Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the Special Feeder Calf Auction just one week ago, 500 - 600 lb new crop steer calves were 5.00 to 11.00 higher, 600 - 700 lb calves 9.00 to 15.00 higher. Yearling steer cattle showed an upward trend. Heifer trade saw 500 - 600 calves 7.00 to 20.00 higher. No trend stated on yearling heifer cattle. Available today were many packages of home - raised, reputation feeder calves many of which were just off the cow. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $440.17/cwt on 184 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −46.13 against this barn's trailing median of $486.30.

Average price

$440.17

184 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,445

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$41.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.46

vs IA average

+9.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	441.06	2,449	180
Medium and Large 1-2	568	400.00	2,272	4thin

One grade step is worth $41.06/cwt here — about $177 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

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.62, low $396.64, median $486.30 across 8 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 sale184 hd

440.17

—

IA average10 barns · 1,895 hd

434.71

+5.46

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

+9.54

This barn, trailing median8 sales

486.30

−46.13

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

38 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	500–550	527	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,045	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	596	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,563	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	681	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,697	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,823	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	407.50/cwt	404.00–410.00	1,972	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,360	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	373.59/cwt	368.00–378.00	2,088	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	354.38/cwt	340.00–361.00	2,201	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	342.79/cwt	333.00–346.50	2,780	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	367.66/cwt	352.00–379.50	2,680	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	456.59/cwt	440.00–469.00	2,365	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	491.49/cwt	485.00–498.00	2,354	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	441	497.77/cwt	490.00–507.50	2,195	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,429	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	360.13/cwt	347.50–369.50	2,784	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	387.02/cwt	378.00–392.50	2,558	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,096	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,843	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	492	408.94/cwt	397.50–414.00	2,012	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	329.29/cwt	322.50–330.75	3,082	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	387.27/cwt	374.00–403.50	2,417	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	669	366.69/cwt	360.00–374.50	2,453	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	350.09/cwt	330.00–364.00	2,346	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	763	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,426	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	710	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,272	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,524	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	682	332.55/cwt	324.00–340.00	2,268	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	568	372.41/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,115	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	403.98/cwt	396.00–417.00	2,541	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	432	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,890	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,272	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,041	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	342.53/cwt	336.00–353.00	2,086	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	386.69/cwt	385.00–387.50	2,425	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	439.50/cwt	428.00–448.00	2,299	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	716	349.10/cwt	331.00–360.25	2,500	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,119	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,394	5

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 10, 2025

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

Receipts 1,996Last week 2,008Year ago 2,393

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	527	388.00	388.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	412	442.50	442.50
20	450–500	484	404.00–410.00	407.50
94	500–550	536	391.00	391.00
41	550–600	559	368.00–378.00	373.59
89	600–650	621	340.00–361.00	354.38
76	650–700	670	330.00–364.00	350.09
31	700–750	715	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	432	437.50	437.50
25	450–500	492	397.50–414.00	408.94
29	550–600	568	370.00–375.00	372.41
18	600–650	609	336.00–353.00	342.53
24	650–700	682	324.00–340.00	332.55
4	700–750	710	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	628	325.00	325.00
5	650–700	652	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	550–600	596	430.00	430.00
36	650–700	681	396.00	396.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	351	525.00	525.00
28	450–500	479	485.00–498.00	491.49
24	500–550	518	440.00–469.00	456.59
74	550–600	552	440.00	440.00
119	600–650	629	396.00–417.00	403.98
106	650–700	661	378.00–392.50	387.02
63	700–750	729	352.00–379.50	367.66
88	750–800	773	347.50–369.50	360.13
42	800–850	811	333.00–346.50	342.79
197	900–950	936	322.50–330.75	329.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	441	490.00–507.50	497.77
19	500–550	523	428.00–448.00	439.50
27	550–600	566	446.00	446.00
47	600–650	624	374.00–403.50	387.27
17	650–700	669	360.00–374.50	366.69
27	700–750	716	331.00–360.25	349.10
4	750–800	763	318.00	318.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	568	400.00	400.00
12	600–650	627	385.00–387.50	386.69
5	650–700	682	351.00	351.00

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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