Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder auction 2 weeks ago, 500 - 600 lb new crop steers calves were 6.00 to 15.00 higher with no test stated on yearling steer cattle. Heifer trade on 500 - 600 lb new crop calves saw the market mostly steady with a lower undertone , yearling heifer cattle were steady to 6.00 lower. Available today were many lot loads of yearling heifer cattle. Also, many packages of new crop, home raised feeder calves both LTW'd and "just off the cow". Demand was very good for today's moderate supply with active internet bidding. The next scheduled feeder calf/yearling auction is Dec 3rd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $354.57/cwt on 224 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −63.71 against this barn's trailing median of $418.27.

Average price

$354.57

224 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,962

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$12.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.13

vs IA average

−2.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	354.80	1,965	220
Medium and Large 1-2	513	342.00	1,754	4thin

One grade step is worth $12.80/cwt here — about $211 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale224 hd

354.57

—

IA average8 barns · 1,391 hd

359.70

−5.13

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

−2.32

This barn, trailing median12 sales

418.27

−63.71

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

34 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	350–400	365	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,551	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	330.78/cwt	324.00–341.00	2,054	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	289.10/cwt	277.50–289.85	2,715	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	352.77/cwt	347.00–362.00	2,025	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,137	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	775	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,364	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	361.18/cwt	344.50–365.00	2,452	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	407.17/cwt	401.00–422.50	1,812	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	351.38/cwt	332.00–355.00	2,562	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	376.80/cwt	365.50–396.00	2,355	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	289.87/cwt	284.75–291.75	2,351	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	307.20/cwt	306.00–308.75	2,872	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,560	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	404.05/cwt	398.00–410.00	2,311	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	342.12/cwt	321.00–347.50	2,241	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,320	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	364.80/cwt	354.00–375.00	1,908	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	289.49/cwt	275.00–292.85	2,556	398
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	358.27/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,892	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,197	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	438	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,076	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	470.65/cwt	448.00–475.00	2,212	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	591	341.58/cwt	336.00–347.00	2,019	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,558	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,051	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,260	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	677	338.93/cwt	325.00–354.00	2,295	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	399.36/cwt	381.00–407.00	2,308	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	310.80/cwt	309.00–313.00	2,129	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,167	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	396	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,733	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	420.68/cwt	410.00–433.00	1,830	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	375.39/cwt	362.00–378.00	2,211	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,754	4

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 Nov 19, 2025

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

Receipts 2,234Last week 2,730Year ago 2,271

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	365	425.00	425.00
26	400–450	445	401.00–422.50	407.17
45	500–550	523	354.00–375.00	364.80
77	550–600	574	347.00–362.00	352.77
13	600–650	621	324.00–341.00	330.78
20	650–700	655	321.00–347.50	342.12
20	750–800	793	292.50	292.50
108	800–850	811	284.75–291.75	289.87
398	850–900	883	275.00–292.85	289.49
66	900–950	939	277.50–289.85	289.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	396	437.50	437.50
21	400–450	435	410.00–433.00	420.68
60	500–550	528	355.00–365.00	358.27
38	550–600	591	336.00–347.00	341.58
40	650–700	650	338.00	338.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	513	342.00	342.00
13	650–700	685	309.00–313.00	310.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	450–500	470	448.00–475.00	470.65
3	500–550	515	415.00	415.00
40	550–600	572	398.00–410.00	404.05
121	600–650	625	365.50–396.00	376.80
81	650–700	679	344.50–365.00	361.18
120	700–750	729	332.00–355.00	351.38
4	750–800	775	330.00	330.00
16	800–850	823	311.00	311.00
16	900–950	935	306.00–308.75	307.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	438	474.00	474.00
83	550–600	578	381.00–407.00	399.36
57	650–700	677	325.00–354.00	338.93
37	750–800	775	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	463	443.00	443.00
18	550–600	589	362.00–378.00	375.39
8	600–650	633	357.00	357.00
4	650–700	673	322.00	322.00

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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