Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the cattle auction 2 weeks ago, 500 - 600 lbs steer feeder calves were 12.00 to 17.00 higher, 600 - 700 lbs calves were 14.00 to 22.00 higher with no test on yearling steers. Heifer feeder calf trade today saw the market mostly 10.00 to 23.00 higher with yearling heifer cattle 18.00 to 25.00 higher. Many load lots of both reputation feeder calves and yearling heifers were available today. Fancy replacement heifer from quality herds were also in today's offering. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply. The next scheduled feeder calf special in Dec 10th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $415.50/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −71.26 against this barn's trailing median of $486.76.

Average price

$415.50

86 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,288

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$48.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.67

vs IA average

−13.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	420.58	2,302	77
Medium and Large 1-2	580	372.00	2,158	9thin

One grade step is worth $48.58/cwt here — about $144 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 sale86 hd

415.50

—

IA average2 barns · 305 hd

422.17

−6.67

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−13.65

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.76

−71.26

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

41 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 1Fancy	700–750	729	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,406	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	765	368.50/cwt	368.50–368.50	2,819	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	672	380.99/cwt	374.50–391.25	2,560	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	812	348.25/cwt	348.25–348.25	2,828	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	609	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,132	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	441	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,011	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	329.31/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,233	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	375.72/cwt	367.50–382.50	2,517	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	338.57/cwt	327.00–349.50	2,106	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	358.29/cwt	348.00–366.00	2,046	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	392.23/cwt	390.00–394.00	2,051	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	364.83/cwt	352.00–371.50	2,645	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,775	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	445.49/cwt	429.00–452.50	2,263	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,809	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,242	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	352.09/cwt	350.00–354.00	2,715	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	307.24/cwt	306.75–308.00	2,707	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	646	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,332	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,790	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	391.70/cwt	391.00–392.00	1,998	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	633	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,260	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	365.04/cwt	361.00–368.00	2,121	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,474	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,283	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	394.52/cwt	392.50–400.00	2,450	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,762	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	330	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,419	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	567	414.65/cwt	411.50–419.00	2,351	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	393.94/cwt	382.00–405.00	2,257	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	386.63/cwt	377.75–403.50	2,389	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	438	411.78/cwt	407.50–413.00	1,804	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	718	344.30/cwt	340.75–349.00	2,472	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	326.52/cwt	326.00–327.00	2,550	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	678	364.77/cwt	359.00–365.50	2,473	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	527	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,876	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,543	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	354.29/cwt	352.00–357.00	2,381	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,158	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	759	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,619	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	709	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,255	6

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 Dec 3, 2025

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

Receipts 2,008Last week 2,234Year ago 2,535

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	600–650	609	350.00	350.00
42	700–750	729	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	441	406.00	406.00
21	500–550	523	390.00–394.00	392.23
35	550–600	571	348.00–366.00	358.29
21	600–650	622	327.00–349.50	338.57
78	650–700	678	320.00–332.00	329.31
67	750–800	778	318.00	318.00
197	850–900	881	306.75–308.00	307.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
41	600–650	646	361.00	361.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	430.00	430.00
13	400–450	438	407.50–413.00	411.78
5	450–500	480	367.00	367.00
20	500–550	510	391.00–392.00	391.70
43	550–600	581	361.00–368.00	365.04
20	600–650	633	357.00	357.00
6	700–750	709	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	527	356.00	356.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
148	650–700	672	374.50–391.25	380.99
68	750–800	765	368.50	368.50
56	800–850	812	348.25	348.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	441	456.00	456.00
11	500–550	526	434.00	434.00
28	550–600	567	411.50–419.00	414.65
41	600–650	618	377.75–403.50	386.63
62	650–700	678	359.00–365.50	364.77
56	700–750	718	340.75–349.00	344.30
18	750–800	759	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	495	453.00	453.00
20	500–550	508	429.00–452.50	445.49
18	550–600	573	382.00–405.00	393.94
70	600–650	621	392.50–400.00	394.52
36	650–700	670	367.50–382.50	375.72
62	700–750	725	352.00–371.50	364.83
55	750–800	771	350.00–354.00	352.09
16	850–900	886	317.00	317.00
4	900–950	916	303.00	303.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	580	372.00	372.00
11	650–700	672	352.00–357.00	354.29
6	700–750	748	340.00	340.00
21	750–800	781	326.00–327.00	326.52

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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