
18	550–600	558	332.00–357.50	342.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	445	457.50–497.50	464.02
17	450–500	483	414.00–422.00	418.32
95	500–550	538	416.00–449.00	421.62
26	550–600	570	372.00–401.00	383.94
228	600–650	623	363.00–384.50	370.39
22	650–700	654	340.00–370.00	357.77
181	700–750	723	310.00–348.85	343.00
57	750–800	757	322.00–333.75	328.19
122	850–900	865	325.00–326.35	325.68
184	900–950	929	309.35–322.25	314.94
122	950–1000	963	303.75–306.25	305.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	444	465.00–482.50	477.20
34	450–500	477	425.00–458.00	441.53
44	500–550	527	400.00–458.50	425.13
41	550–600	566	375.50–392.50	384.38
61	600–650	625	341.00–382.50	351.57
40	650–700	683	310.00–340.00	326.14
22	700–750	727	324.00	324.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	435	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	584	310.00–318.00	311.88
21	600–650	618	325.00–350.00	338.39
12	650–700	689	315.00–319.50	317.98
22	750–800	763	290.00	290.00

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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